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The top 10 for 2009

 Preston de Guise  January 6, 2010

Looking at the stats both for this new site and the previous site, I’ve compiled a list of the top…

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 Posted in: Architecture, Basics, NetWorker, Quibbles, Site, Support  Tagged: 7.5, 7.5.1, clone ID, deleting savesets, dependencies, Linux VTL, mminfo, most popular, NetWorker, NSR peer, nsrclone, nsrstage, open source VTL, Parallelism, saveset ID, saveset(ss_t), savetime, ssaccess, sscomp, sscreate, ssid, ssinsert, staging, VTL, yum

Thinking big about VTL? Think again, it’s all about thinking small

 Preston de Guise  January 4, 2010

A common mistake I see people make when planning VTL implementations is to aim to keep virtual media of a…

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 Posted in: Architecture, Backup theory, NetWorker  Tagged: media, media size, virtual tape size, VTL

micromanual: NetWorker Power User Guide to nsradmin

 Preston de Guise  January 4, 2010  23 Comments on micromanual: NetWorker Power User Guide to nsradmin

I’m pleased to say that the first micromanual for the NetWorker Information Hub is now available for download. The micromanual…

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 Posted in: Site  Tagged: micromanual, nsradmin, nsrd.info

What’s happening in 2010

 Preston de Guise  January 1, 2010

In addition to wanting a spiffy new URL, and the ability to customise my own 404 not found messages, the…

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 Posted in: Site  Tagged: site update

Let’s have a Green 2010

 Preston de Guise  December 29, 2009

While much of business has moved into the twenty-first century, one thing that continues to demonstrate a profound stuck-in-the-80’s mentality…

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 Posted in: General Technology, General thoughts  Tagged: consulting, green, remote access, remote support, telecommuting

Going on holiday? Don’t upgrade first

 Preston de Guise  December 28, 2009  2 Comments on Going on holiday? Don’t upgrade first

So you’re a busy backup administrator and you’re getting ready to go on leave. It’s 4pm on your final day…

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 Posted in: General Technology, General thoughts, NetWorker, Policies  Tagged: annual leave, change control, holiday, leave, POETS, updates, upgrades

Introducing the NetWorker Information Hub

 Preston de Guise  December 27, 2009

Part of my goal in moving the blog from WordPress to a dedicated site was to be able to start…

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 Posted in: Aside  Tagged: hub, NetWorker

NetWorker 7.6 and nsr_render_log

 Preston de Guise  December 27, 2009  2 Comments on NetWorker 7.6 and nsr_render_log

You may recall that in an earlier article, “(In)securing your logs using nsr_render_log -z“, I pointed out that the “-z”…

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 Posted in: NetWorker, Security  Tagged: nsr_render_log, obfuscate

Happy holidays

 Preston de Guise  December 25, 2009

In the spirit of this site, I hope that: You’re all able to take a break; All your backups run…

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 Posted in: Aside  Tagged: holiday, site update

What I’ve learnt this year…

 Preston de Guise  December 23, 2009  2 Comments on What I’ve learnt this year…

As the year draws to a close, I thought I’d spend a few minutes jotting down the major (technology) related…

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 Posted in: Aside  Tagged: 2009

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