Veritas Netbackup

Module 1: Installing NetBackup

• Verifying NetBackup Installation Prerequisites
• Identifying the Location and Size of NetBackup Catalogues
• Administering NetBackup Licenses
• Installing NetBackup
• Configuring NetBackup
• Installing Clients
• Upgrading NetBackup
• Installing and Reinstalling Patches
• Troubleshooting Common Installation Issues

Module 2: Configuring Storage Devices

• Media Manager
• Device Catalogue
• Configuring Devices: Prerequisite
• Device Configuration
• Configuring Shared Drives
• Robotic Test Tools
• Cleaning Drives
• Troubleshooting Common Device Configuration Issues
• Configuring Media
• Media Management Architecture
• Identifying the Contents of the Volume Catalogue

Module 3: Configuring Media

• Using Robot Inventory to Configure Robotic Media
• Managing Media
• Troubleshooting Common Media Issues

Module 4: Managing Storage Units

• Storage Units
• Creating and Maintaining Storage Units
• Fragmentation
• Writing Backups-Multiplexing
• Creating and Maintaining Storage Unit Groups
• Troubleshooting Common Storage Unit Issues

Module 5: Creating Backup Policies: Attributes, Clients, and Files

• NetBackup Policies
• Creating Backup Policies
• Modifying Policy Attributes
• Changing File Settings for a Policy
• Changing Client Settings for a Policy
• Troubleshooting Common Backup Policy Issues

Module 6: Creating Backup Policies: Schedules

• Setting Schedule Details for a Policy
• Frequency-Based Scheduling
• Calendar-Based Scheduling
• Backup Duration
• Specifying Retention Periods
• Troubleshooting Common Scheduling Issues

Module 7: Monitoring NetBackup Activity

• The bpsched Process
• Monitoring Devices
• Monitoring NetBackup Activity
• Using Reports
• Establishing Log Files

Module 8: User-Directed Backups and Archives

• User-Directed Operations
• Interfaces to Perform User-Directed Operation
• File Permissions Required by NetBackup
• Performing User-Directed Backups and Archives
• Troubleshooting Common User-Directed Backup and Archive Issues

Module 9: Restoring Data

• The Restore Process
• Restoring from Multiple Images
• Using the Backup, Archive, and Restore Interface to Perform Restores
• Restoring to an Alternate Client

Module 10: Managing Media and Images

• The NetBackup Media Catalogue
• Importing Backup Images
• Duplicating Backup Images
• NetBackup Vault
• Verifying Backup Images
• Expiring Backup Images
• Troubleshooting Common Media Management Issues

Module 11: Managing NetBackup Catalogues

• NetBackup Catalogues
• Considerations for Catalogue Configuration, Backup, and Restoration
• Backing Up NetBackup Catalogues
• Restoring NetBackup Catalogues
• Controlling the Size of NetBackup Catalogues
• Troubleshooting Common NetBackup Catalogue Issues