Design considerations for ADV_FILE devices

Introduction When choosing to deploy backup to disk by using adv_file devices (instead of say, VTLs), there are some design…

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Architectural failings of monolithic personal mail databases

This article might be summarised as: I wish Microsoft would pull their heads in and design better email client software.…

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In memory of Tiananmen Square

Twenty years ago today I sat and watched the unfolding events in Tiananmen Square and witnessed the world-wide outcry from…

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(In)securing your daemon.raw with nsr_render_log -z

As you may know, the jump from NetWorker 7.3 to 7.4 saw the introduction of a language/locale-neutral log format in…

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What is /nsr/debug?

Those new to NetWorker may wonder what the purpose of the “/nsr/debug” directory is. When working in Windows environments, the…

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Sydney to Perth Lambretta Ride for Cancer Funding

One of my dear friends, Siobhán Ellis, will later this year be riding her Lambretta scooter from Sydney to Perth…

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Debugging autochanger operations

Having a strong support background, and having a preference for working in software rather than hardware, when I use NetWorker’s…

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Should you use NAS for disk backup?

Over at SearchStorage, there’s an article at the moment about using NAS disk as a disk backup target – i.e.,…

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Aside – A valuable lesson in SLAs

I’ve recently discovered a site with a prosaic name of “DailyWTF” … obviously aimed at technical people, it frequently covers…

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Basics – Important mminfo fields

Most NetWorker administrators with even a passing familiarity of mminfo will be aware of the “savetime” field, which reports when…

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