Mac OS X 10.6.3 and NetWorker

Less than a month ago, Apple released service pack 3 to Snow Leopard – i.e., 10.6.3. A few days after…

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Client inactivity timeout is not group timeout

One of the settings that can be made within a group is the ‘inactivity timeout’ setting. This refers to client…

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ADV_FILE operational changes

As I mentioned in an earlier post, EMC have announced on their community forum that there are some major changes…

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Basics – Recovering from an aborted saveset

Normally you don’t want to be in this position, but sometimes you’ll strike a situation where the only possible location…

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RIP Solaris

Having observed Oracle’s strategy now for a while since the acquisition of Sun, and many discussions with a quite a…

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Coming ADV_FILE changes

I had been aware for a while from an NDA conversation that these changes were on the way, but of…

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Basics – Skip and Forget

For quite a while I worked under the assumption that you could do the following with directives in NetWorker: <<…

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Using NetWorker Client with Opensolaris

The challenge Recently a customer asked me if it is possible to install and use Networker on Opensolaris. Opensolaris itself…

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10 reasons why tape is still important (part 2)

In the previous article, I covered the first five of ten reasons why tape is still important. Now, let’s consider…

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nsrd.info forums

I’ve now opened forums on the primary nsrd.info site. While I’d initially planned to try to setup an alternate style…

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