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This is not a political post

 Preston de Guise  June 2, 2020

Or rather, it shouldn’t be. There should be nothing political in saying we should have equality for all. As a…

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 Posted in: General thoughts
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Using NetWorker with Data Domain Retention Lock

 Preston de Guise  May 26, 2020  9 Comments on Using NetWorker with Data Domain Retention Lock

You know when you’ve got a secret herb or spice you use in a recipe that turns it from “this…

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 Posted in: Data Domain, NetWorker, Security  Tagged: Retention Lock
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Basics – NetWorker Multiple Virtual Machine Recovery Operation

 Preston de Guise  May 25, 2020  2 Comments on Basics – NetWorker Multiple Virtual Machine Recovery Operation

Here’s a really great function of NetWorker: being able to kick off the recovery of multiple virtual machines simultaneously. One…

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 Posted in: NetWorker, Recovery, vProxy  Tagged: Image Recovery, NetWorker, Recovery, Virtual Machine Recovery, vProxy
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Basics – Showing NetWorker Dependencies

 Preston de Guise  May 19, 2020  1 Comment on Basics – Showing NetWorker Dependencies

This well and truly falls into the “old dog learns new trick” category. During a discussion last week about how…

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 Posted in: Basics, NetWorker, Scripting  Tagged: CLI, dependencies, dependency, NetWorker
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Data Protection: Ensuring Data Availability – 2nd Edition

 Preston de Guise  May 12, 2020  5 Comments on Data Protection: Ensuring Data Availability – 2nd Edition

Over the last year or so, I’ve been working on a project that’s very dear to me: creating an updated…

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 Posted in: Architecture, Backup theory, Best Practice, Business Continuity, Cloud, Containers, Convergent Data Protection, Databases, Documentation, Ethics, General Technology, Policies, Recovery, Site  Tagged: Book

Meme Monday

 Preston de Guise  May 11, 2020

It’s that time again to explore common data protection themes through memes! This time, I’m looking at some animated GIFs….

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 Posted in: Architecture, Backup theory, Best Practice  Tagged: meme
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Automated Testing of Virtual Machine Recoveries using NetWorker

 Preston de Guise  May 4, 2020  1 Comment on Automated Testing of Virtual Machine Recoveries using NetWorker

While Avamar has options for automating the test of virtual machine recoveries, it’s not functionality that’s present in NetWorker. Recently…

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 Posted in: NetWorker, Recovery, Scripting, vProxy  Tagged: Recovery, REST API, testing, VMware
The FARR Model: Fault Tolerance, Availability, Redundancy, Recoverability

Of Pandemics, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

 Preston de Guise  April 20, 2020

“In these strange times…” “In these interesting times…” “In these very different times…” “As we come to grips with the…

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 Posted in: Architecture, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery  Tagged: availability, business continuity
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Say Hello to PowerProtect Data Manager 19.4

 Preston de Guise  April 14, 2020  1 Comment on Say Hello to PowerProtect Data Manager 19.4

We’ve just had our long, long weekend in Australia. Back in the days of tape libraries, there used to be…

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 Posted in: PowerProtect  Tagged: PPDM, upgrade
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Meme Monday

 Preston de Guise  April 13, 2020

It’s that time again to explore data protection myths and details through the power of the meme! Since it seems…

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 Posted in: Architecture, Best Practice  Tagged: desktop/laptop, meme, work from home

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