All frameworks have limits
One of the most powerful aspects of NetWorker is that the entire design philosophy of the product is that of…
Category: NetWorker
NetWorker 8: Synthetic fulls
The history of NetWorker and synthetic fulls is an odd one. For years, NetWorker had the concept of a ‘consolidated’…
Recovery survey
We talk a lot about backups, but we all know that backups are done for one reason – to recover…
Client side compression gets a squeeze
One of the enhancements to NetWorker v8 has been the introduction of additional client side compression options. If you’ve been…
NetWorker 8 Advanced File Type Devices
As mentioned in my main NetWorker 8 introduction article, one of the biggest architectural enhancements in NetWorker v8 is a…
Introducing NetWorker 8
Introduction Those of us who have been using NetWorker for many years know it’s been a long time between major…
FUDtasia
I’m in a training course for a disk-only backup product, and in the introductory material, there’s a distinct message: tape…
Monitoring vs Troubleshooting
How much time do your staff take to monitor backups? The answer should be: very little. Not because they don’t…
Stop
The last 6 weeks my life has seemingly constantly been about interruptions. The house we’re renting has just been sold,…
10 Things Still Wrong with Data Protection Attitudes
When I first started working with backup and recovery systems in 1996, one of the more frustrating statements I’d hear…