Meme Monday
Let’s start the week off by thinking of a few data protection topics through the awesome window of memes, shall we? I’m a big fan of taking the time to do data discovery. While data gravity means...
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OK, let’s look at common data protection challenges through the eyes of memes again! I’m a big fan of backup monitoring. When I was a backup administrator, I’d spent anywhere up to the first hour of...
View ArticleBasics – NetWorker Compressed Recoveries
While Data Domain compressed restores had been available in the NMDA and NMM modules for a while, NetWorker 19.1 introduced recovery compression for most other backups. (VMware virtual machine...
View ArticleBasics – PPDM 19.3 VMware Recoveries
In this continuing PPDM basics series, I wanted to step you through the process of the following two activities: Performing a virtual machine recovery from an image-based backup to an alternate...
View ArticleAutomated 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 I was contacted by Ugo Bellavance: would I be interested in...
View ArticleData Protection: Ensuring Data Availability – 2nd Edition
Over the last year or so, I’ve been working on a project that’s very dear to me: creating an updated and expanded release of Data Protection: Ensuring Data Availability. I’m proud to say, the eBook was...
View ArticleBasics – NetWorker Multiple Virtual Machine Recovery Operation
Here’s a really great function of NetWorker: being able to kick off the recovery of multiple virtual machines simultaneously. One operation, multiple image based recoveries. It barely takes any more...
View ArticleBasics – Using the NetWorker HTML UI for File-Level Recovery
One of the changes introduced in NetWorker 19.3 was the inclusion of file-level recoverability from traditional backups via the NetWorker HTML5 UI (NWUI). Use cases within the NWUI are growing with...
View ArticleBasics – FLR from BBB in NWUI
I’ve been mostly offline for a bit over a week. On Thursday 25 June my husband and I made the hardest choice we’d ever had to make in the almost 24 years we’ve been together. Our oldest cat, Stitch,...
View ArticleBasics – File-level recovery from agent-based backups in PPDM
A lot of the PPDM content I’ve shown thus far has revolved around virtual machine backups. But sometimes you need agent-based backups for systems. Increasingly, that’s because they’re actually still...
View ArticleAvamar 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 it simplifies workflows and operational tasks. In the video below, you can see just how simple a virtual...
View ArticleAvamar 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 tracking recovery. Within VMware, a changed block tracking (CBT) recovery is what you...
View ArticleBunkers vs Vaults
I want to spend a little while talking about bunkers vs vaults. I’ve been thinking about what constitutes a vault vs a bunker quite a bit recently, and there are two reasons why this keeps percolating...
View ArticleBasics – Indexed File Recovery with NetWorker 19.4 NWUI
The HTML version of the NetWorker interface introduced file-level recovery options in 19.3. With 19.3 you got the option to do a file-browsed recovery from block-based backups and a named-file recovery...
View ArticlePowerProtect Data Manager Filesystem Agent – Installation and Recovery
Introduction While PowerProtect Data Manager supports some important functions, like highly efficient VMware and database backups, we shouldn’t lose sight… The post PowerProtect Data Manager Filesystem...
View ArticleBad Things Happen
Bad Things Happened at OVH If you work in infrastructure, you probably saw some reference in the last week to… The post Bad Things Happen first appeared on Data Protection Hub.
View ArticleAvamar Basics – Command Line Restores using avtar
I admit, when I first encountered Avamar, some of my first impressions were a little jaded by my lengthy experience… The post Avamar Basics – Command Line Restores using avtar first appeared on Data...
View ArticlePowerProtect Backup Service for Salesforce
Got Salesforce? Then you need PowerProtect Backup Service. The post PowerProtect Backup Service for Salesforce first appeared on Data Protection Hub.
View ArticleMeme Monday
It’s been a while since I’ve done a meme Monday, so let’s get the week started with a light-hearted look…
View ArticleWorking with Restore Plans
Restore Plans were introduced in PowerProtect Data Manager 19.14. Restore Plans are simple, yet offer a great deal of power…
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