Records retention and NMC

For those of us who have been using NetWorker for a very long time, we can remember back to when the NetWorker Management…

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Seeing in-flight encryption with Data Domain and NetWorker at work

As I mentioned in an earlier article, Data Domain OS 5.5 introduced a new feature, in-flight encryption. This applies to Data…

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External NetWorker Authentication without AD

One of the least used features in NetWorker is the option for external authentication of user accounts for use with NMC.…

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NetWorker Tunnels

NetWorker and firewalls has always been a bit of a challenging combination. It’s become increasingly simplified over time – to…

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NetWorker Firewall Configuration on Windows

I’ve been involved with an increasing number of NetWorker 7.6 SP1 configurations on Windows 2008 R2, and I’m not sure…

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All your data are belong to us

There’s a simple rule to remember when it comes to removable media handling (both within backups, and generally within IT)…

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NetWorker 7.6 and nsr_render_log

You may recall that in an earlier article, “(In)securing your logs using nsr_render_log -z“, I pointed out that the “-z”…

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Storage Tiering vs ILM

Over at StorageNerve, and on Twitter, Devang Panchigar has been asking Is Storage Tiering ILM or a subset of ILM,…

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Enhancing NetWorker Security: A theoretical architecture

It’s fair to say that no one backup product can be all things to all people. More generally, it’s fair…

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Preventing users seeing backups from other hosts

Something I’ve seen a few people complain about – and indeed that I’ve also complained about in the past, is…

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