Veritas Backup Exec 22: Administration (BE22) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Backup Exec Fundamentals

• Data Backup Basics
• Backup Exec Solution Offerings
• Backup Exec Architecture

Licensing Backup Exec

• Subscription, Perpetual, and Custom Licensing
• Trialware and upgrades
• Capacity and subscription license enforcement
• Updating licensing information
• Capacity widget and capacity metering
• Maintenance and Extended Support Licensing

Installing Backup Exec

• Backup Exec: New installation
• Typical Installation of Backup Exec
• Custom Installation of Backup Exec
• Installation Details
• Applying Backup Exec Updates

Labs

• Exercise A: Installing Veritas Backup Exec
• Exercise B: Verifying the Veritas Backup Exec Installation
• Exercise C: Adding Backup Exec Licenses
• Exercise D: Configuring and Running Veritas Update
• Exercise E: Viewing the Backup Exec License

Working with the Backup Exec Administration Console

• Installing and Configuring the Backup Exec Administration Console
• Using the Backup Exec Administration Console
• Exploring the Backup Exec Administration Console
• Introduction to Backup and Restore
• Introduction to BEMCLI

Labs

• Exercise A: Installing the Backup Exec Remote Administration Console
• Exercise B: Exploring the Home tab of the Backup Exec Administration Console
• Exercise C: Working with the Configuration Task Widget
• Exercise D: Exploring the Backup Exec Administration Console
• Exercise E: Creating a Configured View
• Exercise F: Creating a Disk Storage
• Exercise G: Creating a Basic Backup Job
• Exercise H: Creating a Basic Restore Job

Disk Storage Devices

• Backup Exec Storage Devices
• Viewing disk storage: Storage View
• Disk Cartridge Devices
• Deduplication Disk Storage
• Importing a Legacy Backup-to-disk Folder
• Backup Exec Storage Pools
• Windows Storage Pool and Spaces

Labs

• Exercise A: Creating a Disk Storage Device Using the Configuration Wizard
• Exercise B: Viewing the Disk Storage in the Backup Exec Management Command Line Interface
• Exercise C: Viewing Disk Storage Device Properties
• Exercise D: Creating a Storage Pool

Cloud-based Storage Devices

• Basics of Cloud storage Support in Backup Exec
• Amazon S3 Cloud-based Storage
• Google Cloud-based Storage
• Microsoft Azure Cloud-based Storage
• Backup Exec Cloud Deduplication
• Configuring a Cloud-storage Device in Backup Exec
• Managing Cloud-storage in Backup Exec

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring Generic S3 Compatible Cloud Storage in Backup Exec
• Exercise B: Backing up data to Generic S3 Cloud-based Storage
• Exercise C: Configuring Deduplication on Generic S3 Compatible Cloud Storage

Network Storage Devices

• Network Storage Devices
• OpenStorage Devices (Third-party deduplication)
• Backup Exec Remote Media Agent for Linux
• NDMP Servers

Disk and Network Data Management

• Data Lifecycle Management Fundamentals
• DLM Rules: Overview
• Dependent Backup Sets
• DLM Dependent Rules
• Manual Expiration and Retention
• Read-only Setting
• Media Catalogs

Labs

• Exercise A: Manually Performing Two Sets of Full and Incremental Backups
• Exercise B: Manually Expiring the Backup Sets
• Exercise C: Retaining Backup Sets and Changing the Expiration Date of a Backup Set

Tape Devices and Tape Management

• Tape Storage
• Managing Tapes
• Robotic Libraries
• Tape Storage Operations
• Tape Storage: Alerts

Labs

• Exercise A: Inventorying Robotic Libraries when Backup Exec Services Start
• Exercise B: Configuring Barcode Rules for a Robotic Library
• Exercise C: Assigning a Cleaning Slot to a Robotic Library
• Exercise D: Understanding Storage Default Values
• Exercise E: Viewing Default Media Sets
• Exercise F: Creating a Media Set
• Exercise G: Creating a Media Vault
• Exercise H: Assigning a Media Set to a Media Vault
• Exercise I: Assigning Tapes to a Media Set
• Exercise J: Backing up to Tape
• Exercise K: Restoring from Tape

Backing Up Data

• Preparing for Backups
• Adding a Server
• Creating a Backup Job
• Multi-server Backups
• Accounts and Credentials in Backup Exec
• Managing Server Selections
• Backup Selections
• Excluding Files from the Backup
• Backup Settings
• Backup Stage Basics
• Job Name Fundamentals
• Manually Running Backup Jobs

Labs

• Exercise A: Adding a Server
• Exercise B: Backing Up Files and Folders
• Exercise C: Creating a One-time Backup Job
• Exercise D: Creating a New Backup Job Using the Settings from an Existing Backup
• Exercise E: Backing up Multiple Servers
• Exercise F: Backing up System State
• Exercise G: Working with Backup Methods
• Exercise H: Adding a Stage to a Backup

