Quibbles – A better NetWorker init script would be nice…
Coming primarily from a Unix background, I’ve remained disappointed for 10+ years that NetWorker’s init script has barely changed in…
Category: NetWorker
Directives and change control
It’s easy to change NetWorker directives. A few clicks here and there if you use NMC, then a couple of…
Carry a jukebox with you (if you’re using Linux)
A rather smart gent whom I used to work with at another company, Mark Harvey, has in his own time…
Basics – NetWorker differential levels
One question I’m often asked by people who haven’t used differential levels within NetWorker is what is the purpose of…
Upgrading NetWorker and the ‘tmp’ directory
Over the years I’ve been forced to come to one key conclusion about the NetWorker ‘tmp’ directory and NetWorker upgrades….
Basics – Achieving higher frequency backups
For the most part we run standard backups once every 24 hours – daily. A lot of the time if…
Basics – Null vs Skip Directives
One of the most common mistakes made by people new to NetWorker when setting up directives is using the skip…
Are you Monitoring RAP?
Introduced in NetWorker v7 was a feature called “Monitor RAP”. There’s two unfortunate aspects to this setting in the NetWorker…
My Personal NetWorker Wish List
This is not necessarily reflective of my customers, though several of them have expressed desire for at least one or…
Oracle channels and NetWorker parallelism
If you’re backing up Oracle with the NetWorker module/RMAN, there are an extremely large number of options you can choose…