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…
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….
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….
Downgrading NetWorker on Mac OS X
I have, on a few occasions, been puzzled as to how to downgrade NetWorker on Mac OS X. There’s a…
NetWorker 7.5 SP3 Released
NetWorker 7.5 SP3 has been released today, and with it comes a selection of important changes, including: ADV_FILE devices now…
The Half-Life of a Backup
Every backup you do has a half-life, which isn’t the retention period of the backup. Now, if you’re new to…
Know your environment
Whenever I conduct training, I tell a story about a disaster recovery test that I ran for a customer in…
Why upgrade clients?
The Question It’s usually the case that the biggest part of a NetWorker environment – in terms of resources that…
Plenty of life left in tape
With LTO-5 now just starting to go mainstream, it’s reassuring to see that the Ultrium roadmap has been expanded with…
Telling facts
I joined Twitter about 6 months ago, having resisted it for some time. My only regret now is that I…