Managing Servers and Jobs

• Backup and Restore View
• Server Groups
• Tag as Business-Critical

Labs

• Exercise A: Creating a Server Group
• Exercise B: Viewing Server Details
• Exercise C: Tagging a Resource as Business-critical and Backing it up
• Exercise D: Tagging a Resource as Business-critical from the Include/Exclude Window
• Exercise E: Examining Pre-defined and Custom Reports
• Exercise F: Viewing Job Log Details

Restoring Data

• Contents of a Backup Set
• Restore Job Basics
• Restore Settings
• Granular Restore Technology (GRT)
• Restoring Data
• Online Disaster Recovery
• Restoring System State
• Shadow Copy Components

Labs

• Exercise A: Viewing the Contents of a Backup Set
• Exercise B: Restoring Data to the Default Location
• Exercise C: Restoring Data to an Alternate Location
• Exercise D: Restoring File and Folder Permissions
• Exercise E: Restoring Data Using the Search Wizard
• Exercise F: Restoring Data to a VHD
• Exercise G: Restoring Data Directly from a Disk
• Exercise H: Restoring Data from a Tape Backup
• Exercise I: Restoring a Business-Critical Resource

Working with the Database Encryption Key

• Backup Exec Database Sensitive Data Components
• Auto-generated AES-256 Encryption Key
• Protecting the Database Encryption Key (DEK)

Labs

• Exercise A: Viewing the Database Encryption Key
• Exercise B: Viewing the Database Encryption Key and Attempting to Back it up
• Exercise C: Exporting the Database Encryption Key
• Exercise D: Backing Up and Restoring the Database Encryption Key

Simplified Disaster Recovery

• Simplified Disaster Recovery Fundamentals
• Simplified Disaster Recovery: Backup
• Installing the SDR Disk Creation Wizard
• Creating an SDR Disk Image (.iso) file
• Recovering a Server with SDR
• Windows Storage Pools and Spaces

Labs

• Exercise A: Adding a Server
• Exercise B: Viewing and Identifying Critical System Devices
• Exercise C: Creating a Simplified Disaster Recovery Enabled Backup Job
• Exercise D: Performing a Complete Online Restore of a Computer – Walkthrough
• Exercise E: Creating a Simplified Disaster Recovery Disk
• Exercise F: Recovering appsrv1 Using the SDR Disk

Upgrading Backup Exec

• Basics of Upgrading the Backup Exec Server
• Standard and Rolling Upgrade – Backup Exec
• Agent for Windows Upgrade
• Migration Report

Labs

• Exercise A: Upgrading Veritas Backup Exec
• Exercise B: Upgrading the Agent for Windows

Central Admin Server Feature

• Backup Exec CAS: Overview
• Installing the CAS
• Installing the Managed Backup Exec Server (MBES)
• Instant Recovery Jobs in a CAS Environment
• MBES Settings
• Backup Jobs: MBES and Server Pools
• Restoring Files using CAS
• Copying Configuration to MBES
• Instant Recovery jobs in a CAS environment
• MBES Settings
• Copy Configuration to MBES
• Upgrading a CAS Environment to Backup Exec 22
• Renaming CAS and MBES
• MBES to Standalone
• Offline Central Admin Server Restore from a Managed Backup Exec Server

Labs

• Exercise A: Installing the CAS Feature
• Exercise B: Converting a Backup Exec Server to a Managed Backup Exec Server
• Exercise C: Viewing the Settings for a Managed Backup Exec Server
• Exercise D: Creating a Backup Exec Server Pool
• Exercise E: Restoring Data from CAS
• Exercise F: Using Optimized Duplication with the Central Admin Server
• Exercise G: (Optional) Changing the CAS Storage and Media Data Location for MBES
• Exercise H: (Optional) Running the Backup Exec Utility for CAS Operations

Deduplication Feature

• Data Deduplication and Open Storage Technology: Fundamentals
• Deduplication Feature Option
• Configuring Backup Exec Deduplication Storage
• Exclusion from Windows Deduplication
• Deduplication Backup Job
• Configuring Client-side Deduplication
• Rehydration
• Optimized Duplication
• Protecting the Backup Exec Deduplication Storage
• Best Practices for the Deduplication Feature
• OpenStorage devices (Third-party deduplication)
• OpenDedupe OST Connector
• OpenDedupe Installation and Configuration
• Configuring OpenStorage in Backup Exec
• Upgrading from Backup Exec 21 to Backup Exec 22

Labs

• Exercise A: Verifying the Deduplication Feature Installation
• Exercise B: Creating a Deduplication Storage Folder
• Exercise C: Creating a Backup Job to Backup Data to the Deduplication Disk Storage (Server-side deduplication)
• Exercise E: Verifying Data Deduplication
• Exercise F: Restoring Deduplication Data
• Exercise G: Creating a Client-side Deduplication Job

Security and Compliance Features

• Backup Exec Support for GDPR
• Backup Exec Support for Ransomware Resilience

Labs

• Exercise A: Working with the GDPR Guard Feature
• Exercise B: Working with the Ransomware Resilience Feature

