Basics: Backup Lifecycle

In the various backup/data protection groups I hang around on, I periodically see the “I’m new to backup, what do…

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Basics – Configuring a reports-only user

Something that’s come up a few times in the last year for me has been a situation where a NetWorker…

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Enhancing NetWorker Security: A theoretical architecture

It’s fair to say that no one backup product can be all things to all people. More generally, it’s fair…

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What’s wrong with the NMC installation process?

There is, in my opinion, an unpleasant security hole in the NMC installation/configuration process. The security hole is simple: it…

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Your datazone is only as secure as your NetWorker server

A topic I discuss in my book that’s worth touching on here is that of datazone security. Backup is one…

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