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…
Category: Scripting
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sampling device performance
Data Protection Advisor is an excellent tool for producing information about your backup environment, but not everyone has it in…
The lazy admin
Are you an industriously busy backup administrator, or are you lazy? When I started in IT in 1996, it wasn’t…