Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 for Windows - Administration

Delivery Method :Instructor-led training (ILT)

Duration:Three days

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 for Windows - Administration course shows how to use Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 in combination with Backup Exec System Recovery Management Solution to create and implement a system backup and disaster recovery plan across an enterprise. The course focuses on the role that Backup Exec System Recovery plays in managing system backup and recovery in the enterprise environment. This approach helps you to better understand the real-world application of the product in protecting desktop and server data, applications, and operating systems in a network environment.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Explain the purpose and functionality of Backup Exec System Recovery 2010.
• Demonstrate how to develop a Systems Continuity Plan and explain how Backup Exec System Recovery addresses the requirements of this plan.
• Create and use disk-based recovery points to recover full systems.
• Back up and recover individual files and folders.
• Convert recovery points to virtual machines to recover systems even when hardware is not available.
• Use Backup Exec System Recovery Management Solution to centrally manage backup jobs across the enterprise environment.

Who Should Attend

This course is for system administrators and other technical personnel who are responsible for:
• Designing and implementing a system protection solution for their business.
• Managing server and desktop backups across the enterprise environment.
• Restoring failed systems to an operational state.
• Enabling users to recover their files and folders on demand.

Prerequisites

You must have working knowledge of network topology, TCP/IP networking, and basic network administration, and a conceptual understanding of network design and best practices.

Hands-On

This course includes practical exercises that enable you to test your new skills and begin to transfer them into your working environment.

COURSE OUTLINE

Lesson 1: Overview of Backup Exec System Recovery
• What Is Backup Exec System Recovery?
• Features of Backup Exec System Recovery
• New Features in Backup Exec System Recovery 2010

Lesson 2: Disaster Recovery Planning
• Overview of Disaster Recovery Planning
• Creating the Systems Continuity Plan
• Symantec and the SCP
• Implementing Backup Exec System Recovery in the SCP

Lesson 3: Installing Backup Exec System Recovery
• System Requirements
• Installation Pre-requisites
• Licensing
• Installing Backup Exec System Recovery 2010
• Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 GUI
• Upgrading to Backup Exec System Recovery 2010

Lesson 4: Configuring Backup Exec System Recovery
• Configuring Basic Settings
• Configuring Destinations
• Configuring Notifications

Lesson 5: Creating Backups
• Business Requirements for Creating Backups
• Basics of Creating Recovery Points
• Creating a One Time Backup
• Defining Recurring Backups
• Managing Backup Destinations
• Creating a Custom Symantec Recovery Disk
• Creating Cold Backups (Cold Imaging)
• Performing Backup in a Hyper-V Environment
• Performing Backup in a Xen Server Environment

Lesson 6: Restoring Recovery Points
• Business Requirements for Restoring Disk-Based Backups
• Restoring a System
• Restoring a Data Partition
• Remotely Restoring a Recovery Point
• Recovering Data to a Computer with Different Hardware
• Restoring in a Hyper-V environment
• Restoring in a Xen Server environment

Lesson 7: Restoring Individual Files and Folders
• Business Requirements for Restoring File and Folder Backups
• Methods for Restoring Files and Folders
• Using the “Recover My Files” Task
• Using the Recovery Point Browser
• Using Google Desktop
• Using the Granular Restore Option

Lesson 8: Performing Backup and Restore in Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Client Environment
• Impact of Windows Server 2008 R2 on BESR
• Impact of Windows 7 Client on BESR
• Support for Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
• Support for Native VHD in Windows 2008 R2
• Support for BitLocker
• Support for Boot Configuration Database (BCD)

Lesson 9: Virtualizing Recovery Points
• Business Requirements for Virtualizing Disk-Based Backups
• Converting a Recovery Point to a Virtual Disk
• Converting a Virtual Machine to a Physical Machine
• Support for ESX Server environment (Topic name to be changed)

Lesson 10: Backup Exec System Recovery Management Solution
• Overview
• Installing BESR-MS
• Homepage
• Configuring BESR-MS
• Managing Tasks
• Monitoring Tasks