Basics – Of Asset Sources and Assets
If you’re new to PowerProtect Data Manager, you may notice it doesn’t use a term that most other data protection…
Tag: client
Basics – Retiring Clients in NetWorker 19.4
One of the new features introduced in NetWorker 19.4 is the concept of a NetWorker client state. A client can…
Architectural Considerations – To Storage Node or Not to Storage Node?
As environments scale, so too has NetWorker grown in its ability to scale. The latest version of NetWorker can scale…
Basics – Understanding NetWorker Architecture
With the NetWorker 9 architecture now almost 12 months old, I thought it was long past time I do a Basics…
NetWorker Scales El Capitan
When Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) came out, I upgraded my personal desktop and laptop to El Capitan. The upgrade went…
Multihost consistent backups in NetWorker 9
NetWorker 9 introduces a new action that can be incorporated into workflows, Check Connectivity. You can use this prior to a backup…
Client checking with nsradmin
I’ve probably looked at the man page for nsradmin a half dozen times since NetWorker 8.2 came out, and I’d not…
Basics – Workflow for adding a new client
A question I get asked from time to time is “How do I do X in NetWorker?”, and by how, I…
Partner is not a dirty word
I periodically see indignant tweets and comments by people that if you sell something to a client, then you’re at…
Client inactivity timeout is not group timeout
One of the settings that can be made within a group is the ‘inactivity timeout’ setting. This refers to client…