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Re: [Networker] Feedback Requested on potential new enhancement products for NetWorker

2005-04-11 12:31:40
Subject: Re: [Networker] Feedback Requested on potential new enhancement products for NetWorker
From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:25:15 -0400
These ideas all seem interesting. What really stands out for me though is
the cloning manager utility. The NetWorker administrator wizzard might
also be extremely helpful.

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Siobhan Ellis wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>
>Having left EMC Legato and joined a ENSTOR, a reseller in Australia, I've
>been asked to look at turning some of our software into products. I'd like
>to ask if anyone would mind looking at the software we've developed and give
>me feedback on its usefulness and value, effectively acting as a beta site.
>
>We have the following:
>
>* Library Control Manager
>Powerful Library Control too to allow easy movement of tapes in and out of
>libraries, reducing the need to inventory tapes and minimising operator
>intervention in the process. Provides reports for all operations, so system
>administrators can readily know what volumes were moved, and when.*
>Recycling Manager
>Provides true pool based recycling for NetWorker, with notifications of
>volume return requirements for easier media tracking. Organisations can
>return to a simpler configuration that still meets their backup
>requirements.* Cloning Manager
>An advanced cloning solution suitable for organisations running multiple
>savegroups simultaneously overnight. Cloning Manager performs cloning after
>all backups have completed, thus eliminating the impact NetWork's automated
>savegroup
>cloning makes during the backup process. Supports both simple and complex
>cloning rules, and provides comprehensive cloning reports upon conclusion.*
>Explorer Manager
>An interactive NetWorker assistant that provides considerable extensions to
>standard NetWorker GUIs. Features include: diagnosis wizards, pool
>utilisation graphing, business group reporting, mminfo query builder, log
>file analyser and configuration reporter,
>file-finder, just to name a few. - VMware ESX Module
>A module that enables snapshots to be taken of virtual machines, and for
>backups to be run at the ESX server level, making ESX server even more cost
>effective and efficient compared to treating each Virtual Machine as a
>seperate client. - High Density File System Performance Module
>A Module that enables High Density File Systems to be backed up with
>multipke streams, improving the overall  performance of the backup. It does
>this by splitting up the file system by directories, so that each individual
>stream is a seperate directory.
>
>Regards and thanks in advance
>
>
>
>Siobhán Ellis
>Senior Technology Consultant
>Enstor
>Level 10, 118 Alfred St
>Milsons Point
>NSW 2061
>Australia
>
>Mobile: +61 424 750 544
>Phone: +61 2 9900 2100
>Fax: +61 2 9900 2199
>e-mail: siobhan.ellis AT enstor.com DOT au
>
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