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DevOps and PowerProtect Data Manager

 Preston de Guise  October 10, 2022

PowerProtect Data Manager is built around a focus on the REST API interface, which makes it ideal for DevOps. Being…

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 Posted in: Automation, PowerProtect  Tagged: Ansible, DPaaS, PPDM, ServiceNow
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John Proctor and Data Breaches

 Preston de Guise  September 25, 2022  1 Comment on John Proctor and Data Breaches

Another day, another data breach. Optus, Australia’s second biggest telecommunications company has suffered a potentially massive data breach, estimating that…

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 Posted in: General thoughts  Tagged: data breach, data protection, identity theft, Optus

The Tender Art of Process Re-Evaluation

 Preston de Guise  September 6, 2022  1 Comment on The Tender Art of Process Re-Evaluation

Data protection is a topic commonly pushed out to tender. And I understand why: depending on how far forward into…

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 Posted in: Best Practice, General Technology, General thoughts
Retiring Clients

When planning for long term retention, look to the database model

 Preston de Guise  August 25, 2022  1 Comment on When planning for long term retention, look to the database model

(…though most businesses get Long Term Retention wrong even with databases) Introduction The information age is one that has a…

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 Posted in: Best Practice, Documentation, Long Term Retention  Tagged: compatibility, format, LTR

Meme Monday

 Preston de Guise  August 22, 2022

It’s been a while since I’ve done a meme Monday, so let’s get the week started with a light-hearted look…

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 Posted in: Automation, Best Practice, Business Continuity, Databases, General thoughts, Recovery  Tagged: meme

Cloud Tier gets Cold

 Preston de Guise  August 1, 2022

In July, PowerProtect DD received an update to DDOS 7.9. In this article I want to talk about a fantastically…

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 Posted in: Data Domain  Tagged: Cloud Tier, data domain, Glacier

Configuring the PowerProtect Data Manager Report Engine

 Preston de Guise  July 25, 2022  4 Comments on Configuring the PowerProtect Data Manager Report Engine

In PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10, a report engine was added. Data Protection Advisor could, and can still be used to…

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 Posted in: PowerProtect  Tagged: PowerProtect Data Manager, PPDM, report, reporting

Using syslog in PowerProtect Data Manager

 Preston de Guise  July 18, 2022

As I mentioned in an earlier post, PowerProtect Data Manager 19.11 introduces support for remote syslog servers, allowing you to…

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 Posted in: PowerProtect  Tagged: Logging, PowerProtect Data Manager, PPDM, syslog
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Lessons from Product Management

 Preston de Guise  July 18, 2022  2 Comments on Lessons from Product Management

Introduction It occurred to me earlier this week that I’ve passed the six month anniversary of my transition from presales…

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 Posted in: General thoughts  Tagged: career, product management
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What’s new in NetWorker 19.7?

 Preston de Guise  July 11, 2022  2 Comments on What’s new in NetWorker 19.7?

NetWorker 19.7 was recently released, and in this article I’ll step through some of the key updates in the product….

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 Posted in: NetWorker  Tagged: NetWorker, update

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