Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale 3.0: Administration

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1: Introducing Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale

• Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale Appliance: Introduction
• NetBackup Flex Scale Architecture
• Understanding Flex Scale Hardware and Software

Module 2: Deploying and Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale

• Deploying NetBackup Flex Scale
• Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale
• Troubleshooting NetBackup Flex Scale Deployment Issues

Labs:

Part A – Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale: As a New NetBackup Domain

• Exercise A: Assigning Management IP Addresses to Nodes
• Exercise B: Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale as a New Domain with Primary and Media Services

Part B – Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale: As a Scale-out Media Server for an Existing NetBackup Domain

• Exercise A: Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale as a Scale-out Media Server for an Existing NetBackup Domain

Part C – Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale: Using a YAML Configuration File

• Exercise A: Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale using a YAML Configuration File as a New Domain with Primary and Media services
• Exercise B: Changing the Maintenance User Account Password

Module 3: Working with NetBackup Flex Scale Interfaces

• Viewing Flex Scale Cluster Information
• Working with the Flex Appliance Management Console
• Working with NetBackup Flex Scale APIs

Labs:

• Exercise A: Accessing and Navigating the NetBackup Flex Scale Web UI
• Exercise B: Accessing and Navigating the NetBackup Flex Scale Appliance Shell
• Exercise C: Accessing and Navigating the NetBackup Flex Scale APIs Using the Swagger Interface

Module 4: Setting Up and Managing NetBackup Flex Scale Infrastructure

• Creating and Managing Users
• Setting Up Services, Certificates, and AD/LDAP Settings
• Managing Storage
• Working with Universal Shares
• Managing Nodes and Disks
• Managing Licenses

Labs:

• Exercise A: Creating and Managing Users
• Exercise B: Setting Up Services, Certificates, and AD/LDAP Settings
• Exercise C: Managing Storage
• Exercise D: Creating and Protecting Universal Shares
• Exercise E: Managing Nodes and Disks
• Exercise F: Managing Licenses

Module 5: Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale Networks

• Managing Flex Scale Appliance Networks
• Bonding Ethernet Interfaces
• Configuring the Data Network

Labs:

• Exercise A: Managing Flex Scale Appliance Networks
• Exercise B: Creating and Managing Bonding of Ethernet Interfaces
• Exercise C: Configuring the Data Network

Module 6: Monitoring NetBackup Flex Scale

• AutoSupport and Call Home
• Monitoring Flex Scale Infrastructure

Labs:

• Exercise A: Configuring and Managing Call Home settings
• Exercise B: Monitoring NetBackup Flex Scale Infrastructure

Module 7: Configuring NetBackup Flex Scale Resiliency

• Resiliency in NetBackup Flex Scale
• Handling Split-brain Scenarios
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• NetBackup High Availability and Catalog Protection

Labs:

• Exercise A: Monitoring Flex Scale Services and Failover
• Exercise B: Protecting the NetBackup Catalog

Module 8: Performing Site-based Disaster Recovery

• Site-based Disaster Recovery

Module 9: Working with NetBackup Flex Scale Security

• Understanding STIG for Flex Scale
• FIPS for NetBackup Flex Scale
• Other Security Features
• Support for Immutability in NetBackup Flex Scale
• Deploying External Certificates on NetBackup Flex Scale

Labs:

• Exercise A: Enabling STIG and Changing the Password Policy
• Exercise B: Creating Immutable Storage
• Exercise C: Managing the Login Banner

Module 10: Configuring EMS, Optimized Deduplication, and AIR

• EMS Server Configuration
• Immutable Scale-Out Dedupe Storage
• Configuring Auto Image Replication

Labs:

• Exercise A: Configuring an External Media Server
• Exercise B: Configuring and Managing Optimized Deduplication