Configuring NetBackup Storage

• NetBackup storage device concepts

• Configuring and managing a basic disk storage unit

• Configuring storage unit groups

Labs:

• Exercise A: Viewing disk storage on a NetBackup server system

• Exercise B: Configuring a Basic Disk storage unit

• Exercise C: Configuring a storage unit group

Configuring Policies

• Introduction to backup policies

• Creating and configuring policy attributes

• Creating a policy schedule

• Adding client to a policy

• Creating backup selections

• Managing policies

Labs:

• Exercise A: Configuring a NetBackup policy

• Exercise B: Configuring a policy to use calendar-based schedules

• Exercise C: Copying a policy to create a new policy

Exercise D: (Optional) Lab challenge

Performing File System Backups

• Using and customizing the NetBackup Activity Monitor

• Performing manual backup operations

• Performing user-directed backups

• Backup job-related tips

Labs:

• Exercise A: Using the Activity Monitor

• Exercise B: Performing Manual backups

• Exercise C: Viewing job details

• Exercise D: Deactivating and activating policies

• Exercise E: Performing user-initiated backups

Performing File System Restores

• Introduction to restores

• Performing restore operations using the BAR interface

• Performing restore operations using OpsCenter Operational Restore

• Restore job-related tips

Labs:

• Exercise A: Becoming familiar with the key restore settings in the BAR interface.

• Exercise B: Restoring client files to their original location

• Exercise C: Restoring files to an alternate file system location

• Exercise D: Restoring files to an alternate client system

• Exercise E: (Optional) Using the OpsCenter Operational Restore feature

Configuring Disk Pools

• Understanding disk pools and AdvancedDisk

• Configuring AdvancedDisk

• Managing AdvancedDisk storage

Labs:

• Exercise A: Identifying AdvancedDisk storage

• Exercise B: Configuring AdvancedDisk

• Exercise C: Verifying AdvancedDisk configuration

• Exercise D: Configuring a policy to write backup images to AdvancedDisk storage

• Exercise E: Performing and monitoring backups to AdvancedDisk storage

• Exercise F: Monitoring and managing AdvancedDisk disk pools

Configuring Media Server Deduplication

• Introduction to NetBackup deduplication

• Configuring NetBackup media server deduplication

• Configuring client-side deduplication

• Managing NetBackup deduplication

Labs:

• Exercise A: Configuring NetBackup Media Server Deduplication (MSDP)

• Exercise B: Configuring a policy to use MSDP storage

• Exercise C: Performing backups to MSDP storage

• Exercise D: Configuring and using client-side deduplication

• Exercise E: Monitoring and managing NetBackup MSDP storage

• Exercise F: (Optional) Running Deduplication reports in OpsCenter

Configuring and Managing Tape Storage

• Understanding Media Manager storage units

• Configuring tape devices

• Verifying tape storage

• NetBackup media concepts

• Configuring media

• Managing robots and tape drives

• Monitoring media and media states

• Managing tapes

• Media- and device-related tips

Labs:

• Exercise A: Verifying tape devices are visible to the operating system of media servers

• Exercise B: Configuring tape devices and storage units using the Device Configuration Wizard

• Exercise C: Configuring volume pools

• Exercise D: Configuring volumes using the Robot Inventory user interface provided by NetBackup and, in the process, create barcode rules

• Exercise E: Viewing tape drive and robot configuration settings

• Exercise F: Using the Device Monitor to monitor and manage tape drives

• Exercise G: Managing media

• Exercise H: Running tape-based reports

• Exercise I: (Optional) Using the robtest utility

• Exercise J: (Optional) Running NetBackup reports from the command line

• Exercise K: (Optional) Performing Media state management using the command line

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Performing VMware Backups

• Introduction to virtual machine backups

• Configuring VMware backups

• Protecting VMware Assets using the web UI

• Performing and Monitoring VM Backups

Labs:

• Exercise A: Verifying the VMware environment

• Exercise B: Configuring NetBackup servers to access the VMware vCenter server

• Exercise C: Installing the NetBackup Plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client

• Exercise D: Configuring a VMware policy in NetBackup

• Exercise E: Performing and monitoring NetBackup VMware virtual machine backups

• Exercise F: Excluding disks from a VMware virtual machine backup

• Exercise G: Managing VMware credentials using the web UI

• Exercise H: Managing VMware Assets using the web UI

Performing VMware Restores

• Managing virtual machine restores

• Managing VMware restores

• Using VMware Instant Recovery

• VMware Agentless Restore

Labs:

• Exercise A: Recovering virtual machine files

• Exercise B: Recovering a VMware virtual machine disk

• Exercise C: Recovering an entire VMware virtual machine

• Exercise D: Performing non-NetBackup pre-requisites tasks for IRV

• Exercise E: Performing NetBackup pre-requisite tasks for Instant Recovery for VMware (IRV)

• Exercise F: Performing Instant Recovery for VMware (IRV) using the vSphere Web Client

• Exercise G: Using NetBackup Web UI to recover a virtual machine to alternate location

Protecting and Recovering Hyper-V Virtual Machines

• Introduction to NetBackup for Hyper-V

• Configuring Hyper-V backups

• Performing and Monitoring Hyper-V backups

• Performing Hyper-V restores

• Performing Hyper-V restores with the NetBackup Add-in for SCVMM

Labs:

• Exercise A: Configuring NetBackup communication with Hyper-V

• Exercise B: Configuring a Hyper-V Intelligent Policy and backing up Hyper-V virtual machines

• Exercise C: Restoring individual files

• Exercise D: Restoring the full Hyper-V machine

• Exercise E: Performing Hyper-V backups and restores in an SCVMM environment

Duplicating Backups Using Storage Lifecycle Policies

• Backup duplication concepts

• Storage lifecycle policy concepts

• Using storage lifecycle policies

• Additional Storage Lifecycle Policy features and benefits

Labs:

• Exercise A: Configuring a Storage Lifecycle Policy

• Exercise B: Configuring a NetBackup policy to use a Storage Lifecycle Policy

• Exercise C: Modifying SLP Host Properties

• Exercise D: Viewing and monitoring SLP operations

Managing and Protecting the NetBackup Catalog

• Introduction to NetBackup catalogs

• Managing images

• Configuring a catalog backup policy

• Disaster recovery strategies

Labs:

• Exercise A: Running NetBackup catalog-related reports

• Exercise B: Verifying, expiring, and importing backup images

• Exercise C: Configuring and running NetBackup catalog backups

• Exercise D: Recovering the catalogs using the NetBackup Catalog Recovery wizard

Optimizing File System Backups

• File system backup challenges

• Optimizing file system backups

• Optimizing file system backups with NetBackup Accelerator

• Using multiple data streams

• Optimizing tape drive performance using multiplexing

• Handling busy files on UNIX and Windows file systems

Labs:

• Exercise A: Optimizing backups using the NetBackup Accelerator

• Exercise B: Configuring for and using multiple data streams

• Exercise C: (Optional) Configuring and performing multiplexed backups

Collecting Logs and Diagnostic Information

• Performing basic NetBackup troubleshooting

• Identifying NetBackup processes, services, and daemons

• NetBackup logging overview

• Using the support utilities

• Using NetBackup support resources

Labs:

• Exercise A: Viewing the NetBackup services

• Exercise B: Running NetBackup reports for troubleshooting

• Exercise C: Using the nbsu and nbcplogs commands

• Exercise D: (Optional) Viewing and setting debug logging properties

• Exercise E: (Optional) Enabling NetBackup legacy debug logging

• Exercise F: (Optional) Viewing debug logging levels for unified logs