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…
Category: NetWorker
ADV_FILE operational changes
As I mentioned in an earlier post, EMC have announced on their community forum that there are some major changes…
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…
Coming ADV_FILE changes
I had been aware for a while from an NDA conversation that these changes were on the way, but of…
Basics – Skip and Forget
For quite a while I worked under the assumption that you could do the following with directives in NetWorker: <<…
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…
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…
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…
Basics – Previewing Directives
There’s been some discussion in the EMC Community Forum lately as to whether it would be handy to have a…
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…