PowerProtect Data Manager Filesystem Agent – Installation and Recovery

Introduction While PowerProtect Data Manager supports some important functions, like highly efficient VMware and database backups, we shouldn’t lose sight…

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A Simple Linux KVM Backup Framework using NetWorker

Of late I’ve been playing around a little bit with KVM. I must admit, it’s not really my virtualisation system…

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Basics – Linux File Level Recovery from VMware Image Level Backups

NetWorker 9 introduced a new, pure HTML5 web interface for the File Level Recovery interface for VBA, which works much…

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Linux Block Based Backups in NetWorker 9

As mentioned in my introductory post about it, NetWorker 9 introduces the option to perform Block Based Backups (BBB) for Linux systems.…

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Debugging nsrmmd

Sometimes it’s helpful to run NetWorker in debug mode – but sometimes, you just want to throw the nsrmmd processes…

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NetWorker and CentOS

A common question I get asked by Linux customers is “Can I run my NetWorker server on CentOS?” Up until…

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What’s the point of enterprise, commercial Linux?

I’m curious as to the differences between using a commercial, supported version of Linux in the enterprise and a non-supported…

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NetWorker and linuxvtl, Redux

Some time ago, I posted a blog entry titled Carry a Jukebox with you, if you’re using Linux, which referred…

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NetWorker on Linux – Ditching ext3 for xfs

Recently when I made an exasperated posting about lengthy ext3 check times and looking forward to btrfs, Siobhán Ellis pointed…

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Routine filesystem checks on disk backup units

On Linu, filesystems typically have two settings regarding getting complete checks on boot. These are: Maximum number of mounts before…

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