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Veritas NetBackup 8.3: Advanced Administration

Duration: 5 Days (40 Hours)

Veritas NetBackup 8.3: Advanced Administration Course Overview:

The Veritas NetBackup 8.3: Advanced Administration course is designed to provide IT professionals with advanced knowledge and skills in managing and administering the Veritas NetBackup software.

During this course, participants will dive deeper into advanced topics related to NetBackup. They will learn about NetBackup performance optimization, security considerations, disaster recovery strategies, and application and database protection on both physical and virtual machines. The course also covers protecting data backed up to and from the cloud.

Participants will gain hands-on experience in using NetBackup to manage backups and restores for specific databases and applications, including Oracle, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft SharePoint, and SAP HANA. They will also learn about managing backups for modern workloads such as Red Hat Virtualization and Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor.

Additionally, the course covers topics such as NetBackup APIs, Parallel Streaming Framework, Universal Shares, and Veritas Smart Meter. These topics enable participants to leverage advanced features and capabilities of NetBackup for more efficient and effective data protection.

Intended Audience:

This course is intended for NetBackup system administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, and system integration and development staff who are responsible for implementing new and advanced NetBackup 8.3 features and functions.

By the completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Improve NetBackup performance by addressing bottlenecks and becoming familiar with NetBackup performance enhancing features.
  • Ensure your NetBackup environment and data is secure using security certificates, authentication, authorization, auditing, and encryption.
  • Prepare for common disasters and plan for disaster recovery using optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication.
  • Optimize NetBackup deduplication storage and use by understanding and managing performance enhancing features for backups and restores, and configuring MSDP catalog protection policies.
  • Configure NetBackup to back up and restore Oracle, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft SharePoint and SAP HANA databases.
  • Discuss strategies for Oracle, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, and Microsoft SharePoint database recovery.
  • Configure, run, and manage backups for applications running in virtual machines.
  • Use NetBackup to protect modern workloads like Red Hat Virtualization and Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor.
  • Configure, run, and manage backups using NDMP filers with NetBackup.
  • Manage NetBackup cloud storage and cloud backups.
  • Work with Veritas Smart Meter and NetBackup APIs.
  • Integrate NetBackup and Veritas Resiliency Platform.
  • Configure NetBackup for Replication Director.
  • Configure NetBackup integration with Access Appliance 3340 (7.4.2).
  • Configure Bare Metal Restore.
  • Configure local and remote NDMP backups

Securing Backup Data

• Understanding security concerns in a backup environment
• Encrypting NetBackup deduplication data
• Using NetBackup client encryption
• Using NetBackup Key Management Services

Labs
• Exercise A: Configuring and performing an MSDP encrypted backup
• Exercise B: Configuring and performing a client encrypted backup
• Exercise C: Configuring the NetBackup Key Management Service
• Exercise D: Configuring NetBackup to work with KMS
• Exercise E: Backing up and recovering KMS database files

• NetBackup performance overview
• Addressing performance issues
• Using Network Resiliency
Labs
• Exercise A: Optimizing backups using synthetic backups
• Exercise B: Configuring for and using FlashBackup

• Improving deduplication backup performance
• Optimizing deduplication restores and rehydration
Labs
• Exercise A: Configuring client direct restores
• Exercise B: Performing a client direct restore
• Exercise C: Seeding MSDP FingerPrint cache
• Exercise D: Rehydration performance

• Parallel Streaming Framework: Overview
• Protecting Hadoop data using NetBackup
• Installing the Hadoop plug-in
• Configuring NetBackup for Hadoop
• Configuring backup policies for Hadoop
• Backing up a Hadoop cluster
• Recovering data to a Hadoop cluster
Labs
• Exercise A: Understanding Hadoop configuration
• Exercise B: Configuring Credentials for Hadoop in NetBackup
• Exercise C: Configuring the NetBackup policy
• Exercise D: Performing Hadoop backup
• Exercise E: Restoring Hadoop data

• Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server
• NetBackup for SQL Server: Overview
• Managing SQL Server objects
• Protecting Microsoft SQL Server assets
• Using SQL Server Intelligent Policies
• Restoring Microsoft SQL Server assets
• Instant Access for Microsoft SQL Server
Labs
• Exercise A: Introduction to the SQL Server environment
• Exercise B: Registering SQL instance with NetBackup
• Exercise C: Configuring and performing a SQL server backup
• Exercise D: Deleting a SQL database
• Exercise E: Restoring a SQL database
• Exercise F: Creating a NetBackup SQL Intelligent Policy (Optional)
• Exercise G: Performing a manual SQL Server backup using an Intelligent Policy (Optional)
• Exercise H: Restoring a SQL database using NetBackup MS SQL Client (Optional)

• Introduction to Oracle databases
• NetBackup for Oracle: Overview
• Managing Oracle
• Configuring Oracle database backups
• Monitoring and maintaining Oracle database backups
• Oracle database disaster recovery considerations
• Real Application Clusters
Labs
• Exercise A: Initial configuration of Oracle

  • Exercise B: Registering the Oracle instance with NetBackup
    • Exercise C: Creating an Oracle Intelligent Policy
    • Exercise D: Performing a backup using an Oracle Intelligent Policy
    • Exercise E: Simulating a failure of an Oracle database
    • Exercise F: Restoring an Oracle database

• Introduction to Microsoft Exchange Server
• Configuring NetBackup for Exchange
• Exchange and high availability environments
• Monitoring and maintaining Exchange database backups
• Exchange disaster recovery considerations
Labs
• Exercise A: Configuring a Microsoft Exchange backup policy
• Exercise B: Performing non-NetBackup pre-requisite tasks for Exchange GRT
• Exercise C: Performing NetBackup tasks to enable Exchange Granular Recovery (GRT)
• Exercise D: Performing a Microsoft Exchange database backup
• Exercise E: Performing a Roll-Forward recovery
• Exercise F: Performing Point-in-Time recovery
• Exercise G: Performing an Exchange GRT database backup
• Exercise H: Recovering a deleted e-mail message
• Exercise I: Performing full and differential backups of an Exchange database (Optional)
• Exercise J: Restoring the Exchange database from full and differential backup images (Optional)

• Introduction to Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
• NetBackup for RHV: Configuration and deployment
• Protecting Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines
• Recovering Red Hat Virtualization virtual machines
Labs
• Exercise A: Configuring NetBackup communication with RHV
• Exercise B: Protecting RHV virtual machines
• Exercise C: Recovering RHV virtual machines

• NetBackup for Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor: Overview
• Configuring NetBackup communication with AHV
• Configuring secure communication
• Configuring backup policies for AHV
• Backing up Nutanix AHV virtual machines
• Recovering Nutanix AHV virtual machines
Labs
• Exercise A: Configuring NetBackup communication with AHV
• Exercise B: Configuring, performing, and monitoring backups of Nutanix AHV virtual machines
• Exercise C: Recovering Nutanix AHV virtual machines

• Introduction to Universal Shares
• BYO Universal Shares
• Configuring Universal Shares
• Backing up to a Universal Share
• Protecting data in a Universal Share
Labs
• Exercise A: Verifying BYO media server configuration
• Exercise B: Creating and mounting a Universal Share
• Exercise B: Performing a backup to a Universal Share
• Exercise C: Protecting data in a Universal Share
• Exercise D: Restoring data to a Universal Share

• Using the cloud with NetBackup
• Configure NetBackup cloud storage
• Managing NetBackup cloud storage and cloud backups
• Veritas CloudPoint: Overview
• NetBackup integration with CloudPoint
• Protecting cloud workloads
• Recovering cloud workloads
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
• Exercise E: Protecting cloud assets using NetBackup (Optional)
• Exercise F: Restoring cloud assets using NetBackup (Optional)

• Introduction to Veritas Smart Meter
• Privacy and Data security
• Data types collected and data collection events
• Enabling Veritas Smart Meter

• Introduction to NetBackup API
• Using NetBackup APIs for automation
• Creating and using API keys
Labs
• Exercise A: Using NetBackup APIs with Swagger
• Exercise B: Using Swagger to configure MSDP
• Exercise C: Configuring VMware protection using NetBackup APIs
• Exercise D: Automating the use of NetBackup Universal Shares
• Exercise E: Automating SQL database backup and recovery

