PlateSpin Protect and Red Hat
Q: UB wrote: Does PlateSpin Protect support the Red Hat version 5.3 when performing workload Protection?A: Yes, that should work. The latest versions of Protect and Forge support RedHat 5.0 through...
View ArticleThe good old hockey game...
I had the pleasure this past week of spending some time with a group of our product end users.I attended an event in Los Angeles where I presented some of the challenges of disaster recovery in today's...
View ArticleBaby talk and the cost of disaster recovery...
My son just turned 20 months old. It’s funny how at that age we measure age in so much detail, rather than just saying he’s almost two. Nevertheless at this age his little brain is developing at an...
View ArticleInnovation and the subway...
Last night on my subway commute home I saw for the first time 2 people sitting next to each other with ereader devices. I realize they’ve been around for years, but perhaps we are technology lagers in...
View ArticleDR Planning and Testing - presentation
I must admit my favorite feedback to get whenever I do public speaking or webinar sessions is "Can I have a copy of your presentation?"My assumption is that when I get asked that, at least one person...
View ArticleCurrent Courses in Development for PlateSpin and ZENworks
From the "What's New in Course Development" department . . .I want to talk about two of the courses we currently have in development: Workload Management Administration with PlateSpin Protect (Course...
View ArticlePlateSpin Protect support for Windows and hypervisors
Here are a couple of questions about PlateSpin Protect support.Q. Does PlateSpin Protect support Windows 2008 R2?A. Both PlateSpin Forge and PlateSpin Protect support many versions of Windows as source...
View ArticleA Sneak Peek at Some PlateSpin Protect Training
We've got some new PlateSpin Protect training coming just around the corner. I mentioned not too long ago that this course was in development. Well now it's in the final stages of operations, where the...
View ArticleImproving Recovery Time - presentation
One of the biggest challenges facing IT professionals today are the changing expectations end users have of the technology they rely on. The speed at which users expect their applications back after a...
View ArticleDistance Limit on PlateSpin Protect?
Q. Is there a distance limit on the replication of PlateSpin Protect? We have a datacentre which is almost 3500km away from a server. Is this possible, I realise the link speed has a bearing but...
View ArticlePlateSpin support for service packs and platform updates to the base...
We get asked quite often about whether PlateSpin will support specific service packs and other platform updates for the operating systems we have listed. We have seen lots of questions like "Does...
View ArticleCatch the mist, catch the myth, catch the mystery, catch the drift...
I caught a great documentary on TV the other day – Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage. It was a very well put together overview on the history of what some (I) would call the greatest Canadian rock group...
View ArticlePlateSpin Protect/Forge Training in Novell On-demand
If you're a PlateSpin Protect or PlateSpin Forge customer you're going to want to take a look at Course 8017, recently made available for purchase as an elearning deliverable in Novell On-demand. This...
View ArticleManually installing a PlateSpin Migrate or Protect Controller
We've had a couple of questions about how to install the Operations Framework Controller manually. Here's the scoop, from TID 7008520 How to manually install a controller for PlateSpin Migrate or...
View ArticleA new SPIN on server workloads
My colleague Ken Baker has written a great piece in this month's Novell Connection magazine, discussing some of the new features of the upcoming releases of PlateSpin Migrate, PlateSpin Protect, and...
View ArticleMultiple flavors aren't just for ice cream anymore
A multi platform datacenter is no longer an exception and in fact has become quite normal. There was a time long ago and far away when most datacenters were pretty homogeneous. All of the “stuff”...
View ArticleUsing PlateSpin Protect for Avaya Predictive Dialers
This guest post is courtesy of my colleague Kevin Vierya from the Novell support organization. Kevin's tips are for anyone looking for a disaster recovery solutions for Avaya Predictive Dialer...
View ArticleNew Platforms, New Technologies, Old Headaches - Slides
Thanks again for all those who attended the July 12 webinar session - New Platforms, New Technologies, Old Headaches.Below are the slides that I used for those of you who asked about getting a copy.New...
View ArticleVirtual this, virtual that, let's get real... (Virtual DR)
Hidden within the jumble of a mixed platform datacenter is a secret. All those virtual resources can actually be used for more than simply virtual machine recovery. One wonderful thing about...
View ArticleUpdate Your Disaster Recovery Plans with Virtualization (Slides)
Virtual this virtual that. Virtualization has been the hottest topic in enterprise IT over the past ten years. Why not leverage some of that magic to streamline your disaster recovery plans as...
View ArticlePlateSpin Migrate vs PlateSpin Protect
A customer recently asked, "What's the difference between PlateSpin Protect and PlateSpin Migrate?"Well the difference really is in usage and use case.While both products do share some common code,...
View ArticleWhen did weather metaphors become so common?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve probably heard by now that cloud computing is the next big thing. There’s even a big bookstore that talks about it a lot, and about how they invented it....
View ArticleDisaster recovery and the cloud - Slides
Thanks again for all those who attended the September 13 webinar session - Disaster recovery and the cloudBelow are the slides that I used for those of you who asked about getting a copy.Disaster...
View ArticlePlateSpin Q&A
Q. Are there any plans to support AIX workloads in PlateSpin Protect?A. No, sorry. PlateSpin Protect makes use of VMware ESX for workload protection. AIX is not a supported platform on VMware as it...
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