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NetBackup 6 – End of support life
Starting October 3, all versions of NetBackup 6.x will be end of support life.Upgrade to version 7 as soon as possible! More info:...
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DataDomain overview
This image gives a nice overview of the DataDomain appliances currently available.
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Gartner MQ Backup
This is the June 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant of Enterprise backup to disk. Full article: http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1AV7K3J&ct=120611&st=sb#
View ArticleOPSCenter login
Logging on to the Symantec OpsCenter console For administrator initial logon, the user name is admin and the password is password After the initial log on, change the user name and password.To change...
View ArticleNetBackup patch order
When patching your NetBackup environment, always use the following order: OPSCenter server Master server Media server Clients
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When updating your environment, always the following order to apply patches: CommServe MediaAgents Clients A best practice is to use the software / update cache to distribute updates to all components.
View ArticleNetBackup 7.5.0.5
A few days ago, Symantec released NetBackup 7.5.0.5.Summary of new features: vSphere 5.1 Support – Consuming VDDK 5.0 U1 VMware backup host is now supported on the following operating systems: • Red...
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CommVault Simpana 10
The software has been released and a dedicated microsite is live! http://www.commvault.com/simpana-10 Also the documentation is available here:...
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SnapMirror seeding
Snapmirror is a great way to mirror your data including snapshots to another filer. However the so called baseline sync is a full copy of your primary data. This initial seed is not always possible...
View ArticleNetBackup 7.6 Virtualization Advancements
During a Google+ hangout, a small panel discussed the new features regarding virtualisation in NetBackup 7.6 (net yet available). The full video can be viewed here:...
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mhVTL installation on Ubuntu & CentOS
mhVTL is an open source Virtual Tape Library which emulates standaard tape libraries. This can be usefull when testing backup scenarios or tape handling. Here is how I set it up on Ubuntu, on CentOS...
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CommVault 10 – Top 10 new features
CommVault Simpana 10 is around for 5 months. I have working with version day from day 1. This article will list my top 10 of new features. Smart client groups New software support: Hyper-V 3.0...
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CommVault version 8 end of support
On December first, support for version 8 will end. With version 10 available, CommVault maintains support for their two latests version: 9 and 10. So support for version 8 will end.
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Recover a corrupt VM using GParted live CD
This post summaries a procedure I used to recover a corrupt VM. The VM had 15 snapshots when we looked at the disks, however VMware did not show any. Disk consolidation did not work, it ended in an...
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Exchange 2013 Public folder item-level recovery
In Exchange 2013 public folders are available. They are sometimes called modern public folders. For more info, read the following page:...
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Commvault gridStor with partitioned deduplication and Nas storage
We have created a standard installation for creating a high performance, fault tolerant, active-active setup with two CommVault mediaagents. We use partitioned deduplication and GridStor. the following...
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Veeam 8 – NetApp integration step-by-step
No that Veeam 8 is on the market for a while and NetApp cluster mode is more and more the standard. I decided to create a lab environment to see how the Veeam and NetApp integration works in real life....
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