Symantec NetBackup PureDisk 6.6 Administration

Duration: Three Days

Course Objectives
This course provides instruction on NetBackup PureDisk 6.6. 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.

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.

reating 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

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