A collection of system admin hints and tips, documents and articles for Legato, Solstice Backup and EMC NetWorker products in all their variants.

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Maximising NetWorker data throughput

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Maximising data throughput under NetWorker using paralleliusm and target session settings

Deleting NetWorker base enablers

Published   Read time 3 min(s) 36 sec(s)   (3074 visits).

Until recently deleting a NetWorker base enabler was possible but it was neither user-friendly nor easy. Here I share a fully supported option.

Changing OLDAUTH setting on a NetWorker client

Published   Read time 1 min 10 sec(s)   (3662 visits).

Use this procedure to switch from nsrauth to oldauth authentication on the backup server for the client exhibiting the problem.

Backing up the NetWorker GST database

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This post provides the basic steps needed to perform a backup of the GST Database for the NetWorker Management Console (NMC) server.

Migrating SBU/EBS clients to EMC NetWorker

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Once native EMC NetWorker client software has been installed on each client, the Client Push will function normally for all future upgrades.

NetWorker ASC/ASCQ Error decode utility

Published   Read time 1 min 49 sec(s)   (2705 visits).

Use ascdcode to translate ASC/ASCQ status codes into verbal messages without any documentation.

Resolving NSR peer information errors

Published   Read time 1 min 22 sec(s)   (8067 visits).

You may also see the error after the NetWorker client upgraded with the same host name which created a duplicate NSR peer information for the client.

How to obtain NetWorker license keys

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This article generates a simple text file with the current active and previosly installed license keys for completeness.