Directives and change control
It’s easy to change NetWorker directives. A few clicks here and there if you use NMC, then a couple of…
Aside – On second thoughts, escalate that please
I use Parallels quite a lot within my Mac environment, and recently tried to get Solaris/AMD 64-bit installed. Even on…
Carry a jukebox with you (if you’re using Linux)
A rather smart gent whom I used to work with at another company, Mark Harvey, has in his own time…
Basics – NetWorker differential levels
One question I’m often asked by people who haven’t used differential levels within NetWorker is what is the purpose of…
Take a peek at Going Virtual
My colleague Brian Norris is continuing his excellent coverage of virtualisation topics over at Going Virtual, this time with a…
Upgrading NetWorker and the ‘tmp’ directory
Over the years I’ve been forced to come to one key conclusion about the NetWorker ‘tmp’ directory and NetWorker upgrades….
Basics – Achieving higher frequency backups
For the most part we run standard backups once every 24 hours – daily. A lot of the time if…
Basics – Null vs Skip Directives
One of the most common mistakes made by people new to NetWorker when setting up directives is using the skip…
The Dual Evils – Malware, and Malware Protection
I worry that I may in this entry come across as a smug Mac user, but that’s not my intent,…
Are you Monitoring RAP?
Introduced in NetWorker v7 was a feature called “Monitor RAP”. There’s two unfortunate aspects to this setting in the NetWorker…