Aside – How I stay organised
(Or, information is like water – you can drink from it, you can swim in it, or you can drown…
Audit is not a 4-letter word
This post has now been moved to the Enterprise Systems Backup Blog. You can find it here. Related posts: Things…
Getting jobquery to talk to you
I’ve been using nsradmin for the last 12 years. So when I read about a new utility, ‘jobquery’ in NetWorker…
Basics – Commands you should know
[This is something I’ll revisit from time to time and update.] There are some commands you should always be aware…
Basics – Parallelism in NetWorker
Parallelism in NetWorker is effectively multiplexing by another name. There are three areas where you have traditionally been able to…
Basics – Changing saveset browse/retention times
Ever need to adjust the browse/retention time for a saveset, but you’ve not been sure how to do so? Here’s…
Things not to virtualise: backup servers and storage nodes
Note: It’s 2015, and I now completely disagree with what I wrote below. Feel free to read what I had…
Basics – Why nsrwatch is still needed
In a previous post, I bemoaned the lack of nsrwatch on Windows. I thought it would be worthwhile pointing out…
Quibbles – I know I’m depositing tapes, dummy!
I know this is a minor quibble – and for the most part, minor quibbles sum up the issues that…
Basics – Stopping and starting NetWorker from the Windows command line
I always like to know how to work with the command line, even on Windows. (As I say in my…