In spite of virtualization of servers, it's not seldom when I we can meet Microsoft Cluster (MSCS or WSFC) of Virtual Machines (VMs) running on VMware vSphere. This type of clustering is called guest clustering and recently I was thinking what are the reasons to migrate and design such clusters on vSphere. In my opinion,… Read More »
In December 2015, Veritas released NetBackup 2.7.1 (=7.7.1) for Appliances. There was a small "lag" between normal version of NetBackup and version for Appliances. This version introduces a new feature (available only on NetBackup Appliances) - Copilot for Oracle. Not once I have heard that Oracle admins do not want to use NetBackup to backup… Read More »
As I descirbed some months ago, NetBackup Access Control (NBAC) can be used to limit access to NetBackup more granular. Since NetBackup 7.x. the configuration of NBAC is simplified. NBAC should be configured on the following NetBackup components: Master Server Media Servers Clients Configuring NetBackup Access Control (NBAC) on Master Server To configure NBAC on… Read More »