Author: Kinnison <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:11:19 -0400
Now that EMC has been selling Avamar for a few years, it seems that Networker has been more and more pushed into the background. Do you see any future for this product? What features or improvements
Author: wallace88 <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:05:28 -0400
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Author: "STANLEY R. HORWITZ" <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:20:04 -0400
NetWorker will be around for several more years, at least. EMC has a good roadmap for NetWorker. Even in shops where Avamar is in heavy use, NetWorker also has a vital role because it integrates wit
Hello, I did not want this question go un-answered. NetWorker continues to have a very strong roadmap and significant engineering investment. We have a major new release coming in the next few mo
Author: "STANLEY R. HORWITZ" <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:33:24 -0400
Anu, The features you just mentioned sound very interesting. You just reminded me of something. Up until NetWorker server 7.5.2, there used to be a notice posted in the console window (nsrwatch) when
Anu, I work for Clemson University and we have been using Networker for more than a decade. About two years ago we began using Networker to write directly to a Solaris Sam/Qfs file system which autom
Author: Brian Narkinsky <bnarkinsky AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:07:27 -0400
Checkpoint restarts might help with big filesystems but, we need a way to split very large file systems up into multiple backup streams. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Anu Yamunan <anuyamunan AT ya
In regard to: Re: [Networker] Future of Networker, Brian Narkinsky said (at...: Checkpoint restarts might help with big filesystems but, we need a way to split very large file systems up into multipl
Author: Brian Narkinsky <bnarkinsky AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:50:51 -0400
I'd like to see some sort of API for scripting. Maybe some sort of NetWorker Perl module (Like EMC's AutoStart Perl API) And maybe ODBC access to the media databases. To sign off this list, send emai
I'd like to ask to keep things simple, and avoid too many features. There's one question: which features to add. But there is also the delicate question: which features to REMOVE. Examples: 1) how t
Author: "STANLEY R. HORWITZ" <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 06:45:58 -0400
My understanding is that Microsoft forces VSS backups upon us for Windows 2008 systems. As for Windows clusters. I would not want to see that feature removed. I don't know about other NetWorker users
Windows 2008 systems. My understanding is that Microsoft considers the VSS API more like a feature, to be used to backup online system state and applications (open files) ? But assuming you don't wa
Author: Davina Treiber <Davina.Treiber AT PEEVRO.CO DOT UK>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:57:36 +0100
There is/was an API for NetWorker scripting. It was for Python. Unfortunately I don't think it ever got released as the guy behind it left the company. To sign off this list, send email to listserv A
Author: "Macina, Conrad" <Conrad.Macina AT PFIZER DOT COM>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:46:27 -0400
The easy, simple, direct answer is none. Every feature has its uses and adherents. The closest analogy I can think of is the U.S. Congress trying to cut the budget. Where do you cut? Urban Congressm
Author: Thierry FAIDHERBE <Thierry.Faidherbe AT SKYNET DOT BE>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:22:09 +0200
Dear Anu, First of all, many thanks to offer this community an entry point for bringing up our inputs. You maybe know about me as author of Networker Reporting Utility Freeware (http://users.skynet.b
Yes, but a choice will have to be made anyway. There are examples of thing that were removed in the past, anyway: - nwadmin (the GUI) - cluster connection licenses / clientpak licenses For example t
Author: "STANLEY R. HORWITZ" <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:49:16 -0400
I would not call licensing a "feature" per se. Even though cluster client connection licenses are no more, you can still use NetWorker to back up a cluster on a variety of OS platforms. To sign off t
The 'nsrauth' feature may have its adherents of course. Maybe somebody on this list depends on nsrauth, for some reason ? But lately I was thinking that nsrauth introduces some dependencies, on Open
Author: Michael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:32:52 -0400
I hope they don't remove cluster features! I have half a dozen Windows clusters, and will be adding another (a SQL 2008, 3 node cluster). To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.te
To me, the most important thing for the future of Networker is to completely support Windows 2008 full system restores. EMC should do whatever it takes to work with Microsoft to have them export the