Veritas NetBackup 6.

5 Administration (Fundamentals I)
Lesson 1: NetBackup Essentials

Lesson Introduction
Fundamentals I Course Introduction Lesson 1: NetBackup Essentials Lesson 2: Installing and Configuring NetBackup Lesson 3: Introduction to NetBackup Interfaces Lesson 4: Configuring Tape Devices Lesson 5: Configuring Storage Units Lesson 6: Configuring Volumes Lesson 7: Configuring Policies

Lesson 8: Performing Backups and Restores

Lesson 9: Managing Media Lesson 10: Administrative Tasks and Challenges Lesson 11: Performing Catalog Backups and Restores

Fundamentals II

Lesson Topics and Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
Discuss the challenges of performing backups in todays enterprises.
Identify the function of the master server, media server, EMM server, and clients. Diagram the NetBackup product architecture. Define common terms used in the NetBackup product. Describe how NetBackup backs up and restores data. Identify the NetBackup options and agents used to customize your backup environment.
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Topic
Topic 1: The Challenges of Enterprise Backup Topic 2: The NetBackup Environment

Topic 3: NetBackup Concepts

Topic 4: NetBackup Options and Agents

Topic 1: The Challenges of Enterprise Backup

After completing this topic, you will be able to discuss the challenges of performing backups in todays enterprises.

Achieving Complete Data Protection

The hurdles to overcome include: Several (distributed) sites No remote staff Different types of systems Different types of data Different data availability and recovery needs
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) How much data loss you can tolerate Recovery Time Objective (RTO) How quickly you can get the data back into production

Shrinking (or no) backup window

How the Backup Landscape Is Evolving

New Backup Technologies
Virtual tape libraries (VTLs) Disk-to-Disk (D2D)

Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape (D2D2T) staging

Virtualized systems Compliance requirements for data protection and retention

How NetBackup Addresses These Challenges

Distributed and extensible client/server architecture Snapshot technologies to support point-in-time copy (PITC) backups

Backup traffic management and load balancing

Simplified configuration through wizards Scheduled backups supporting automatic retries

Faster client backups using simple configuration settings

Choice of administrative tools

Choice of monitoring and reporting tools

Topic 2: The NetBackup Environment

After completing this topic, you will be able to:
Identify the function of the Master Server, Media Server, EMM Server, and Clients. Diagram the NetBackup product architecture.

NetBackup Component Definitions

Master server Controls backup and recovery activities

Media server

Manages the writing and reading of data

EMM server

Manages and allocates resources required for NetBackup operations

Are machines that have data to be backed up

Clients

NetBackup Server
Data Resource Management

Win

UNIX

Linux

Master 1 Media 1 A EMM

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NBU Enterprise Server: Multiple Media Servers

Data Resource Management

Win

UNIX

Linux

Master 1 Media 1 A EMM Media 2 B

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NBU Enterprise Server: Dedicated Media Servers

Data Resource Management

Win

UNIX

Linux

Master 1 Media 1 Media 2

EMM
A B

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NBU Enterprise Server: Multiple Master Servers

Win UNIX Linux

Master 1 Media 1 A EMM Media 2

Media 3 C

Master 2

Media 4

Data

Win

UNIX

Linux

Resource Management
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NBU Enterprise Server: A Dedicated EMM Server

Win UNIX Linux

Media 1 A

Master 1

Media 2

EMM

Media 3 C

Master 2

Media 4

Data

Win

UNIX

Linux

Resource Management
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NBU Operations Manager (NOM) Architecture

Possible NOM Servers

Master 1

Media 2

NOM Client

NOM Server

EMM

NOM Client (using a supported Web Browser)

Master 2

Media 4

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Topic 3: NetBackup Concepts

After completing this topic, you will be able to:
Define common terms used in the NetBackup product. Describe how NetBackup backs up and restores data.

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Backing Up Data: The Big Picture

Client
Client data

NetBackup

Final Destination: media

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NetBackup Images
An image is a collection of all backup data from a client into a single stream during a particular backup session written to tape, optical disk, or disk.

data stream

GNU tar image written to media

Clients Backup Data

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Storage Units
A storage unit is a logical destination for a clients backup data. Storage Unit Types
Media Manager

Clients Backup Data

NDMP

Disk
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Volumes
A volume is a recognized piece of removable media (tape or optical).

