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NetWorker, DPA, DPC 19.5

 Preston de Guise  July 12, 2021

It’s been almost a month since my last post — sorry about that! I’ve been a bit busy. And I…

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 Posted in: Data Protection Central, NetWorker  Tagged: DPA, DPC, NetWorker
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Avamar Basics – Using Post-Scripts

 Preston de Guise  June 14, 2021

Sometimes you have to think outside the box to get just the right database backup. And functions like post-scripts can help you out.

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 Posted in: Avamar, Databases, Scripting  Tagged: avamar, Oracle, Perl, RMAN, Scripting
Data Domain can Underpin your Cyber Security Process

Understanding Cyber Resilience

 Preston de Guise  May 29, 2021

It used to be that topics like cyber resilience were dropped in the IT security bucket. And it’s true that…

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 Posted in: Business Continuity, Data loss, Disaster Recovery  Tagged: cyber, cyber recovery, cyber resilience, cyber vault

PowerProtect Data Manager 19.8

 Preston de Guise  May 24, 2021  2 Comments on PowerProtect Data Manager 19.8

Continuing the regular update cycle for PowerProtect Data Manager, version 19.8 has been released, and it’s got some great new…

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 Posted in: PowerProtect  Tagged: Data Manager, PowerProtect, PowerProtect Data Manager
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Basics – PowerProtect Data Manager vSphere Plugin

 Preston de Guise  May 18, 2021

Have you seen Good Omens? I haven’t read the book but watched the TV series last year, and there was…

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 Posted in: PowerProtect  Tagged: PowerProtect Data Manager, PPDM, vCenter plugin, vSphere, vSphere Plugin
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Ransomware: Stop Counting on Cyber Insurance

 Preston de Guise  May 11, 2021  4 Comments on Ransomware: Stop Counting on Cyber Insurance

Government regulators in most countries can be slow to get moving, but when they do, they can cause significant changes…

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Basics – Avamar and Microsoft SQL Server Recoveries

 Preston de Guise  May 3, 2021

I’ve had a need in the last few days to run up some tests using Avamar to recover SQL Server…

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 Posted in: Avamar, Databases  Tagged: avamar, flat-file recovery, flat-file restore, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server, table-level recovery, table-level restore
Data Portal

Introductory Considerations to Cyber Resiliency

 Preston de Guise  April 27, 2021

It’s fair to say that a significant number of my customer conversations this year have been centred around cyber resiliency….

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 Posted in: Backup theory, Best Practice, Security  Tagged: cyber, cyber recovery, cyber resilience, cyber security, cyber vault, cyberattack

Basics: Backup Lifecycle

 Preston de Guise  April 19, 2021  1 Comment on Basics: Backup Lifecycle

In the various backup/data protection groups I hang around on, I periodically see the “I’m new to backup, what do…

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 Posted in: Backup theory, Basics  Tagged: administrator, Backup, backup administration, backup administrator, lifecycle

PowerProtect Backup Service Launches

 Preston de Guise  April 8, 2021  1 Comment on PowerProtect Backup Service Launches

The PowerProtect Backup Service — a SaaS-based backup platform, has launched. Using this platform, Dell EMC customers can protect critical…

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 Posted in: Cloud  Tagged: cloud, endpoint, Gmail, Google Workspace, O365, SaaS, Salesforce

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