Assorted musings (Episode 2)

Browser wars redux? I was a little surprised to see that other browser vendors are again accusing Microsoft of unfair…

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Avamar Basics – Using Post-Scripts

Sometimes you have to think outside the box to get just the right database backup. And functions like post-scripts can help you out.

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NetWorker 8.2 SP2 is here

While NetWorker 9 went DA at the end of September and is seeing healthy uptake around the world, NetWorker 8.2 is still…

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Turbocharged EMC NetWorker

A while ago, I set out to update the nsradmin micromanual I’d released originally in 2009. In short order though I…

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Basics – Matching savesets with files on disk backup units

Generally speaking, you don’t want to be mucking around with the contents of your disk backup units except under extreme…

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Basics – mminfo, savetime and greater than/less than

Take a basic mminfo query, add someone not familiar with how NetWorker stores and works with dates/times, and you have…

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Basics – Listing files in a backup

A fairly common question I get asked is “How can I find out what files were backed up?” This is…

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Instantiating savesets

Following a recent discussion I’ve been having on the NetWorker Mailing List, I thought I should put a few details…

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