COURSE OUTLINE
Introducing NetBackup
• Data Protection and the NetBackup Environment
• NetBackup and Flex Appliances: Overview
• NetBackup Integrated Solutions
• NetBackup Installation
• NetBackup Administration Interfaces
Labs:
• Exercise A: Creating Users and Groups
• Exercise B: Installing the NetBackup Primary/Master
Server Software
• Exercise C: Installing the NetBackup Java Remote
Administration Console
• Exercise D: Installing the NetBackup Media Server
Software
• Exercise E: Installing the NetBackup Client Software
• Exercise F: Exploring the NetBackup Administration
Console
Working with the NetBackup Web UI
• NetBackup Web User Interface
• Configuring NetBackup for Single Sign-On
• Protecting Workload Assets
• Managing Role-based Access Control
• Alerts and Notifications
• Managing User Sessions
Labs:
• Exercise A: Accessing and Navigating the NetBackup
Web User Interface
• Exercise B: Configuring Role-based Access Control
• Exercise C: Configuring NetBackup for Single Sign-On
• Exercise D: Viewing and Configuring Notifications
• Exercise E: Managing User Sessions
Performing NetBackup Certificate Administration
• Understanding Security Certificates
• Working with Certificate Revocation Lists
• Configuring NetBackup Security Certificates
• Managing NetBackup Security Certificates
• Using External Security Certificates with NetBackup
Labs:
• Exercise A: Viewing NetBackup Certificates
• Exercise B: Manually deploying NetBackup Certificates
• Exercise C: Revoking and Reissuing Host ID-based
Certificates
• Exercise D: Using External Certificates with NetBackup
Configuring Basic and Advanced Disk Storage
• NetBackup Storage Device Concepts
• Configuring a BasicDisk Storage Unit
• Configuring AdvancedDisk
• Managing AdvancedDisk Storage
• Configuring Storage Unit Groups
Labs:
• Exercise A: Configuring a BasicDisk Storage Unit
• Exercise B: Configuring AdvancedDisk Storage
• Exercise C: Monitoring and Managing AdvancedDisk
Storage
• Exercise D: Configuring a Storage Unit Group
Configuring NetBackup Policies and Schedules
• Backup Policies: Overview
• Creating and Configuring Policy Attributes
• Creating a Policy Schedule
• Adding Clients to a Policy
• Creating Backup Selections
• Exclude and Include Lists
• Managing Policies
Labs:
• Exercise A: Configuring a Policy to Use a Frequencybased Schedule
• Exercise B: Configuring a Policy to Use a Calendarbased Schedule
• Exercise C: Managing NetBackup Policies
Protecting File Systems
• Performing Manual Backup Operations
• Using and Customizing the NetBackup Activity Monitor
• Performing User-directed Backups
• Backup Job-related Tips
• Introduction to Restores
• Performing Restore Operations Using the NetBackup
Web UI
• Performing Restore Operations Using the BAR interface
Labs:
• Exercise A: Using and Customizing the Activity Monitor
• Exercise B: Performing Manual Backups
• Exercise C: Performing User-initiated Backups
• Exercise D: Restoring Client Files to their Original
Location
• Exercise E: Restoring Client Files to an Alternate File
System Location
• Exercise F: Restoring Client Files to an Alternate Client
System
Configuring Media Server Deduplication
• Introduction to MSDP
• Variable-Length Deduplication
• MSDP Architecture
• Planning a Deployment
• Provisioning Storage and Configuring MSDP
Labs:
• Exercise A: Configuring NetBackup Media Server
Deduplication
• 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: Managing and Monitoring NetBackup MSDP
Storage
Configuring Cloud Storage
• Using the Cloud with NetBackup
• Configure NetBackup Cloud Storage
• Managing NetBackup Cloud Backups and Cloud Storage
Labs:
• Exercise A: Performing Preliminary Tasks
• Exercise B: Configuring Cloud Storage in NetBackup
• Exercise C: Configuring and Performing Backups to the
Cloud
• Exercise D: Restoring Client Data from Cloud-based
Storage
Optimizing Filesystem Backups
• File System Backup Challenges
• Optimizing File System Backups
• Optimizing File System Backups with NetBackup
Accelerator
• NetBackup FlashBackup
• Using multiple data streams
• Handling Busy Files on UNIX and Windows File Systems
Labs:
• Exercise A: Configuring and Performing Synthetic
Backups
• Exercise B: Optimizing Backups Using the NetBackup
Accelerator
• Exercise C: Optimizing Backups Using NetBackup
FlashBackup
• Exercise D: Configuring and Using Multiple Data
Streams
Protecting VMware Environments
• Introduction to Virtual Machine Backups
• Configuring VMware Backups
• Performing VMware Backups
Labs:
• Exercise A: Configuring NetBackup to Perform VMware
Backups
• Exercise B: Configuring a VMware Policy
• Exercise C: Performing and Monitoring VMware Virtual
Machine Backups
• Exercise D: Excluding Disks from a VMware Virtual
Machine Backup
• Exercise E: Configuring Continuous Data ProtectionRecovering VMware Environments
• Performing VMware Restores
• Instant Access and Instant Rollback for VMware
• VMware Agentless Restores
Labs:
• Exercise A: Recovering Virtual Machine Files (agentbased)
• Exercise B: Recovering a VMware Virtual Machine Disk
• Exercise C: Recovering an Entire VMware Virtual
Machine
• Exercise D: Using the VMware Agentless Restore
• Exercise E: Downloading Files and Folders from a VM
