Differentiating Differentials

Pretty much everyone understands full and incremental backups in NetWorker. A full backup is a backup of everything, and an…

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Using probes? Upgrade to 7.6 SP3 CR1

A while ago I became aware of some bugs to do with NetWorker probe based backups. While they worked without…

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Basics – NetWorker and Push/Pull Recovery Models

A common theme of question asked by people new to NetWorker is whether it supports a push or pull recovery…

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5 rules for upgrading NetWorker

So a new version of NetWorker has come out, or is coming out, and it’s been decided that you’re going…

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The top ten for 2011

It’s that time of the year where I sit back for a moment and look at what articles have attracted…

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Trial podcast

For some time I’ve been debating whether to generate podcasts for the NetWorker blog. Rather than continue to vacillate, I’ve…

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10 NetWorker Configuration Rules

Over the last 15 years, I’ve administered, configured and supported a huge number of NetWorker installs across a very broad…

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Metrics you can depend on

When I discuss backup and recovery success metrics with customers, the question that keeps coming up is “what are desirable…

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7.6 SP3 – What’s in it for me?

It seems to be a growing trend – EMC update NetWorker on the same day that I’m sick as a…

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Don’t eliminate the error

Long-term blog readers will know that I advocate a zero error policy within backup environments. This is elucidated in my…

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