PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager Gets Deduplication
I sometimes go into meetings with new customers who think of Dell EMC just as a hardware company. These businesses…
PowerProtect Data Manager 19.7
Introduction There have been a slew of updates announced on the Dell Data Protection front this week, and this post…
Data Protection and the Cloud Shared Responsibility Model
The shared responsibility model in public cloud is well known. But does it work for data protection? In sort, no – there’s some work to do there.
Of Cascading Failures
I got a real-world reminder in cascading failures this weekend, and that’s as good a time as any for me…
Avamar Basics – Command Line Restores using avtar
I admit, when I first encountered Avamar, some of my first impressions were a little jaded by my lengthy experience…
Bad Things Happen
Bad Things Happened at OVH If you work in infrastructure, you probably saw some reference in the last week to…
Avamar Basics – Working with Pre-Backup Commands
Artist credit for post image above: Andrey Suslov via Bigstock.Com. Introduction to Pre-Backup Commands In complex environments, pre- and post-backup…
PowerProtect Data Manager Filesystem Agent – Installation and Recovery
Introduction While PowerProtect Data Manager supports some important functions, like highly efficient VMware and database backups, we shouldn’t lose sight…
Tools and Utilities Update
Utilities Do you remember CVS? While I’d previously been a fan of RCS, I switched to CVS very early after…
NetWorker Basics – Let nsr_render_log B your friend
A post from a long time ago explained how you could enable realtime rendering of NetWorker logs from their raw…