Veritas NetBackup course Content / syllabus:

I.Introducing NetBackup
1.Introduction to data protection
2.The NetBackup environment
3.NetBackup concepts
4.Using the NetBackup Administration Console
5.NetBackup appliance overview
6.Using NetBackup OpsCenter

II.Configuring NetBackup Storage
1.NetBackup storage device concepts
2.Configuring NetBackup basic disk storage
3.Verifying basic disk storage

III.Configuring Policies and Schedules
1.Introduction to backup policies
2.Creating and configuring policy attributes
3.Creating a policy schedule
4.Adding client to a policy
5.Creating backup selections
6.Managing existing policies

IV.Performing File System Backups
1.Using and customizing the NetBackup Activity Monitor
2.Performing manual backup operations
3.Performing user-directed backups
4.Backup job-related tips

V.Performing File System Restores
1.Introduction to restores
2.Performing restore operations using the BAR interface
3.Performing restore operations using OpsCenter

VI.Operational Restore
1.Restore job-related tips

VII.Configuring Disk Pools
1.Understanding disk pools and AdvancedDisk
2.Configuring AdvancedDisk
3.Managing AdvancedDisk storage

VIII.Configuring Media Server Deduplication
1.Introduction to NetBackup deduplication
2.Configuring NetBackup media server deduplication
3.Configuring client-side deduplication
4.Managing NetBackup deduplication

IX.Configuring Tape Storage
1.Understanding Media Manager storage units
2.Configuring tape devices
3.Verifying tape storage
4.NetBackup media concepts
5.Configuring media

X.Managing Tape Storage
1.Managing robots and tape drives
2.Monitoring media and media states
3.Managing tapes
4.Media- and device- related tips

XI.Protecting Virtual Machines
1.Introduction to virtual machine backups
2.Configuring VMware backups
3.Performing and Monitoring virtual machine backups
4.NetBackup support for other virtualization solutions

XII.Recovering Virtual Machines
1.Managing VMware restores
2.Using VMware Instant Recovery
3.Using the NetBackup vSphere Web Client Plug-in

XIII.Duplicating Backups
1.Backup duplication concepts
2.Storage lifecycle policy concepts
3.Using storage lifecycle policies
4.Configuring optimized duplication
5.Additional Storage Lifecycle Policy features and benefits

XIV.Managing and Protecting the NetBackup Catalog
1.Introduction to NetBackup catalogs
2.Managing images
3.Configuring a catalog backup policy
4.Disaster recovery strategies

XV.Optimizing File System Backups
1.File system backup challenges
2.Configuring for True Image Restores
3.Using synthetic backups
4.Optimizing file system incremental backups with change

XVI.logs
1.Using NetBackup Accelerator
2.Using multiple data streams
3.Optimizing tape drive performance using multiplexing
4.Handling busy files on UNIX and Windows file systems

XVII.Collecting Logs and Diagnostic Information
1.Support resources
2.NetBackup processes, services, and daemons
3.Introduction to Logging Assistant
4.NetBackup and Media Manager logging overview
5.Using the support utilities.