A blast from the past
I had to briefly run up NetWorker 6.x this week in order to confirm that cross platform directed recovery really…
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7.5.1.9 cumulative patch cluster released
Another update that happened to NetWorker while I was on holiday was 7.5.1.9 – 7.5 SP1 cumulative patch cluster 9….
Cumulative patch release for 7.6
There’s been a cumulative patch release for NetWorker 7.6. This isn’t a service pack, but a bunch of patches on…
Direct to Tape is Dead, Long Live Tape
Any regular reader knows that I don’t for a minute believe that tape is dead. However, it is time to…
NetWorker and Incremental Manual Backups
There was a recent posting on the NetWorker mailing list regarding manual backups and whether they’re incrementals or not. The…
The importance of full backups
Having recently encountered a situation where a NetWorker client on a customer site repeatedly failed its full backup, I wanted…
Nybbles for the end of the week
Needing a few interesting things to read at the end of the week? Here’s a few things I’ve found fascinating…
Saveset sizes from 32-bit Windows
There’s currently a bug within NetWorker whereby if you’re using a 32-bit Windows client that has a filesystem large enough…
The law of least astonishment and backups
A recent twitter posting by Matt over at Standalone Sysadmin reminded by of the law of least astonishment. If you’re…
Get off 7.2 and 7.3
On the NetWorker Mailing List, I still frequently see a lot of posts from people who are having various problems…