EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) is an enterprise-level data protection software product from

Dell EMC Dell EMC (EMC Corporation until 2016) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and Round Rock, Texas, United States. Dell EMC sells data storage, information security, virtualization, analytics, cloud c ...

that unifies and automates backup to tape, disk-based, and flash-based storage media across physical and virtual environments for granular and disaster recovery.

Description

Cross-platform support is provided for

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and

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environments.

Deduplication The term deduplication refers generally to eliminating duplicate or redundant information. *Data deduplication, in computer storage, refers to the elimination of redundant data *Record linkage Record linkage (also known as data matching, data l ...

of backup data is provided by integration with Dell EMC Data Domain products. A central NetWorker server manages backup clients and NetWorker storage nodes that access the backup media. Platforms supported by the core NetWorker server are:

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and

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(fully featured on

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, client only on

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and

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(client only),

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(client only),

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and

. The

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based NetWorker Management Console (NMC) software, which is bundled with the NetWorker distribution, provides a user interface for functions such as client configuration, policy settings, schedules, monitoring, reports, and daily operations for deduplicated and non-deduplicated backups. The core NetWorker software backs up client file systems and operating system environment. Add-on database and application modules provide backup services for products such as Oracle, DB2, SAP, Lotus, Informix, and Sybase, as well as Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint, and SQL Server. Client backup data can be sent to a remote NetWorker storage node or stored on a locally attached device by the use of a dedicated storage node. Additionally, NetWorker supports Client Direct backups allowing clients to back up directly to shared devices bypassing the storage node processes. NetWorker Snapshot Management automates the generation of point-in-time data snapshots and cloning on supported storage arrays such as EMC VNX, XtremIO, and Symmetrix. The

NDMP NDMP, or Network Data Management Protocol, is a protocol meant to transport data between network attached storage (NAS) devices and backup devices. This removes the need for transporting the data through the backup server itself, thus enhancing spe ...

module can be used for client-less backups of

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, EMC VNX or

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virtual machines can be directly backed up either by installing the NetWorker client on the virtual machine or through the NetWorker VMware Protection to perform application consistent image and filesystem backups. NetWorker also supports backup and recovery of

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virtual servers by using the

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Services interface. This support protects the parent and child partitions (guests) as well as applications running within the virtual machines.

History

Legato Systems, Inc., the original developer of NetWorker, was founded in 1988 by four individuals who worked together at

Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the ...

: Jon Kepecs, Bob Lyon, Joe Moran and Russell Sandberg. NetWorker for UNIX was first introduced in 1990. The company, located in

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, had its

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in July 1995. Although a relatively modest number of 2 million shares, it was considered run-up to the

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. Litigation in 2002 alleged that Legato inflated its revenues in 1999, after restating its earnings. NetWorker came to EMC by the acquisition of Legato in October 2003, for an estimated $1.3 billion.

References

External links

EMC NetWorker Product Page

NetWorker FAQ/Wiki

EMC NetWorker Online Community

Mailing List

EMC Legato NetWorker Commands Reference

EMC Legato NetWorker Links
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