This Symantec NetBackup 7.0 Administration course provides the IT professional with instruction on the functionality of Symantec NetBackup 7.0 software. This course covers the general principles of using NetBackup to develop and implement a storage management strategy.

This course is for system administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, and system integration staff who are responsible for the design, performance optimization, and troubleshooting of NetBackup.

NetBackup Essentials Installing and Configuring NetBackup Introduction to NetBackup Administrative Interfaces     The challenges of enterprise backup The NetBackup environment NetBackup concepts NetBackup options and agents Preinstallation considerations Installing and verifying your NetBackup application Installing NetBackup clients Configuring NetBackup Upgrade considerations The NetBackup administration console NetBackup OpsCenter Command-line interface (CLI) tips Reporting tips
Configuring Tape Devices Configuring Storage Units Configuring Volumes     Shared tape drives Adding robots Adding tape drives Monitoring shared tape drives Monitoring and maintaining devices Storage units Configuring storage units Storage unit tips Configuring volume pools Configuring volumes Managing physical volumes Volume tips
Configuring Policies Performing Backups and Restores Managing Media     Creating and configuring policy attributes Creating a policy schedule Adding clients to a policy Creating backup selections Backup policy tips Performing manual backup operations Performing restore operations Backup and restore tips NetBackup media states and selection criteria Determining media status Configuring media sharing Maximizing tape usage SCSI reservations
Reporting Administrative Tasks and Challenges Performing Catalog Backups and Restores     Reporting in the NetBackup administration console Standard OpsCenter reporting Distributing client software Managing backup images Backup copies and duplication Managing busy files & job priorities Managing user authentication and authorization NetBackup catalogs Catalog backups Manual catalog backup configuration Disaster recovery Catalog-related tips
Customizing Backup Policies Using Disk Pools NBU Media Server Deduplication     Using multiple data streams Multiplexing backup images Specialized backup solutions Virtual client protection Additional policy options Introduction to disk features Pooling disk resources Configuring disk pools Managing disk pools Introduction to deduplication NetBackup client deduplication NetBackup media server deduplication NetBackup media server deduplication pools
Using Storage Lifecycles Working with Support       Introduction to storage lifecycles Satisfying storage lifecycle prerequisites Creating a storage lifecycle policy Additional storage lifecycle considerations Support resources NetBackup processes, services, and daemons Enabling debug logs