• Introduction to Veritas Resiliency Platform
• Integrating NetBackup and Veritas Resiliency Platform
• Configuring Resiliency Group with NetBackup virtual machines

  • Restoring NetBackup virtual machines
    Labs
    • Exercise A: Understanding the lab environment.
    • Exercise B: Preparing master server(Windows) for VMware backup with Auto Image Replication.
    • Exercise C: Preparing master server(Linux) for VMware backup with Auto Image Replication
    • Exercise D: Running and monitoring backup, replication, and import jobs.
    • Exercise E: Adding master(Windows) to the New York data center in VRP.
    • Exercise F: Adding master(Linux) to the London data center in VRP.
    • Exercise G: Performing a rehearsal with VMware and NetBackup Auto Image Replication.
    • Exercise H: Performing a rehearsal cleanup with VMware and NetBackup Auto Image Replication.

• Introduction to NetBackup Replication Director
• NetBackup configuration for Replication Director
• Restoring from a snapshot
• Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication director
• Using Oracle with Replication Director
• Using Virtual Machines with Replication Director
Labs
• Exercise A: Creating a NetBackup storage server for snapshot replication
• Exercise B: Creating disk pools and storage units for snapshots and replication
• Exercise C: Creating a storage lifecycle policy for snapshots and snapshot replication
• Exercise D: Configuring backup policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
• Exercise E: Restoring files and folders from an array based snapshot

• NetBackup Integration with Access Appliance 3340 (7.4.2)
• Configuring Access as a cloud storage server
• Configuring backup over S3
• Veritas Data Deduplication
Labs
• Exercise A: Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication with Veritas Access
• Exercise B: Configuring Veritas Data Deduplication storage in NetBackup
• Exercise C: Creating a S3 bucket on Veritas Access
• Exercise D: Configuring Veritas Access cloud storage in NetBackup
• Exercise E: Configuring and performing backups using NetBackup policies

• Introduction to NetBackup SAP HANA
• Configuring NetBackup for SAP
• Performing backups and restores of SAP HANA

• Introduction to Bare Metal Restore
• Configuring Bare Metal Restore
• Protecting clients
• Setting up restore environments
• Creating virtual machine from client backup
Labs
• Exercise A: Configuring BMR Master Server
• Exercise B: Configuring BMR Boot server
• Exercise C: Configuring backup policy for BMR
• Exercise D: Configuring SRT
• Exercise E: Performing BMR Restore
• Exercise F: Creating a Virtual Machine from client Image Backup

• 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)

• Introduction to Microsoft SharePoint Server
• Configuring NetBackup for SharePoint
• SharePoint disaster recovery considerations
Labs
• Exercise A: Configuring a Microsoft SharePoint policy in NetBackup
• Exercise B: Performing non-NetBackup tasks to enable SharePoint Granular Recovery
• Exercise C: Performing NetBackup tasks to enable SharePoint Granular Recovery
• Exercise D: Performing a manual backup using a SharePoint policy
• Exercise E: Deleting a document from a SharePoint site
• Exercise F: Performing a SharePoint document restore

• Configuring NetBackup with legacy Oracle policies
• Monitoring and maintaining Oracle database backups from legacy policies
• Using the NetBackup Microsoft SQL Client console
• Using SQL server batch files in NetBackup policies
• Customizing generic application backups
Labs
• Exercise A: Viewing Initial configuration of Oracle
• Exercise B: Registering the Oracle instance with NetBackup
• Exercise C: Creating an Oracle Legacy Policy
• Exercise D: Performing a backup using an Oracle Legacy Policy
• Exercise E: Simulating a failure of an Oracle database

  • Exercise F: Restoring an Oracle database

• MSDP Processing: In-depth

Students should be familiar with general network and storage concepts, and the administration and configuration of Windows or Linux operating systems. Students must also have one to three years of experience with basic NetBackup administration, configuration, and operation.

These prerequisites can be met by attending any version of the NetBackup Administration course plus additional on-the-job experience.

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