Jobquery finally gets the duct tape removed

Some time ago, I posted that EMC had added a jobquery utility to allow probing of the NetWorker jobs database…

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Why I’d choose NetWorker over NetBackup Every Time

I thought it about time that I cited the two key reasons why, if faced with a choice between NetWorker…

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The A-Z of Backup and Recovery

I’ve debated for a while whether to do this or not, since it might come across as somewhat twee. I…

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The top 10 for 2009

Looking at the stats both for this new site and the previous site, I’ve compiled a list of the top…

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Thinking big about VTL? Think again, it’s all about thinking small

A common mistake I see people make when planning VTL implementations is to aim to keep virtual media of a…

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Going on holiday? Don’t upgrade first

So you’re a busy backup administrator and you’re getting ready to go on leave. It’s 4pm on your final day…

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NetWorker 7.6 and nsr_render_log

You may recall that in an earlier article, “(In)securing your logs using nsr_render_log -z“, I pointed out that the “-z”…

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Show me the man pages

As a long term Unix admin, it’s frustrating when there are commands on my systems for which there aren’t man…

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Fingers Crossed for some New Years Resolutions from EMC

Over at Storagebod’s Blog, Martin Glassborow has been providing a highly interesting and entertaining set of letters to Father Christmas,…

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The pros and cons of Legato License Manager

Bundled with NetWorker for some time now has been the peripheral product, Legato License Manager (LLM). (Now normally just referred…

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