Files and files and files

A while ago, I gave away a utility I find quite handy in lab and testing situations called genbf. If you’ll recall, it…

Continue Reading →

Client checking with nsradmin

I’ve probably looked at the man page for nsradmin a half dozen times since NetWorker 8.2 came out, and I’d not…

Continue Reading →

Turbocharged EMC NetWorker

A while ago, I set out to update the nsradmin micromanual I’d released originally in 2009. In short order though I…

Continue Reading →

Not so squeezy

It’s funny, the little tools you build up over the years as someone heavily involved in backup, particularly when it…

Continue Reading →

mminfo2html

I’ve started working on a new eBook, Turbocharged EMC NetWorker, aimed squarely at NetWorker administrators who want to get more out of…

Continue Reading →

Debugging nsrmmd

Sometimes it’s helpful to run NetWorker in debug mode – but sometimes, you just want to throw the nsrmmd processes…

Continue Reading →

mminfo and NOT queries

A question that’s just come up on the NetWorker mailing list again (it’s a periodic one) is, “how do I…

Continue Reading →

Basics – Specifying a default Jukebox

If you’ve got multiple jukeboxes within a NetWorker environment, but primarily work with one of them, you may find ‘nsrjb’…

Continue Reading →

Basics – Previewing Directives

There’s been some discussion in the EMC Community Forum lately as to whether it would be handy to have a…

Continue Reading →

ADV_FILE devices and tape rotation strategies

While I touched on this in the second blog posting I made (Instantiating Savesets), it’s worthwhile revisiting this topic more…

Continue Reading →