Melbourne DPUG and VMware Data Protection
Recently a colleague and I initiated the Melbourne Data Protection User Group (DPUG). If you’re interested in joining and participating and…
Tag: data domain
One target to rule them all
Introduction It’s true there are some data types that broadly aren’t suitable to sending to Data Domain – any more than they’re suitable for sending to…
Shared Data Domain Access
If you’ve come from a tape library environment, you’re well aware the only way to share a tape library between multiple…
Seeing in-flight encryption with Data Domain and NetWorker at work
As I mentioned in an earlier article, Data Domain OS 5.5 introduced a new feature, in-flight encryption. This applies to Data…
Centralising Data Domain Logging
If you’ve got a Data Domain in your NetWorker environment, you obviously need to monitor it, just as you would any other…
Understanding Client Direct
Client direct is a (relatively) new feature, introduced in the 8.x series, (8.0 to be exact) which allows for a client…
Data Domain Boost and Daily/Monthly Backups
One question that comes up every now and then concerns having an optimal approach to Data Domain Boost devices in…
Virtual synthetic fulls: A match made in heaven
One of the great new features in NetWorker 8.1 is virtual synthetic fulls. You may think the term ‘virtual synthetic’ sounds…
Data Domain: VTL vs Boost
If you’re looking at deploying Data Domain with NetWorker, but are coming from a physical tape or even an alternate…
Avamar: Gym Built Version
I don’t normally write too much about Avamar. While it’s a great product with some excellent features, my background has…