There is, in my opinion, an unpleasant security hole in the NMC installation/configuration process. The security hole is simple: it…
I received an automated alert from PowerLink overnight telling me that the release notes for NetWorker 7.4 had been updated.…
For some time I’ve wished NetWorker would support both storage node and server functions on Mac OS X. When I…
This post has now moved to Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery, and you can read it here. Related posts: Zero…
As you may have noticed, I have a great deal of disrespect for “tape is dead” stories. To be blunt,…
VTLs are fast, right? There’s no physical media loads or unloads associated with tape loads and unloads, after all. That’s…
When you run a manual backup in NetWorker (e.g., via the “save” command), NetWorker will by default give you a…
There’s an old saying, “Be careful what you wish for; you may get it.” Many would say that’s an apt…
Introduced in the 7.4 series of NetWorker was an option for the client resources called “Scheduled backup”. Normally set to…
Cumulative patch cluster 7.4.4.7 of NetWorker was released on the weekend. There’s a whole raft of fixes in this. On…