Basics – PPDM 19.3 VMware Recoveries
In this continuing PPDM basics series, I wanted to step you through the process of the following two activities: Performing…
Basics – PPDM 19.3 File Level Search from Image-Based Backups
I’ve been really looking forward to this demo video. When PPDM 19.3 was being worked on, I sat in a…
Basics – PPDM DR, vCenter and VM Backup Policy
Introduction So in a previous post, I had a couple of videos that showed first, how to deploy the PPDM…
Basics – Making Light Work of Ultra-Dense Filesystems
Introduction Dense filesystems are, without a doubt, the bane of the average backup administrator’s life. Everything in the environment is…
Of Milestones and Memories
So, something happened last month that I’ve only just noticed – I’ve gone over 2,000,000 hits on this blog. I think…
Basics – PPDM 19.3 Deployment and Initial Setup
I needed to do some reconfiguration in my lab recently, and I decided that it was a prime opportunity for…
Errata – Updated KVM Backup Script
So, when I was putting together a blog post last week on NetWorker compressed recoveries, I noticed the KVM Backup…
Basics – NetWorker Compressed Recoveries
While Data Domain compressed restores had been available in the NMDA and NMM modules for a while, NetWorker 19.1 introduced…
The Perils of Myopic Optimism
“Oxford economics historian Avner Offer believes that we’re hopelessly myopic. When left to our own devices, we’ll choose what’s nice…
Australian Bushfires show the Precarious State of Modern Infrastructure
Having grown up in rural regions, I’ve found myself glued to coverage of the bushfires raging throughout Australia at the…