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…
Category: Scripting
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…
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…
Not so squeezy
It’s funny, the little tools you build up over the years as someone heavily involved in backup, particularly when it…
mminfo2html
I’ve started working on a new eBook, Turbocharged EMC NetWorker, aimed squarely at NetWorker administrators who want to get more out of…
Debugging nsrmmd
Sometimes it’s helpful to run NetWorker in debug mode – but sometimes, you just want to throw the nsrmmd processes…
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…
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’…
Basics – Previewing Directives
There’s been some discussion in the EMC Community Forum lately as to whether it would be handy to have a…
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…