Basics – Dynamic VMware Policies with NetWorker 18.2
I really love adaptive backup processes – that is, NetWorker and Avamar’s functions around defining dynamic selections of resources to be…
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I really love adaptive backup processes – that is, NetWorker and Avamar’s functions around defining dynamic selections of resources to be…
In November last year I posted a script and descriptions for use to allow NetWorker to backup RedHat/CentOS KVM images…
Some blogging history On 25 January 2009, I published the first article on what was then the NetWorker Blog: How…
NetWorker 9 saw the introduction of the service-catalogue like Policy/Workflow/Action configuration engine in NetWorker, which replaced the previous group based…
In my first post for 2019, I spent a little bit of time talking about the key trend we’re going…
Introduction Earlier this month, Data Protection Suite 18.2 was released. This covers: Avamar Data Protection Advisor (DPA) Data Protection Central…
In my previous post, I walked through the process of getting Data Protection Search up and running – from that…
First up, a quick explanation: I’ve not posted a lot of late because I’ve spent most of my time outside…
Of late I’ve been playing around a little bit with KVM. I must admit, it’s not really my virtualisation system…
In the huge round of updates in June/July, one of the products you should be using more frequently, Data Protection…
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