This course is for system administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, and system integration staff who are responsible for the design, performance optimization, and troubleshooting of NetBackup.

Students should be familiar with the administration and configuration of the platforms that are covered by the course.:

This course provides instruction on NetBackup 6.5, and it covers how to develop and implement a storage management strategy. At the completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Discuss the challenges of performing backups in today’s enterprises.
• Describe the function of the master, media, and EMM servers and clients.
• Diagram the NetBackup product architecture.
• Define common terms used in the NetBackup product.
• Describe how NetBackup backs up and restores data.
• Identify NBU options and agents.
• Install and verify NetBackup and NOM.
• Use the NBU Administration Console and NOM.
• Add robots and drives.
• Configure storage units, storage unit groups, volumes, and volume pools.
• Manage volumes.
• Configure policy attributes and schedules.
• Identify the available policy types.
• Define which files, directories, and clients to back up.
• Monitor and troubleshoot backup jobs.
• Restore files and monitor restore jobs.
• Describe how NetBackup selects which media to use.
• Distribute client software.
• Verify, duplicate, expire, and import backup images.
• Back up and recover NBU catalogs.
• Use NetBackup LiveUpdate to perform maintenance on your NetBackup environment.
• Configure multiple data streams, multiplexing, synthetic backups, true image restores, and checkpoint restart.
• Configure media groups and media ownership for media sharing.
• Configure and manage disk pools.
• Configure advanced staging using storage lifecycle policies.
• Identify master server, EMM, media server, and client processes or services.
• Identify the resources available for troubleshooting.

NetBackup Essentials

• The Challenges of Enterprise Backup
• The NetBackup Environment
• NetBackup Concepts
• NetBackup Options and Agents

Installing and Configuring NetBackup

• Preinstallation Considerations
• Installing and Verifying Your NetBackup Application
• Installing NetBackup Clients
• Configuring NetBackup
• Upgrade Considerations
• Troubleshooting NetBackup Installation Issues

Introduction to NetBackup Interfaces

• The NetBackup Administration Console
• The Command-Line Interface (CLI)
• NetBackup Operations Manager (NOM)
• The Reporting Tools Table

Configuring Tape Devices

• Shared Tape Drives
• Adding Robots
• Adding Tape Drives
• Monitoring Shared Tape Drives
• Monitoring and Maintaining Devices
• Troubleshooting Devices

Configuring Storage Units

• Storage Units
• Configuring Storage Units
• Troubleshooting Storage Units

Configuring Volumes

• Configuring Volume Pools
• Configuring Volumes
• Managing Physical Volumes
• Troubleshooting Volumes

Configuring Policies

• Creating and Configuring Policy Attributes
• Creating a Policy Schedule
• Adding Clients to a Policy
• Creating Backup Selections
• Troubleshooting Policies

Performing Backups and Restores

• Performing Manual Backup Operations
• Performing Restore Operations
• Troubleshooting Problems with Backups and Restores

Managing Media

• Media States
• How NetBackup Selects Media
• Determining Media Status
• Troubleshooting Media-Related Issues

Administrative Tasks and Challenges

• Distributing Client Software
• Managing Images
• Backup Copies and Duplication
• Managing Busy Files

Performing Catalog Backups and Restores

• NetBackup Catalogs
• Catalog Backups
• Manual Catalog Backup Configuration
• Disaster Recovery
• Troubleshooting and Reporting

Managing Software Updates

• Introduction to NetBackup LiveUpdate
• Setting Up NetBackup LiveUpdate on UNIX
• Setting Up NetBackup LiveUpdate on Windows
• Completing the LiveUpdate Setup
• Using NetBackup LiveUpdate

Customizing Backup Policies

• Using Multiple Data Streams
• Multiplexing Backup Images
• Specialized Backup Solutions
• Additional Policy Options

Managing Media Sharing

• Introduction to Media Sharing
• Configuring Media Sharing
• Maximizing Tape Utilization
• SCSI Reservations

Using Disk Pools

• Introduction to Disk Features
• Pooling Disk Resources
• Configuring Disk Pools
• Managing Disk Pools

Using Storage Lifecycles

• Introduction to Storage Lifecycles
• Satisfying Storage Lifecycle Prerequisites
• Creating a Storage Lifecycle Policy
• Additional Storage Lifecycle Considerations
• A Storage Lifecycle Example

Working with Support

• Support Resources
• NetBackup Processes, Services, and Daemons
• Enabling Debug Logs

This course includes practical exercises that enable you to test your new skills and begin to transfer them into your working environment.