Course Overview
This instructor-led, 40-hour course provides NetBackup administrators, sales engineers, operators, implementation consultants, and support engineers with fundamental concepts, configuration, and management of NetBackup. It also teaches them how to utilize the NetBackup tools and interfaces, create and monitor backup and restore operations, and ensure that the data recovery objectives are met.
Who should attend
- Cohesity NetBackup Operators & Administrators
- Cohesity Professional Services Engineers
- Cohesity Sales Engineers
- Implementation consultants
- Support Engineers
Prerequisites
- UNIX/Linux or Windows system administration.
- Data protection concepts and terminology.
- Storage concepts.
- Virtualization and cloud technologies.
- Basic networking and system security awareness
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Describe the functions of the Primary server, Media servers, and clients in a NetBackup environment.
- Explain how NetBackup performs backup and restore operations.
- Demonstrate the use of the NetBackup Administration Console, Web User Interface, and NetBackup IT Analytics for daily operations.
- Configure and manage NetBackup security certificates to ensure secure operations.
- Set up and monitor BasicDisk and AdvancedDisk storage units and storage unit groups.
- Develop file system backup policies and schedules to meet organizational requirements.
- Perform manual and user-directed backups and restores using various NetBackup interfaces.
- Provision storage and configure Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) for optimized storage usage.
- Implement backup and recovery for virtual environments such as VMware.
- Configure Storage Lifecycle Policies (SLPs) and initiate jobs that utilize SLPs.
- Protect and manage the NetBackup catalog to ensure recoverability of backup data.
- Apply NetBackup WORM protection and performance optimization techniques.
- Generate and interpret NetBackup reports for operational and compliance needs.
- Initiate NetBackup upgrades using VxUpdate and identify resources for troubleshooting.
Course Content
- Introducing NetBackup
- Working with the NetBackup Web UI
- Performing NetBackup Certificate Administration
- Configuring Basic and Advanced Disk Storage
- Configuring NetBackup Policies and Schedules
- Protecting File Systems
- Configuring Media Server Deduplication
- Configuring Cloud Storage
- Optimizing Filesystem Backups
- Protecting VMware Environments
- Recovering VMware Environments
- Duplicating and Replicating Backups
- Protecting the NetBackup Catalog
- Mitigating the Impact of Ransomware
- Generating NetBackup Reports
- Upgrading and Updating NetBackup
- Collecting Logs and Diagnostic Information
- Appendix A: Protecting Hyper-V Environments
- Appendix B: Protecting NAS Data
- Appendix C: Configuring and Managing Tape Storage
- Appendix D: Performing Instant Recovery
- Appendix E: Protecting D-NAS Data
German