Is anybody actually using NetApp's Altavault or EMC's virtual DataDomain (DD) and are they any good.From what I can see :Virtual DD is a copy of the regular DD the big difference you add your own disk.Altavault virtual appliance is similar but the NB...
What I need is to turn an internet facing DMZ media server into nothing more than a simple data mover without the ability to run commands that could be a security risk if the master server is on the internal network. If possible I want only apply sec...
Becasue a cataloge backup takes a long time I'm considering doing an inline duplication to different geographical locations (local & offsite). This will give me two copies in thshoterest time possible.
When it comes to restore time of the catal...
The manual is a bit vague on this. It says you shouldn't set this to "Backup media server" (the default) if you want the policy validated. It says you must set it to an usable media server. Which is best once the policy has been validated
Use it ...
Does anybody know of command to list all defined retention levels with their human readable values like "3 weeks", "8 months" etc?
It would nice to be able to dynamic do this in a script rather than having to hard code all the different values.
It used to be a master-media server until the DMZ VM machines were moved from a DMZ vCenter to an internal vCenter.I agree with an appliance is the best option but it involves $$$
They all have the same DNS servers and nothing has changed in the environment that area (a lot of other people would be complianing as well). The problem was specific to a small number of policies (approx 5 in about 300) where that setting was chang...
Things I have seen that kill non-full backups -
There may be an app that may move files around as part of optimistation, Imaging and documentation systems do this.
A script may be updating ACLs on many files etc. Accelerator shouldn't pick many cha...
Thanks, that made sense because that what I attempted. All the media servers (7) have VMware access. I have "prioritized" storage unit groups and thought it would be best to change them from the primary media server to "Backup Media Server" then ...
