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Securing NetBackup

When you work on a product as big as NetBackup, you get to work with a lot of talented and interesting characters. One of those people is Bill Browning, a Senior Principal Software Engineer focused on...

Back to the Future with Backup Image Expiration Dates

We've been getting a lot of questions lately about ways that Backup Reporter can report on things in the future. There are lots of ways to do forecasting but one of the best ways to look in to the fut...

Meet The Expert: OpenStorage

One Client Per Policy

Last week there was an interesting thread about the preferred strategy for the creation of policies on the Auburn NetBackup list. You can read the thread yourself at the Auburn list archives. If you a...

Basic Backup Reporting

I was trying to think of which crazy-cool complex report I could post on the blog but it dawned on me that there is a lot of power in just the simple reports. So that's where I'll start. Here's a dead...

Authenticate This

When I am out meeting customers I sometimes run into questions about the Symantec Authentication Service. This often occurs in the context of a conversation about Veritas Backup Reporter, NetBackup Ac...

Is all my data protected?

I’ve been involved with several projects related to NetBackup reporting over the years. In each of those projects I have heard customers voice a concern about producing a report that tells them conclu...

A startup in the NetBackup platform

When I got out of school at the University of Minnesota a few years ago I had a bunch of friends that went off to California where they worked for dot com’s or other little startups. Some were success...

The New Sheriff in Town

Hi, my name is Tim Burlowski. I am a technical product manager and I work in the NetBackup product management group. If you are wondering, I am certainly not the "new sheriff." I've worked at Symantec...

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to the inaugural blog from the NetBackup team! This blog is run by a group of NetBackup professionals from Symantec. Each offers a unique perspective and opinions on enterprise data ...