Older Avamar 5.0 software versions possibly impacted by upcoming DST change

If you are still running an older version of Avamar 5.0 software (specifically the versions listed below), the change to and from DST that occurs in the Spring and the Fall may cause maintenance activities to stop. The fix is simple...upgrade to the latest version of the GSAN software. If that is not possible, then … Continue reading Older Avamar 5.0 software versions possibly impacted by upcoming DST change →

Avamar Named Pipes for MySQL and PostgreSQL

One of the benefits I get for working at EMC is access to a large pool of incredibly talented folks. One of these folks, Denis Jannot, created a video where he has used Named Pipes and the avtar client in the Avamar software solution to allow PostgreSQL and MySQL to backup directly to an Avamar … Continue reading Avamar Named Pipes for MySQL and PostgreSQL →

Event: EMC Technology Tour comes to Austin

Transform Your IT Legacy Attend EMC's Technology Tour and Movie Screening Friday November 9th, 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM Austin, TX Attend our Technology Tour event to learn about EMC's storage, backup and recovery and scale out NAS solutions. Following the presentations, you are invited to join us for a private movie screening of the … Continue reading Event: EMC Technology Tour comes to Austin →

Atmos – Active/Active, Multi-site global storage – Inconceivable!

Atmos is a purpose built cloud storage appliance that allows you to build out a robust, multi-site active/active infrastructure that provides mobility for your users and their data, metadata for simplified policy based data handling, mutli-tenant design for a true infrastructure as a service, and can be federated to a public provider to provide scale … Continue reading Atmos – Active/Active, Multi-site global storage – Inconceivable! →

Event: EMC Backup Game Day

As I am sitting here on this saturday enjoying the football games, I wanted to share an event coming up on October 16th. See https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-18711 for all of the details. The game has changed, and so have the rules! Backup is no longer just a defensive tactic. It’s an offensive strategy that can deliver … Continue reading Event: EMC Backup Game Day →

Ready for the Cloud? Find Out Here!

Take this quick survey to help you understand where you organization fits into the journey to the cloud. http://www.cloudflightcheck.com

Event: Building the Right Infrastructure for Microsoft SharePoint

Are you getting the most from your investment in Microsoft SharePoint? Most companies are underutilizing this valuable technology asset. Discover how you can connect people to needed information and maximize your SharePoint investment with solutions from EMC and Metalogix. Plus, hear from a solutions architect about an actual customer deployment. Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:00am ET … Continue reading Event: Building the Right Infrastructure for Microsoft SharePoint →

New EMC Support App Now Available for iPhone

The new EMC Support App helps reduce the number of SR-related support calls and improves customer satisfaction through more timely and easy-to-access information. It provides customers with fast, easy, and secure mobile access to view and track their service requests anytime, anywhere, and complements our new Online Support site. The initial release of the EMC … Continue reading New EMC Support App Now Available for iPhone →

EMC Customer Education Offerings

I wanted to share really cool options that you can leverage to keep up to speed on all of the EMC portfolio. The first is an eLearning subscription. This entitles 1 user to unlimited access to ALL of the eLearning modules available for a year. The second is the video subscription that includes access to … Continue reading EMC Customer Education Offerings →

Avamar MCS – A detailed review

Jules Potvin has done an in depth technical review of the Avamar MCS at his site. http://www.julespotvin.com/?p=136 The Avamar MCS is the Management Console Server which is serviced by java. When you start the Avamar GUI you are interacting with the MCS. Here is a view of some of the data that is within … Continue reading Avamar MCS – A detailed review →