NetWorker Basics – A Simple Prototype Web-Based nsrwatch

There’s a misconception at the moment that we’ve all naturally got tonnes of spare time on our hands because a…

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Updated KVM Image Backup Script for NetWorker

In November last year I posted a script and descriptions for use to allow NetWorker to backup RedHat/CentOS KVM images…

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A Simple Linux KVM Backup Framework using NetWorker

Of late I’ve been playing around a little bit with KVM. I must admit, it’s not really my virtualisation system…

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NetWorker 9.2 Capacity Measurement

As I’ve mentioned in the past, there’s a few different licensing models for NetWorker, but capacity licensing (e.g., 100 TB…

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Basics – Experimenting with the REST API in NetWorker

Overview As I mentioned in the previous article, NetWorker 9 SP1 has introduced a REST API. I’ve never previously got around to…

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NetWorker 8.2 SP2 is here

While NetWorker 9 went DA at the end of September and is seeing healthy uptake around the world, NetWorker 8.2 is still…

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NetWorker 9: The future of backup

Introduction When NetWorker 8 was released I said at the time it represented the biggest consolidated set of changes to NetWorker…

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Updated checks in nsradmin

A while ago EMC engineering updated the venerable nsradmin utility to include automated checking options, with an initial focus on checks for NetWorker clients. As…

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Sampling device performance

Data Protection Advisor is an excellent tool for producing information about your backup environment, but not everyone has it in…

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The lazy admin

Are you an industriously busy backup administrator, or are you lazy? When I started in IT in 1996, it wasn’t…

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