NetBackup PureDisk 6.6 Administration (NBUPD)

This course is for system administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, and system integration staff who are responsible for the implementation and administration of NetBackup PureDisk.

Students must have rudimentary knowledge of PureDisk. NetBackup administration is helpful, but not required.

This course provides instruction on NetBackup PureDisk.

At the completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Describe the features, concepts, components, and terminology of PureDisk.
• Install the PureDisk Operating System (PDOS) and the PureDisk software.
• Create users, user groups, departments, and locations and assign permissions to users and user groups.
• Install and configure client agents.
• Configure data selections and policies to run and monitor backup jobs, including policies to back up SQL and MS Exchange and data replication and removal policies.
• Restore client data.
• Create PureDisk reports and use the PureDisk dashboards.
• Export data from PureDisk to NetBackup, install the PDDO plug-in, and configure NetBackup for PDDO.
• Perform backup and recovery using PureDisk.

This Symantec NetBackup PureDisk 6.6 Administration course provides the IT professional with instruction on the functionality of Symantec NetBackup PureDisk 6.6 software. This course covers the general principles of using NetBackup PureDisk to implement a storage management strategy, including how to:

• Install, configure, and operate NetBackup PureDisk 6.6.
• Manage NetBackup PureDisk using the Web user interface.
• Use NetBackup PureDisk to provide service protection and recovery.
• Configure NetBackup to use the PureDisk Deduplication Option (PDDO)

COURSE OUTLINE

PureDisk Concepts

• PureDisk features
• PureDisk architecture
• Deduplication in PureDisk
• Navigating the Web user interface
• Hands-On Labs: Start, log on to, and shut down virtual machines; check the VMware virtual network.

Storage Pool Installation

• PDOS installation overview
• Performing an Install PDOS installation
• Performing the initial configuration
• Configuring network settings
• Configuring storage partitions
• Installing the PureDisk software
• Hands-On Labs: Install the PureDisk Operating System (PDOS); configure PDOS using the wizard interface; verify the PDOS configuration; install the PureDisk software.

Managing Users and Clients

• Managing users and groups
• Assigning permissions
• Managing departments and locations
• Installing client agents
• Managing client agents
• Hands-On Labs: Navigate the PureDisk Web UI; create PureDisk users and groups; assign permissions to PureDisk users and groups; create departments and locations; install a client agent on Windows using the attended method; install a client agent on Linux using the unattended method; activate client agents.

Data Selections and Backup Jobs

• Configuring data selections
• Configuring data selection templates
• Running manual backups
• Monitoring jobs
• Hands-On Labs: Create data selections for Windows and Linux clients; configure data selection templates; initiate manual backup jobs; observe job history and detailed job status; adjust job settings; manage jobs using the restart, cancel, and delete controls.

Creating Policies and Application Backups

• Overview of workflows and policies
• Creating and running a backup policy
• Creating policy escalation actions
• Configuring MS SQL and MS Exchange Backups
• Hands-On Labs: Create backup policies; configure policies to run automated backups; perform a manual backup of a policy; configure policy escalation actions.

Restoring Client Data

• Performing simple restore operations
• Using the Find Files interface
• MS SQL and MS Exchange restore considerations
• Hands-On Labs: Simulate data loss, restore data, and verify data on a Linux client; simulate data loss and restore data from the Restore Files interface on a Windows client; search a data selection; restore data using the Find Files interface.

Data Replication and Removal

• Data replication overview
• Configuring and running a data replication policy
• Data removal policies
• Garbage collection policies
• Hands-On Labs: Create a replication policy; create and manage data removal policies; edit the content router garbage collection policy; manage the metabase garbage collection policy.

Creating PureDisk Reports

• Creating data mining reports
• Using the PureDisk dashboards
• Creating Web service reports
• Veritas Backup Reporter support
• Creating event escalation actions
• Hands-On Labs: Run data mining reports; use the PureDisk dashboards to monitor the PureDisk environment; create and examine the PureDisk Web service report; configure event escalation actions.

PureDisk Administrative Tasks and Challenges

• Adding services to an existing node
• Collecting troubleshooting resources
• Hands-On Labs: Install and remove services from an existing node; collect troubleshooting resources in preparation for sending these resources to Symantec Technical Support.

NetBackup Integration

• Exporting data to NetBackup
• Using the PureDisk Deduplication Option (PDDO)
• Installing the PDDO Plug-in
• Configuring NetBackup for PDDO
• Hands-On Labs: Install the PDDO plug-in on a NetBackup media server and configure NetBackup to use PDDO.

Protecting and Recovering PureDisk

• Disaster recovery methods
• Creating a disaster recovery policy
• Recovering PureDisk
• Storage Pool Authority Replication (SPAR)
• Configuring high availability