Basics – Tape capacity and compression
Tape capacity. It should be straight forward, but many people tend to look at only the biggest, most optimistic numbers,…
Basics – Old Savegroup Messages
A long time ago, in a NetWorker far, far away, all the output of a savegroup was included in the…
Debugging – device device daemons on a storage node
On one of my lab environments I recently had a problem where the devices (AFTD) on a firewalled storage node…
NetWorker Tunnels
NetWorker and firewalls has always been a bit of a challenging combination. It’s become increasingly simplified over time – to…
NetWorker Usage Report 2012
Running between December 11, 2012 and 31 January 2013, the NetWorker Usage Survey switched from a bi-yearly to a yearly…
Basics – Getting a bootstrap with every backup
One question you’ll periodically see raised in NetWorker forums is … “why am I getting a bootstrap backup with every…
Best Practice – Groups
There’s a few very important rules to follow when it comes to NetWorker groups: Maintain an air-gap: Ensure there’s at…
EMC Elect
I was rather chuffed, in December, to be nominated to the new EMC Elect programme, and humbled to be informed…
Best Practice – Are index pools required?
A common question that you see fielded regularly is whether or not it’s “best practice” to have dedicated index pools….
Best Practice – Pool content
NB: Don’t forget to fill in the NetWorker Usage Survey, if you haven’t already done so. It’s open until 31 January…