As a follow up to my blog post on Commvault’s site with regards to a webinar I was privileged to recently join, here is the blog I promised, taking a more in-depth look at the tips I shared. The webinar in question, “Mastering Modern Disaster Recovery,” with Jeff Harbert, Director of Technical Services Programs with…
Category: Data Protection
Batteries & Data Protection
JBOB – Just a Bunch of Batteries As you can see from the photo I used for this blog, I still use Rayovac batteries in my devices. This happens to be my thoroughly amazing Zoom H6 Handy Recorder, but I also use them in my guitars (professional musician on the side), some of my music…
What Does Your Data Weigh?
What do you think? Does data have weight? How much does your data weigh? Or should we never ask questions about weight? He ain’t heavy, he’s my data Data can carry a lot of weight, it can be used to show how well your company is doing, it can be used to measure your own…
Boots & Technology – CommvaultGO Review
When I heard Commvault had selected Nashville for its annual user conference, CommvaultGO, I was a little disappointed that I wasn’t attending. I had some personal plans in Nashville that had to do with my other passion, music, but sadly I was leaving on the same day it was starting, Tuesday. One way or another, I got an email from…
#! /usr/bin/ksh – Backup Admin Life: Testing
In a blog, far far away… In my previous post on Automation in this series I’m calling “Backup Admin Life”, I talked about what we used to do with scripting to “get $#!+” done and how the more complex the systems got the more important it was to make sure things were automated and easy…
Business Impact Analysis: When the systems are up but people don’t show up
Black Forest Fire On Tuesday, June 10, 2013 I was returning from a business meeting downtown Denver and headed south toward Colorado Springs for my next meeting. If you have ever traveled the corridor from Denver to Colorado Springs on I25, you know the magnificent views of Pike’s Peak, Rampart Range to the southwest and…
Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
How the idea for this blog came about This past weekend my daughter asked, “who invented toast?” So having a little Cliff Clavin in me, I made up a story of how toast was invented by a gentleman called the Toastmaster General. When she responded, “really?” I quickly said no but I’m sure it can be found…
Data Protection OF a Service
Today I read Jason Buffington’s blog entitled, “How do you backup SaaS? I’d like to know” and was intrigued to see what response he has received from this very inquisitive blog post. Much to my chagrin, none were publicly posted. This, I thought was a great blog entry asking the very same questions I asked…
First business trip and serious laptop anxiety of the new year
Hard to believe, by this time last year I had already been to Europe and back and was getting ready to go to Hawaii to speak at a customer event and ride Harleys around the island with a customer or two. To tell you the truth, it has been nice not seeing an airport until…
Backup to the Future!!
Old times forgotten I’ve been around backup and recovery for a lot of years. Started as a night time backup operator slinging 288MB (yes megabyte) disk packs, mounting 9-track reel to reel tape (don’t forget to check if it is write-protected) and initiating a copy (backup) on a WANG VS7310 way back in late ’80s….