What’s your test environment?

While virtualisation has introduced additional complexities into our lives from a backup perspective, you can’t argue with the benefits it…

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EMC Elect, 2014

I’m rather pleased to say I’ve been included for the second year running in the EMC Elect programme. Last year…

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NetWorker Usage Survey, 2013

It’s time for the annual NetWorker Usage Survey for 2013. This will run from 1 December, 2013 through to 31…

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Spy vs Agent

Since VMware entered the server space, a simple problem has plagued backup administrators: Backup via a client installed in the VM? or…

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Checkpoint your backups

Back in NetWorker 7.6 SP1, a new feature was introduced – Checkpoint backups. If you’ve not used or heard of…

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Virtual synthetic fulls: A match made in heaven

One of the great new features in NetWorker 8.1 is virtual synthetic fulls. You may think the term ‘virtual synthetic’ sounds…

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Data Domain: VTL vs Boost

If you’re looking at deploying Data Domain with NetWorker, but are coming from a physical tape or even an alternate…

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Speed2Lead: Launch, not hypegasm

I recently went to the EMC Speed2Lead/SpeedToLead product launch in Milan. After the launch, I saw that The Register had…

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The quickening

I recently attended EMC Forum, where some fairly impressive figures were rolled out relating to what EMC has spent on…

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Casing the joint

When you’re working with NetWorker on the command line, it’s important to be aware that NetWorker is case sensitive. Sometimes,…

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