Veritas NetBackup 6.5 Differences for UNIX and Windows

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code.

NDU-DIFF

length.

2 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Symantec :: Veritas

price.

$1,400

This Veritas NetBackup 6.5 Differences for UNIX and Windows course is designed for the technical professional with prior NetBackup experience who is tasked with upgrading from NetBackup 5.x or 6.0 to NetBackup 6.5 on UNIX or Windows. This two-day, instructor-led offering provides details about the new features of NetBackup 6.5 and covers how to upgrade to NetBackup 6.5.

There are currently no scheduled dates for this course. If you are interested in this course, request a course date with the links below.

who can benefit

This course is for technical professionals with prior NetBackup experience who need to learn about the effective use of the new features in NetBackup 6.5. Anyone interested in the following will benefit from this course:

	Installation and upgrading
	New media management features
	New disk management features
	New MP distribution technologies
	Changes to NOM and reporting

prerequisites

You should have working knowledge of NetBackup.

skills gained

After attending this course, you will be able to:

	Determine if a system will support NBU 6.5.
	Determine if all the required software is installed.
	Perform a clean installation of NBU 6.5 and verify that it installed correctly.
	Given a NetBackup domain, identify the appropriate upgrade paths for each of the servers and clients.
	Perform an upgrade from NBU 5.x or 6.0 to NBU 6.5 on both Solaris and Windows.
	Identify the new tape and disk reports in the Administration Console GUI and in NOM.
	Identify the enhancements in the NetBackup Support Utility (NBSU).
	Discuss the benefits of sharing media among media servers.
	Enable media sharing and configure server groups and media ownership for media sharing.
	Maximize tape utilization by allowing fewer partially full volumes.
	Describe how NetBackup protects media that can be accessed by more than one host.
	Identify the differences between BasicDisk, AdvancedDisk, and SharedDisk.
	Define disk-related terminology, such as disk pool, disk volume, and storage server.
	Discuss the features and benefits of disk pools.
	Discuss how NetBackup performs capacity management and media server load balancing.
	Configure disk pools.
	View and change the properties of a disk pool.
	View and change the status of a disk pool or disk volume.
	Inventory, merge, and remove disk pools.
	Describe storage lifecycles, why you would use them, and the benefits they provide.
	Create and configure storage lifecycle policies.
	Configure backup and duplicate storage destinations to create multiple copies and duplicate copies, and to perform advanced staging.
	Describe the release process that was introduced with NetBackup 6.5.
	Describe what NetBackup LiveUpdate is, why you would use it, and how it works.
	Install NetBackup LiveUpdate agents and create LiveUpdate policies.
	Download and install NetBackup release updates using NetBackup LiveUpdate.
	Identify the differences between a SAN media server and a SAN client.
	Describe the Snapshot Client feature of NetBackup.
	Discuss the advantages of sharing disk resources.
	List the steps required to set up SharedDisk.
	Describe how the NetBackup OpenStorage Disk Option works.

course content details

	NetBackup 6.5 Overview

	Changes to NetBackup 6.5 Installation
	Preparing for an Upgrade
	Upgrading to NetBackup 6.5

	What Is New in Reporting

	Reporting Changes Overview
	Tape Reporting Changes
	Disk Reporting Changes
	NOM Reporting Changes
	The NetBackup Support Utility (NBSU)

	Managing Media Sharing

	Introduction to Media Sharing
	Configuring Media Sharing
	Maximizing Tape Usage
	SCSI Reservations

	Using Disk Pools

	Introduction to Disk Features
	Pooling Disk Resources
	Configuring Disk Pools
	Managing Disk Pools

	Using Storage Lifecycles

	Introduction to Storage Lifecycles
	Satisfying Storage Lifecycle Prerequisites
	Creating a Storage Lifecycle Policy
	Additional Storage Lifecycle Considerations
	Storage Lifecycle Example

	Managing Software Updates

	Introduction to NetBackup LiveUpdate
	Setting Up NetBackup LiveUpdate on UNIX
	Setting Up NetBackup LiveUpdate on Windows
	Completing the LiveUpdate Setup
	Using NetBackup LiveUpdate

	Advanced Backup Solutions

	NetBackup SAN Client
	Snapshot Client and VMWare
	Sharing Disk Resources
	OpenStorage