• Discuss the challenges of performing backups in today’s enterprise computing environments.
• Describe the functions of the master server, media servers, and clients.
• Diagram the NetBackup product architecture.
• Define common terms used in the NetBackup product.
• Describe how NetBackup backs up and restores data.
• Identify NetBackup options and agents.
• Use the NetBackup Administration Console and OpsCenter.
• Configure and manage basic disk storage units and storage unit groups.
• Configure file system backup policies and schedules.
• Perform manual backups and user-directed backups.
• Restore files using the Java or Windows BAR interface and OpsCenter Operational Restore.
• Monitor NetBackup backup and restore jobs and perform basic troubleshooting and information-gathering steps related to failing jobs.
• Configure and manage AdvancedDisk storage units and disk pools.
• Configure tape-based devices and volume pools; perform a robot inventory.
• Manage robot and tape drive settings, including media sharing.
• Monitor and manage media and media states.
• Configure, run, and manage virtual machine backups using VMware.
• Discuss other supported virtualization methods.
• Recover virtual machines, including using VMware Instant Recovery.
• Use the integrated NetBackup vSphere Web Client Plug-in for VMware.
• Describe the various methods of backup image duplication.
• Configure Storage Lifecycle Policies (SLPs) and initiate jobs that use SLPs.
• Manage the NetBackup catalogue to search for, verify, duplicate, import, and expire backup images.
• Back up and recover the NetBackup catalogues.
• Optimize file system backups using incremental backups, True Image Restore, synthetic backups, NetBackup Accelerator, multiple data streams, and multiplexing.
• Identify and use resources for troubleshooting NetBackup, including the support information gathering tools related.

Introducing NetBackup

• Introduction to data protection
• The NetBackup environment
• NetBackup concepts
• Using the NetBackup Administration Console
• NetBackup appliance overview
• Using NetBackup OpsCenter

Configuring NetBackup Storage

• NetBackup storage device concepts
• Configuring NetBackup basic disk storage
• Verifying basic disk storage
• Configuring storage unit groups

Configuring Policies and Schedules

• Introduction to backup policies
• Creating and configuring policy attributes
• Creating a policy schedule
• Adding a client to a policy
• Creating backup selections
• Managing existing policies

Performing File System Backups

• Using and customizing the NetBackup Activity Monitor
• Performing manual backup operations
• Performing user-directed backups
• Backup job-related tips

Performing File System Restores

• Introduction to restores
• Performing restore operations using the BAR interface
• Performing restore operations using OpsCenter

Operational Restore

• Restore job-related tips

Configuring Disk Pools

• Understanding disk pools and AdvancedDisk
• Configuring AdvancedDisk
• Managing AdvancedDisk storage

Configuring Media Server Deduplication

• Introduction to NetBackup deduplication
• Configuring NetBackup media server deduplication
• Configuring client-side deduplication
• Managing NetBackup deduplication

Configuring Tape Storage

• Understanding Media Manager storage units
• Configuring tape devices
• Verifying tape storage
• NetBackup media concepts
• Configuring media

Managing Tape Storage

• Managing robots and tape drives
• Monitoring media and media states
• Managing tapes
• Media- and device-related tips

Performing Virtual Machines Backups

• Introduction to virtual machine backups
• Configuring VMware backups
• Performing and Monitoring VM Backups
• NetBackup support for other virtualization solutions

Performing Virtual Machines Restores

• Managing virtual machine restores
• Managing VMware restores
• Using the NetBackup vSphere Web Client Plug-in
• Using VMware Instant Recovery

Duplicating Backups Using Storage Lifecycle Policies

• Backup duplication concepts
• Storage lifecycle policy concepts
• Using storage lifecycle policies
• Configuring optimized duplication
• Additional Storage Lifecycle Policy features and benefits

Managing and Protecting the NetBackup Catalog

• Introduction to NetBackup catalogues
• Managing images
• Configuring a catalogue backup policy
• Disaster recovery strategies

Optimizing File System Backups

• File system backup challenges
• Optimizing file system backups
• Optimizing file system backups with NetBackup Accelerator
• Using multiple data streams
• Optimizing tape drive performance using multiplexing
• Handling busy files on UNIX and Windows file systems

Collecting Logs and Diagnostic Information

• Performing basic NetBackup troubleshooting
• Identifying NetBackup processes, services, and daemons
• NetBackup logging overview
• Using the support utilities
• Using NetBackup support resources