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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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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Basics – NMC VMware Viewer

As you might have noticed in other posts, I’m a big fan of using NVP (NetWorker Virtual Proxy – also…

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NetWorker 9.2 – A Focused Release

NetWorker 9.2 has just been released. Now, normally I pride myself for having kicked the tyres on a new release…

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Basics – Using the vSphere Plugin to Add Clients for Backup

It’s a rapidly changing trend – businesses increasingly want the various Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) running applications and essential services…

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Basics – File level recovery from Image Level Backup

I want to try something different with this post. Rather than the usual post with screen shots and descriptions, I…

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NetWorker 9.1 FLR Web Interface

Hey, don’t forget, my new book is available. Jam packed with information about protecting across all types of RPOs and RTOs, as…

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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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Testing (and debugging) an emergency restore

A few days ago I had some spare time up my sleeve, and I decided to test out the Emergency…

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Spy vs Agent

Since VMware entered the server space, a simple problem has plagued backup administrators: Backup via a client installed in the VM? or…

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