Melbourne DPUG and VMware Data Protection

Recently a colleague and I initiated the Melbourne Data Protection User Group (DPUG). If you’re interested in joining and participating and…

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Updated checks in nsradmin

A while ago EMC engineering updated the venerable nsradmin utility to include automated checking options, with an initial focus on checks for NetWorker clients. As…

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Sampling device performance

Data Protection Advisor is an excellent tool for producing information about your backup environment, but not everyone has it in…

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Recovery survey

Back in 2012, I ran a survey to gauge some basic details about recovery practices within organisations. (The report from that survey…

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The lazy admin

Are you an industriously busy backup administrator, or are you lazy? When I started in IT in 1996, it wasn’t…

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Understanding NetWorker licensing options

There are now three types of licensing options you can consider with NetWorker, and it’s helpful to understand the difference between…

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Celebrating 25 years of NetWorker

25 years ago, a post was made onto Usenet to announce the immediate availability of a new backup product called NetWorker.…

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Tales from the trenches – Tape

I’m back in a position where I’m having a lot of conversations with customers who are looking at infrastructure change.…

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Basics – Configuring a reports-only user

Something that’s come up a few times in the last year for me has been a situation where a NetWorker…

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Pool size and deduplication

When you start looking into deduplication, one of the things that becomes immediately apparent is … size matters. In particular, the size of…

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