Category Archives: NetBackup

Veritas NetBackup 8.1 is GA - what's new and my favorite features

Veritas released a new version of their core product - NetBackup 8.1. This version provides some interesting features however not for VMware. There are only a few improvements such as the possibility to select virtual drives with a new recovery UI, support for non-ASCII characters in VMware. My favourite features are: Auto Image Replication Enhancements Fortunately, NetBackup 8.1… Read More »

When to use NetBackup Replication Director?

This week I received an email from my reader with question about difference between NetBackup Auto Image Replication (AIR) and Replication Director. I already wrote some posts about these NetBackup features: NetBackup AIR Overview? How to configure AIR using NetBackup MSDP? NetBackup Replication Director for VMware and also I described when to use Auto Image Replication (AIR). However… Read More »