nsrwatch gets an update
Having used NetWorker since 1996, it’s fair to say that while I’ve watched a lot of features and interfaces in…
Category: NetWorker
Basics – NetWorker Server Client ID
When reviewing a customer’s logs today, I noticed yet another one of those minor (but great) changes that periodically get…
New NetWorker Technical Documents
(No, not micromanuals – official EMC Technical Notes for NetWorker.) EMC has been working hard at making very useful technical…
Well, it performs – or performance?
We are approaching the point where it would be conceivable for someone to build a PB disk system in their…
No Zero Error Policy? No backup system
In the past I’ve talked about the importance of having zero error policies. In “What is a zero error policy?“,…
Psst! Want to touch my backup server?
Last month, I posted a survey with the following questions: What is your backup server (currently)? Physical server Virtual server,…
Basics – Cloning vs Staging
When people are just starting to get into NetWorker, a common situation is that they get confused about the difference…
Killing scheduled cloning operations
In a previous blog post, I discussed how much I liked the scheduled cloning operations introduced in NetWorker 7.6 SP1….
The virtue of persistence
I have to say, I’m really liking NetWorker’s ability to work with persistent binding on tape libraries now. If you’re…
Survey – Virtual Backup Servers
I have to admit, I have great personal reservations towards virtualising backup servers. There’s a simple, fundamental reason for this:…