Who should attend
This course is designed for system administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, systems professionals, consultants, backup administrators, backup operators, and others who are responsible for installing, configuring, managing and monitoring Backup Exec 20.1.
Prerequisites
You must have basic working knowledge of administrating and configuring Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 and later platforms. You must also have experience configuring server software. Basic working knowledge of the following applications is beneficial, but not required:
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- VMware virtual infrastructure.
Course Objectives
By the completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the functionality and architecture of Backup Exec.
- Install and upgrade to Backup Exec 20.1.
- Configure storage devices.
- Manage devices and media used by Backup Exec.
- Run backup and restore jobs.
- Set backup and recovery settings and methods.
- Perform Online Disaster Recovery.
- Work with the Database Encryption Key.
- Install the SDR disk creation wizard, create an SDR disk imagen and recover a server with SDR.
- Backup a physical machine and convert to a virtual machine either simultaneously or on a schedule.
- Install, configure, and manage the Backup Exec Central Admin Server feature.
- Protect remote servers using the appropriate Remote Agents.
- Use Backup Exec to protect databases and applications, including;
- VMware vSphere
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Exchange
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Agent for Active Directory
- List the supported virtual conversion configurations.
- Configure Backup Exec Deduplication Storage.
Course Content
Veritas Backup Exec 20.1: Install and Configure
- Lesson 00: Course Introduction
- Lesson 01: Backup Exec Fundamentals
- Lesson 02: Licensing Backup Exec
- Lesson 03: Installing Backup Exec
- Lesson 04: Working with the Administration Console
- Lesson 05: Disk Storage Devices
- Lesson 06: Cloud-based Storage Devices
- Lesson 07: Network Storage Devices
- Lesson 08: Disk, Network, and Cloud Data Management
- Lesson 09: Tape Devices and Tape Management
- Lesson 10: Backing up Data
- Lesson 11: Managing Servers and Jobs
- Lesson 12: Restoring Data
- Lesson 13: Working with the Database Encryption Key
- Lesson 14: Simplified Disaster Recovery
- Lesson 15: Upgrading Backup Exec
- Appendix A: Storage Devices
- Appendix B: Central Admin Server Feature
- Appendix C: Remote Administration Console
Veritas Backup Exec: Agents and Features
- Lesson 00: Course Introduction
- Lesson 01: Deduplication Feature
- Lesson 02: Introduction to Remote Agent, Applications and Databases
- Lesson 03: Protecting Microsoft Exchange Server
- Lesson 04: Protecting Microsoft SQL Server
- Lesson 05: Protecting Microsoft SharePoint Server
- Lesson 06: Protecting Microsoft Active Directory
- Lesson 07: Protecting Virtual Environments
- Lesson 08: Performing Virtual Machine Conversions
- Appendix A: Agent for Linux