Tape

Optical Disk

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Volume Pools
A volume pool is a set of volumes defined for a specific purpose.

Tapes

Optical Disks

Example pools: NetBackup DataStore CatalogBackup Scratch

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NetBackup Catalog Components

Image Database

Contains information about what has been backed up

NBU Configuration Files

Includes policies, schedules, and other files used by NetBackup

Relational Databases

Stores media and device data for the environment

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NetBackup Policies

Attributes

How will backups occur? Where will backups occur? When will backups occur?

Schedules

Clients
Backup Selections

Who will be backed up?

What will be backed up?

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Backup Types
Full All files in the specified path are backed up on each client. All files changed since the last full or incremental (differential or cumulative) backup are backed up. All files changed since the last full backup are backed up. All files that the user specified are backed up.
All files that the user specified are backed up. If the backup is successful, the backed-up files are deleted.
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Differential incremental Cumulative incremental User backup

User archive

Backing Up Data

Client
NetBackup

Client data

Final Destination: tar file image on media in a Storage Unit

NetBackup Reports Image Database NetBackup Database EMM Database NetBackup Logs
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Restoring Data

Client
NetBackup
Client data

tar file image on media in a Storage Unit

NetBackup Reports Image Database NetBackup Database EMM Database NetBackup Logs
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Topic 4: NetBackup Options and Agents

After completing this topic, you will be able to identify the NetBackup options and agents used to customize your backup environment.

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NetBackup Options
NetBackup Snapshot Client
NetBackup FlashBackup NetBackup Instant Recovery Option NetBackup Array Integration Option NetBackup ServerFree Agent NetBackup for Oracle Advanced BLI Agent

NetBackup Desktop and Laptop Option NetBackup Encryption Option NetBackup for NDMP NetBackup NetWare Media Server Option NetBackup Shared Storage Option (SSO) NetBackup Storage Migrator NetBackup Vault

NetBackup Bare Metal Restore Veritas Backup Reporter (VBR) NetBackup OpenStorage Disk Option NetBackup PureDisk

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NetBackup Agents
NetBackup for DB2 NetBackup for Informix NetBackup for Lotus Notes NetBackup for Microsoft Exchange Server NetBackup for Microsoft SQL Server NetBackup for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server NetBackup for Oracle NetBackup for Oracle Advanced BLI Agent NetBackup for SAP R/3 NetBackup for Sybase
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Lesson Summary
Key Points
You are now familiar with the essential components of NetBackups environment and possible configurations.

You are also aware of terms that relate to NetBackup and are able to tell the difference between the physical and logical components within NetBackup.

Reference Materials
NetBackup System Administrators Guide, Volume I and NetBackup System Administrators Guide, Volume II
NetBackup Release Notes NetBackup for NDMP System Administrators Guide

http://entsupport.symantec.com

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What Did You Learn?

You are about to be asked a series of questions related to the current lesson. Read and try to answer each question. Click Answer at the bottom of the slide to view the correct answer.

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Question

Which NetBackup component manages and allocates device and media resources required for NetBackup operations?
A. The master server B. The media server

C. The NOM server

D. The EMM server

Answer
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Answer

Which NetBackup component manages and allocates device and media resources required for NetBackup operations?
A. The master server B. The media server

C. The NOM server

D. The EMM server
The correct answer is D.

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Question

A _____________ is a logical destination for a client's backup data.

A. Catalog B. Policy

C. Storage unit
D. Selection list

Answer
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Answer

A _____________ is a logical destination for a client's backup data.

A. Catalog B. Policy

C. Storage unit
D. Selection list
The correct answer is C.

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Question

Which of the following is the default volume pool for hot, online catalog backups?
A. CatBackup B. CatalogBackup

C. CatalogOnline
D. CatalogVP

Answer
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Answer

Which of the following is the default volume pool for hot, online catalog backups?
A. CatBackup B. CatalogBackup

C. CatalogOnline
D. CatalogVP
The correct answer is B.

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