What’s new in NetWorker 19.11 (and 19.10)?

It’s been a while since I’ve done an update about recent NetWorker releases, and it’s high time I correct that.…

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Assorted musings (Episode 1?)

Not enough to warrant a full blog article, but here are a few things that have caught my attention of…

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What’s new in PowerProtect Data Manager 19.13?

PowerProtect Data Manager version 19.13 was released at the end of March, and so it’s time to have a look…

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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 – Revolutionary Protection for VMware

Introduction In Casino Royale, Vesper Lynd says to James Bond, “There are dinner jackets and dinner jackets; this is the…

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Avamar Basics – VMware Changed Block Tracking Recoveries

One of the most useful recoveries you can do in Avamar, NetWorker or PowerProtect Data Manager is the changed block…

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Avamar Basics – Recovering a Virtual Machine as a new Guest

Have you used the Avamar HTML5 UI (AUI)? It’s such an easy to use interface, and I love the way…

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Automated Testing of Virtual Machine Recoveries using NetWorker

While Avamar has options for automating the test of virtual machine recoveries, it’s not functionality that’s present in NetWorker. Recently…

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Basics – Finding Unprotected Virtual Machines with NetWorker

Most environments these days have a high percentage of virtualisation. It’s not uncommon to see 90% or more of all…

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#WhyIProtectWithDell

Last month I ran a competition to celebrate 2,000,000+ blog visitors. The competition was simple: tell me an example of…

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Basics – PPDM 19.3 File Level Search from Image-Based Backups

I’ve been really looking forward to this demo video. When PPDM 19.3 was being worked on, I sat in a…

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