Veritas NetBackup 8.3: Advanced Administration (NBAA83) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

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
Improving NetBackup Performance
  • NetBackup performance overview
  • Addressing performance issues
  • Using Network Resiliency
Labs
  • Exercise A: Optimizing backups using synthetic backups
  • Exercise B: Configuring for and using FlashBackup
Optimizing NetBackup Deduplication
  • 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
NetBackup Parallel Streaming Framework
  • 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
Protecting Microsoft SQL Databases
  • 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)
Protecting Oracle Databases
  • 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
Protecting Microsoft Exchange
  • 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)
Protecting Red Hat Virtualization Workloads
  • 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
Protecting Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor Workloads
  • 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
Universal Shares
  • 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
NetBackup Cloud Solutions
  • 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)
Veritas Smart Meter
  • Introduction to Veritas Smart Meter
  • Privacy and Data security
  • Data types collected and data collection events
  • Enabling Veritas Smart Meter
NetBackup APIs
  • 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
NetBackup Resilience
  • 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.
Appendix A: NetBackup Replication Director
  • 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
Appendix B: Long Term Retention using Veritas Access
  • 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
Appendix C: Protecting SAP HANA databases
  • Introduction to NetBackup SAP HANA
  • Configuring NetBackup for SAP
  • Performing backups and restores of SAP HANA
Appendix D: NetBackup Bare Metal Restore
  • 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
Appendix E: 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)
Appendix F: Protecting Microsoft SharePoint
  • 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
Appendix G: Legacy Policies and Generic Application Backups
  • 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
Appendix H: Processing MSDP
  • MSDP Processing: In-depth