Backup Image
• Exercise F: Creating Instant Access VM from a
NetBackup Backup Image
• Exercise G: Instant Rollback for VMs
• Exercise H: Performing Restores on CDP Protected
Backup
Duplicating and Replicating Backups
• Duplication Strategies
• 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 Policy to Use an SLP
• Exercise C: Customizing SLP Settings
• Exercise D: Viewing and Monitoring SLP Operations
• Exercise E: Using SLPs to Perform MSDP Optimized
Duplication
• Exercise F: Configuring SLPs for Replicating Backup
Images
Protecting the NetBackup Catalog
• Understanding NetBackup Catalog
• Protecting the NetBackup Catalog
• Performing NetBackup Catalog Recovery
• Maintaining the NetBackup Catalog
Labs:
• Exercise A: Verifying Catalog Configuration Files
• Exercise B: Configuring and Running NetBackup
Catalog Backups
• Exercise C: Recovering the Catalogs Using the
NetBackup Catalog Recovery Wizard
• Exercise D: Performing Catalog Operations
• Exercise E: Configuring a Policy for Catalog Archive
Configuring Immutable and Indelible Storage
• Ransomware Overview
• NetBackup Protect Against Ransomware
• Configuring NetBackup WORM Protection
• Backup Anomaly Detection
Labs:
• Exercise A: Configuring Disk Pool and WORM Storage
Unit
• Exercise B: Configuring NetBackup Policy
• Exercise C: Understanding Catalog Operations on
WORM Image Copy
• Exercise D: Configuring and Identifying Backup Anomaly
Generating NetBackup Reports
• Generating Reports in NetBackup
• NetBackup OpsCenter
• Generating NetBackup Reports in OpsCenter
• Generating Reports Using APTARE IT Analytics
Labs:
• Exercise A: Using the NetBackup Reports Utility
• Exercise B: Configuring OpsCenter Data Collection for
NetBackup
• Exercise C: Generating Reports Using OpsCenter
Upgrading and Updating NetBackup
• NetBackup Upgrades: Overview
• VxUpdate: Overview
• Deployment Policy Management
• Initiating Upgrades Using VxUpdate
• VxUpdate: Error Codes
Labs:
• Exercise A: Populating the Repository with NetBackup
Packages
• Exercise B: Configuring a Deployment Policy
• Exercise C: Manually Initiating Upgrades from the
Primary/Master Server Using VxUpdate
• Exercise D: Initiating Upgrades from the Client Using
VxUpdate
• Exercise E: Viewing the Deployment Job Status
Collecting Logs and Diagnostic Information
• Performing Basic NetBackup Troubleshooting
• Identifying NetBackup Processes, Services, and
Daemons
• NetBackup Logging: Overview
• Using Support Utilities
• Using NetBackup Support Resources
Labs:
• Exercise A: Viewing the NetBackup Services
• Exercise B: Using the nbsu and nbcplogs Commands
• Exercise C: Viewing and Setting Debug Logging
Properties
• Exercise D: Enabling NetBackup Legacy Debug Logging
• Exercise E: Viewing Debug Logging Levels for Unified
Logs
• Exercise F: Using the Logging Assistant
Appendix A: Protecting Hyper-V Environment
• Introduction to NetBackup for Hyper-V
• Configuring Hyper-V Backups
• Configuring NetBackup Policies for Hyper-V
• 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
Appendix B: Protecting NAS Data
• Introduction to NetBackup for NDMP
• Preparing for NDMP Backups
• Configuring Local NDMP Backup
• Configuring Remote NDMP Backups
• Accelerator for NDMP Filers
• Protecting a NetApp cDOT NDMP Filer
• Understanding NDMP Three-way Backups
• Data Protection Configuring NDMP Three-way Backups
• Dynamic NAS (DNAS) Data Protection
Labs:
• Exercise A: Authorizing NetBackup Access to NDMP
Hosts
• Exercise B: Configuring and Performing NDMP Backups
• Exercise C: Using NetBackup Accelerator for NDMP
• Exercise D: Performing NDMP Restores
• Exercise E: Performing Prerequisite Tasks for D-NAS
Configuration
• Exercise F: Configuring and Performing D-NAS Backups
• Exercise G: Restoring D-NAS Backups
Appendix C: Configuring and Managing Tape Storage
• 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
• NetBackup Device Troubleshooting
• Common NetBackup Device Issues
• Media And Device Selection
• Media-related Status Codes
• Using Multiple Data Streams
• Optimizing Tape Drive Performance Using Multiplexing
• Troubleshooting Frozen and Suspended Media
Labs:
• Exercise A: Verifying and Discovering Tape Devices
• Exercise B: Viewing Configured Tape Devices
• Exercise C: Configuring Tape Devices
• Exercise D: Configuring Volume Pools
• Exercise E: Configuring Media
• Exercise F: Viewing Tape Drive and Robot Configuration
Settings
• Exercise G: Using the Device Monitor to Monitor and
Manage Tape Drives
• Exercise H: Managing Media
• Exercise I: Using the Robtest Utility
• Exercise J: Running NetBackup Reports from the
Command Line
• Exercise K: Media State Management Using the
Command Line
Appendix D: Performing Instant Recovery
• Using VMware Instant Recovery
• VMware Instant Recovery: Differences
• VMware Instant Recovery: Process
• VMware Instant Recovery: Options
• NetBackup Plug-in in vSphere Web Client
• Instant Recovery Cleanup
• Executing the nbrestorevm Command
Labs:
• Exercise A: Performing Non-NetBackup Pre-requisite
Tasks for IRV
• Exercise B: Performing NetBackup Pre-requisite Tasks
for IRV
• Exercise C: Performing Instant Recovery for VMware
Using the vSphere Web Client