Differentiating Differentials
Pretty much everyone understands full and incremental backups in NetWorker. A full backup is a backup of everything, and an…
Category: NetWorker
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…
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…
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…
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…
Trial podcast
For some time I’ve been debating whether to generate podcasts for the NetWorker blog. Rather than continue to vacillate, I’ve…
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…
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…
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…
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…