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Basics – Compliance Retention with PowerProtect Data Manager

 Preston de Guise  November 23, 2020

PowerProtect Data Manager uses a concept called promotion backups to help you create long-term retention backups. A promotion backup is…

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 Posted in: Architecture, PowerProtect  Tagged: compliance, long term retention, LTR, PPDM, Promotion Backup, regulatory compliance
Recovering files

Basics – Indexed File Recovery with NetWorker 19.4 NWUI

 Preston de Guise  November 17, 2020

The HTML version of the NetWorker interface introduced file-level recovery options in 19.3. With 19.3 you got the option to…

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 Posted in: Basics, NetWorker, Recovery  Tagged: NWUI
DPC as seen through a Lens Ball

Nineteen Point Four

 Preston de Guise  November 16, 2020

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a computer in possession of good data, must be in want of a…

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 Posted in: Avamar, Data Protection Central, NetWorker  Tagged: avamar, DPA, DPC, NetWorker

PowerProtect Data Manager 19.6

 Preston de Guise  November 3, 2020  3 Comments on PowerProtect Data Manager 19.6

USC Australia needed to modernize their data protection services for fast, reliable protection of valuable research data and support future…

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 Posted in: PowerProtect  Tagged: PowerProtect, PPDM

NetWorker Basics – Getting More from nsrcapinfo

 Preston de Guise  October 6, 2020  2 Comments on NetWorker Basics – Getting More from nsrcapinfo

If you want a view of the front end TB (FETB) utilisation on your NetWorker server, you turn to the…

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 Posted in: Basics, NetWorker  Tagged: FETB, nsrcapinfo
The death of data protection in Australia

Bunkers vs Vaults

 Preston de Guise  September 28, 2020  1 Comment on Bunkers vs Vaults

I want to spend a little while talking about bunkers vs vaults. I’ve been thinking about what constitutes a vault…

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 Posted in: Architecture, Recovery, Security  Tagged: bunker, cyber vault, ransomware, vault
Data Domain can Underpin your Cyber Security Process

Data Domain Basics – Hardening Password Controls

 Preston de Guise  September 15, 2020  1 Comment on Data Domain Basics – Hardening Password Controls

While you can integrate Data Domain with an external authentication service such as LDAP or ActiveDirectory, not everyone chooses to…

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DDOS 7.3 loves the Cloud

 Preston de Guise  September 10, 2020

Data Domain isn’t just hardware – the hardware-based systems pack some punch, of course, but core to the system functionality is…

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 Posted in: Data Domain  Tagged: data domain, DDOS
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Goodbye, Drobo

 Preston de Guise  September 4, 2020  21 Comments on Goodbye, Drobo

The FARR model of data protection starts with fault tolerance – a fundamental requirement to provide a guarantee of data integrity…

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 Posted in: Aside  Tagged: FARR, fault tolerance, RAID
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NetWorker Architecture Basics

 Preston de Guise  August 23, 2020

If you’re approaching NetWorker for the very first time, it might seem a little intimidating. There are a lot of…

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 Posted in: Architecture, NetWorker  Tagged: Architecture, Basics, NetWorker

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