{"id":5448,"date":"2015-02-24T18:54:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T08:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/?p=5448"},"modified":"2015-02-24T18:54:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T08:54:03","slug":"ive-been-elected-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2015\/02\/24\/ive-been-elected-again\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve been Elected again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5449\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog.jpeg\" alt=\"Elect 2015\" width=\"400\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog-144x144.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog-36x36.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Elect-2015-Blog-64x64.jpeg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been running the NetWorker Blog since 2009, and since it started it&#8217;s grown to hundreds of articles in addition to a bunch of reports and some mini (and not so mini) manuals.\u00a0I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to be named part of\u00a0the EMC Elect\u00a0Community now for 3 years running since its inception, but I thought it worthwhile spending a few minutes mentioning some of\u00a0the other EMC Elect I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to meet, or whose musings I&#8217;ve found particularly interesting over the years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dave Henry, who can speak storage like it&#8217;s his first language both in person and on\u00a0his <a title=\"Geek Fluent\" href=\"http:\/\/geekfluent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geek Fluent Blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Rob Koper at <a title=\"50mu.net\" href=\"http:\/\/www.50mu.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">50mu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Matt Davis, the\u00a0fearsomely smart guy who runs <a title=\"da5is.com\" href=\"http:\/\/da5is.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">da5is<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Jon Klaus, who runs <a title=\"Faststorage\" href=\"http:\/\/faststorage.eu\" target=\"_blank\">faststorage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Kusek, <a title=\"Christopher Kusek's pkguild blog\" href=\"http:\/\/pkguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">not only a guru on all things virtual<\/a>, but one of\u00a0the bravest bloggers I know.<\/li>\n<li>Jason Nash, who often\u00a0seems to know everything there is about storage you can know, <a title=\"Jason Nash\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonnash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">and then some<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There were a lot more in EMC Elect 2015\u00a0than the above select list, of course.\u00a0Last year was a bit chaotic for me, between job changes and a few other big personal events. This year, I&#8217;m planning on diving into a lot more of what my Elect colleagues (both above, and across the entire spectrum) post about, and you&#8217;ll be seeing more links appear to their\u00a0articles.<\/p>\n<p>Jumping back to me for a moment, I figure this is as good an opportunity as ever to do a quick summary of some of the bigger posts on the NetWorker hub &#8211; so here goes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Top 5 Blog Posts<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2009\/02\/23\/basics-fixing-nsr-peer-information-errors\/\">Basics &#8211; Fixing NSR Peer Information\u00a0Errors<\/a>. A perennial favourite, this has been visited more than twice as often as any other article on the site.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Introducing NetWorker 8\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2012\/07\/11\/introducing-networker-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">Introducing NetWorker 8<\/a>. Everyone was hungry for information on\u00a0NetWorker 8 when it launched, and this remains\u00a0well read even now.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Stopping and Starting NetWorker on the Windows Command Line\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2009\/02\/11\/basics-stopping-and-starting-networker-from-the-windows-command-line\/\" target=\"_blank\">Basics &#8211; Stopping and Starting\u00a0NetWorker on the Windows Command Line<\/a>.\u00a0I&#8217;ve always found wading through\u00a0the services control panel in Windows to be slower than firing a command prompt and typing a couple of commands. I thought that was because I was a die-hard Unix\/Command Line junkie, but it turns out a lot of people want to know this.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Changing browse and retention times\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2009\/02\/16\/basics-changing-saveset-browseretention-times\/\" target=\"_blank\">Basics &#8211; Changing\u00a0Browse\/Retention Time<\/a>. We&#8217;ve all done it: accidentally configured a client and left the default browse and retention settings in place, only to realise a month or two later that we need to correct it. <em>Don&#8217;t worry, I won&#8217;t\u00a0tell who has looked at this\u00a0article &#8211; we&#8217;ve all been\u00a0in the same boat&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NetWorker 8 Advanced File Type Devices\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2012\/07\/12\/networker-8-advanced-file-type-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\">NetWorker 8 Advanced File Type Devices<\/a>. NetWorker 8 saw device handling for AFTDs (and for that matter, DD Boost devices) completely upgraded. This article\u00a0dove in on the nitty gritty and a lot of people access it still.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manuals and reports you might find interesting<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>NetWorker Usage Surveys for <a title=\"NetWorker Usage Survey 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/reports\/NW_Usage_Survey_2014_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2014<\/a>, <a title=\"NetWorker Usage Report 2013\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/reports\/NW_Usage_Survey_December_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2013<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"NetWorker Usage Report 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/reports\/NW_Usage_Survey_December_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2012<\/a>, <a title=\"NetWorker Usage Survey 2011\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/reports\/NW_Usage_Survey_June_2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2011<\/a> and <a title=\"NetWorker Usage Survey 2010 (November)\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/reports\/NW_Usage_Survey_November_2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2010<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Turbocharged EMC NetWorker\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/micromanuals\/download-turbocharged.php\" target=\"_blank\">Turbocharged EMC\u00a0NetWorker<\/a>. Want to become a power administrator for NetWorker? Start here.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Stop, Collaborate and Listen\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/micromanuals\/download-scl.php\" target=\"_blank\">Stop, Collaborate and Listen<\/a>. Want to know how your IT department can\u00a0integrate better with your business? It&#8217;s three simple words.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Configuring LinuxVTL with NetWorker\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/micromanuals\/download-linuxvtl.php\" target=\"_blank\">Configuring LinuxVTL with NetWorker<\/a>. Did you know you can get a free VTL to run in your lab environment? This\u00a0manual explains how.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks for reading my blog over the years, I look forward to many more years to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been running the NetWorker Blog since 2009, and since it started it&#8217;s grown to hundreds of articles in addition&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[1141,1140],"class_list":["post-5448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aside","tag-elect","tag-emc-elect"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pKpIN-1pS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5448"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5453,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5448\/revisions\/5453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}