A collection of system administration hints and tips, tricks and articles on anything storage related.

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Data domain cleaning phases overview

leaning is an important process on a data domain system. It is important because it is used to prevent over writing data.

Data Domain system clock

When using AD mode for CIFS access, the data domain system clock time cannot differ by more than five minutes.

Configuring a CIFS Share

This article describes how to create a CIFS share on the data domain system and how to troubleshoot access to it.

DD Boost with Symantec Backup Exec

The combination of a Data Domain system and DD Boost for Backup Exec creates an optimized connection to provide a tightly integrated solution

DD Boost with Symantec NetBackup

OpenStorage software gives NetBackup visibility into the properties and capabilities of the Data Domain storage system

DD Boost with Oracle RMAN

DDBoost for RMAN enables database servers to communicate with Data Domain systems in an optimized way improving performance

DD Boost with EMC Avamar

Backup data is sent directly from the client to the Data Domain system using DDBoost technology to provide faster backup and recovery.

DD Boost with EMC NetWorker

Data Domain Boost software provides integration between Data Domain storage systems and NetWorker software.