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Adding a node to an active VCS cluster

Published 8 Oct 2013 Read time 3 min(s) 9 sec(s) (2551 visits).

In this article we look at the requirement to add a new noode to an existing VCS cluster to increase the cluster capacity

Published 30 Jul 2013 Read time 38 sec(s) (2557 visits).

On Windows 2003 AVAMAR client uses the NTBackup Utility to create a backup of the system state.

Updated 14 Apr 2014 Read time 3 min(s) 9 sec(s) (885 visits).

With ZFS filesystem, RAIDZ is very popular as it gives the best tradeoff of hardware failure protection versus storage.

Published 23 Feb 2013 Read time 25 sec(s) (2708 visits).

This document provides a quick and simple reference guide to various EMC PowerPath commands

Published 5 Feb 2013 Read time 49 sec(s) (5298 visits).

The Avamar Management Console Server provides centralized management including scheduling of backups, restore of backups, monitoring and reporting.

Published 20 Oct 2012 Read time 3 min(s) 2 sec(s) (3130 visits).

RAID is a method of combining several hard drives into one unit. Offering fault tolerance and higher throughput levels than a group of drives.

Published 30 Jul 2012 Read time 46 sec(s) (5352 visits).

Changing only the passwords for the operating system users does not sufficiently prevent someone from logging in to Avamar server nodes.

Updated 22 Mar 2014 Read time 2 min(s) 17 sec(s) (2842 visits).

This post provides a quick guide to the steps needed to shutdown an Avamar system.

Published 11 Jul 2012 Read time 30 sec(s) (2141 visits).

Use the following steps to quickly change the time and ntp settings.

Updated 25 Mar 2015 Read time 2 min(s) 31 sec(s) (809 visits).

Simple steps to setup a Sun ZFS Storage Applicance as an iSCSI device.