Who Can Benefit
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 Veritas NetBackup.
Prerequisites
Skills Gained
At the completion of the course, you will be able to:
- Describe the master, media, and EMM servers and clients
- Identify NBU options and agents
- Install and verify NBU
- 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
- Verify, duplicate, expire, and import backup images
- Back up and recover NBU catalogs
- Use NBU notify scripts
- Identify master server, media server, and client processes or services
- Run user-directed backup jobs
- Configure legacy, unified, and robust logging
- Run NBU activity reports
- Tune NBU
- Install and configure NOM
- Perform basic NOM administration tasks
Course Content
Module 1 - NetBackup Essentials
- The NetBackup Environment
- NetBackup Concepts
- NetBackup Options and Agents
Module 2 - Installing and Configuring NetBackup
- NetBackup Essentials
- The NetBackup Environment
- NetBackup Concepts
- NetBackup Options and Agents
- Installing and Configuring NetBackup
- Preinstallation Considerations
- Installing and Verifying Your NetBackup Application
- Configuring NetBackup
- Upgrade Considerations
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Installation Issues
Module 3 - Configuring Devices
- Adding Robots
- Adding Drives
- Adding Robots and Drives Using the Wizard
- Monitoring Shared Drives
- Monitoring and Maintaining Devices
- Troubleshooting Devices
Module 4 - Configuring Storage Units
- Storage Units
- Configuring Storage Units
- Configuring Storage Units Using the Device
Module 5 - Configuration Wizard
- Troubleshooting Storage Units
Module 6 - Configuring Media
- Configuring Volume Pools
- Configuring Volumes
- Managing Physical Volumes
Module 7 - Configuring Policy Attributes
- Creating a Policy
- Policy Attributes
- Policy Types
Module 8 - Scheduling Policies
- Creating a New Schedule
- Policy Schedules
- Troubleshooting Policy Scheduling Issues
Module 9 - Client Lists and Backup Selections
- Creating Backup Selections
- Adding Clients to a Policy
- Distributing Client Software
- Troubleshooting Backup Selections and Client Issues
Module 10 - Performing Manual Backups
- Invoking Backup Operations
- Using the NetBackup GUI for Backup Operations
- Troubleshooting Problems with Backup Operations
Module 11 - Performing Restores
- How Restores Work
- Performing Restore Operations
- Troubleshooting Restore Issues
Module 12 - Managing Media and Images
- Understanding Media
- Verifying Backup Images
- Duplicating Backup Images
- Expiring Backup Images
- Importing Backup Images
- Troubleshooting Media-Related Issues
Module 13 - Performing Catalog Backups and Restores
- NetBackup Catalogs
- Catalog Backups
- Configuring Catalog Backups
- Disaster Recovery
- Troubleshooting
Module 14 - Using NetBackup Scripts
- Notify Scripts
- Additional Scripts
Module 15 - NetBackup Process Flow
- NetBackup Processes
- Monitoring and Managing Processes
- NetBackup Communications
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Processes, Daemons,and Communications
Module 16 - Performing User Backups
- Setting Up User-Directed Backup Jobs
- Running User-Directed Backups and Archives
- Troubleshooting User-Directed Backups and Archives
Module 17 - Using Debug Logs and Reports
- Legacy Logging
- Unified Logging
- Robust Logging
- NetBackup Reports
Module 18 - Tuning NetBackup
- Planning an Efficient Backup Strategy
- Using Multiple Data Streams
- Tuning Data Buffers
- Customizing Host Properties
Module 19 - NetBackup Operations Manager
- NOM Overview
Module 20 - Initial Setup and Configuration
- The NOM Console
- NOM Operations
- NOM Administration