Backup to Disk and Busy State Staging

Backup to disk has well and truly become entrenched as a core backup strategy in most companies. By “backup to…

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Using backup and recovery systems to track data growth

There’s a lot of talk about tracking data growth by watching SAN and NAS usage, counting allocated storage by the…

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First thoughts – NetWorker 7.5 SP3 AFTD Enhancements

On the weekend it came out, being your typical backup geek, I downloaded NetWorker 7.5 SP3, installed a new virtual…

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appliances vs Appliances

We all have appliances, right? Teapots and toasters and microwaves and automatic coffee machines, etc. They’re all appliances. So are…

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NetWorker and CentOS

A common question I get asked by Linux customers is “Can I run my NetWorker server on CentOS?” Up until…

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Basics – Specifying a default Jukebox

If you’ve got multiple jukeboxes within a NetWorker environment, but primarily work with one of them, you may find ‘nsrjb’…

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What’s the point of enterprise, commercial Linux?

I’m curious as to the differences between using a commercial, supported version of Linux in the enterprise and a non-supported…

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Why I work in backups

I’m not a storage geek – storage to me is a means to an end, almost irrelevant to the final…

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What’s happening with Sun OEM NetWorker?

This is an appeal for information. I’ve heard conflicting stories and I can’t get rock solid clarification from any party.…

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An appeal for better manners

On Twitter and via blogs, I subscribe to feeds from a bunch of vendors: HP, EMC, NetApp, Xiotech, Compellent, etc.…

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