Netbackup Cloud Storage Server and Amazon S3

Recently I was playing around with Netbackup’s cloud server integration and after reading through their manual and the related doc’s I thought that the subject could use a much simpler explanation and perhaps a walk-through. So far from what I have seen the Netbackup Cloud Storage Server seems to work quite well. The setup wizard is relatively straight-forward and I was definitely impressed with how quickly data was backed up to S3. Basically, after everything is all said and done, backing up to S3 should behave pretty much the same way as backing up to a local tape or disk. …

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Python: File System Storage Report

Recently I have been updating my scripting skills and learning Python. I have been using some of the great resources out there such as Codeacademy and the book “Dive into Python” but after getting about half way through I found a need to build some apps. So, please forgive me if the code looks horrible or if things could be done a better way but this is literally my first Python program… Anyways, on to the program. I needed a way to parse through terabytes of data and locate files that I could archive to different storage. The scan had …

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2008 Citrix Profiles

The more time I spend building Citrix/TS servers on Windows 2008 the more I realize that even though some of these changes have made things more difficult at first they ultimately will make creating new servers a bit easier once everything is scripted properly. The following document contains registry entries and script information and is provided for informational purposes only. Use at your own risk. Customizing the Start Menu It used to be possible to create a user account, customize the profile and then copy the profile over the Default User profile. This method is not possible in 2008 and …

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Windows 2008 Policy Settings for a Citrix Server

Lately I have been setting up a few Citrix XenApp Servers using Windows 2008 R2. I was surprised to learn that some of the things I took for granted in 2003 policy are not available in 2008 R2 and I needed to either create registry hacks or file policies. So I thought I would take some time to document some of these setup procedures. Windows Explorer In the left hand pane of Windows explorer I wanted to remove the Favorites, Libraries and Network folders. To do this you first need to navigate to the ShellFolder keys below and grant Full …

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