Client inactivity timeout is not group timeout

One of the settings that can be made within a group is the ‘inactivity timeout’ setting. This refers to client…

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ADV_FILE operational changes

As I mentioned in an earlier post, EMC have announced on their community forum that there are some major changes…

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Basics – Recovering from an aborted saveset

Normally you don’t want to be in this position, but sometimes you’ll strike a situation where the only possible location…

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Coming ADV_FILE changes

I had been aware for a while from an NDA conversation that these changes were on the way, but of…

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Basics – Skip and Forget

For quite a while I worked under the assumption that you could do the following with directives in NetWorker: <<…

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Using NetWorker Client with Opensolaris

The challenge Recently a customer asked me if it is possible to install and use Networker on Opensolaris. Opensolaris itself…

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10 reasons why tape is still important (part 1)

Various companies will spin you their “tape is dead” story, and I’m the first to admit that the use pattern…

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It’s a bit like fishy custard

In the debut episode of Doctor Who for Matt Smith (“The Eleventh Hour”), the Doctor, having only just regenerated is…

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Basics – Previewing Directives

There’s been some discussion in the EMC Community Forum lately as to whether it would be handy to have a…

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EMC, Sun and Oracle

There’s been much speculation as to whether Sun under Oracle would retain the EMC NetWorker OEM arrangement. Finally there’s some…

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