Remote Agent, Applications, and Databases

• Agent for Windows: Fundamentals
• Installing the Agent for Windows
• Managing the Agent for Windows
• Agent for Applications and Databases: Fundamentals
• GRT Support for Agent, Applications, and Databases
• Enabling the Agent for Applications and Databases Feature

Labs

• Exercise A: Viewing Backup Exec License Information
• Exercise B: Installing the Agent for Windows
• Exercise C: Viewing the Agent for Windows Installation Footprint
• Exercise D: Backing Up a Remote Windows Computer
• Exercise E: Restoring Data to a Remote Windows Computer

Protecting Microsoft Exchange Server

• Installing the Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange
• Backing up a DAG
• Exchange Backup Selections
• Exchange Backup Settings
• Exchange Preferred Servers Only Backups
• Restoring Exchange data
• Redirected Restore Considerations
• VSS Providers and Exchange Writers

Labs

• Exercise A: Viewing the Exchange DAG Configuration
• Exercise B: Backing Up an Exchange DAG
• Exercise C: Restoring Exchange Mailbox Items
• Exercise D: Restoring Exchange Mailbox Items Using Search
• Exercise E: Performing a Redirected Restore of Exchange Databases and Logs

Protecting Microsoft SQL Server

• Agent for Microsoft SQL Server: Fundamentals
• Microsoft SQL Backup Selections
• Backing up a Microsoft SQL Server
• Restoring a Microsoft SQL Server Database
• Supported Microsoft SQL Server Features

Labs

• Exercise A: Backing up SQL Server System Databases
• Exercise B: Restoring a SQL Server Database
• Exercise C: Restoring a SQL Server Database to an Alternate Location

Protecting Microsoft SharePoint Server

• Agent for Microsoft SharePoint: Fundamentals
• Backing up Microsoft SharePoint
• Restoring Microsoft SharePoint

Labs

• Exercise A: Viewing the SharePoint Site Details
• Exercise B: Backing Up SharePoint
• Exercise C: Performing a SharePoint GRT Restore for a Task
• Exercise D: Performing a SharePoint Redirect Restore for a Document
• Exercise E: Restoring a Versioned Document
• Exercise F: Restoring a SharePoint Portal Site

Protecting Microsoft Active Directory

• Agent for Microsoft Active Directory: Fundamentals
• Traditional Active Directory Restore
• Active Directory: Granular Recovery Technology

Labs

• Exercise A: Backing up Microsoft Active Directory
• Exercise B: Restoring Active Directory Objects

Protecting Microsoft 365

• Integrated Microsoft 365
• Support for Backing Up Microsoft 365 Tenant Data
• Restoring Microsoft 365 Tenant Data
• Notes And Best Practices For Microsoft 365

Protecting Virtual Environments – Part 1

• Virtualization technologies
• Backup Exec virtualization agents
• Installing Agent for VMware and Hyper-V
• Backing up virtual machines
• Restoring virtual machines

Labs

• Exercise A: Verifying the Agent for VMware and Hyper-V Installation
• Exercise B: Connecting to and Viewing the ESX Server Configuration
• Exercise C: Adding the vCenter Server to Backup Exec
• Exercise D: Backing up an ESXi Server
• Exercise E: Restoring a VMware Virtual Machine

Protecting Virtual Environments – Part 2

• Instant Recovery for Hyper-V and VMware Virtual Machines
• Performing an Instant Recovery for a Virtual Machine
• Removing an Instantly Recovered Virtual Machine
• Instant Cloud Recovery for Hyper-V and VMware
• Virtual machine Recovery Ready validation

Labs

• Exercise A: Performing an Instant Recovery of a Windows Virtual Machine
• Exercise B: Performing an Instant Recovery of a Non-Windows Virtual Machine
• Exercise C: Removing Instantly Recovered Virtual Machines
• Exercise D: Creating a Validate Virtual Machine for a Recovery Job for a Windows Virtual Machine
• Exercise E: Creating a Validate Virtual Machine for a Recovery Job for a Non-Windows Virtual Machine
• Exercise F: Working with the Virtual Machine Backups Widget
• Exercise G: Backing Up a Virtual Machine Skipping PageFile.sys

Performing Virtual Machine Conversions

• Conversion to virtual machine: Fundamentals
• Backup and then convert workflow
• Backup and simultaneously convert workflow
• Convert to a virtual machine from a point-in-time
• One-time Convert to virtual machine
• Virtual conversion options
• Conversion considerations

Labs

• Exercise A: Performing a Backup and then a Virtual Conversion

Agent for Linux and UNIX

• Agent for Linux and UNIX

Labs

• Exercise A: Installing the Agent for Linux
• Exercise B: Backing up a Linux Server
• Exercise C: Restoring Data to Linux Computers
• Exercise D: Restoring Data to an Alternate Location
• Exercise E: Configuration Options for Linux Computers

Agent for Oracle

• Agent for Oracle on Windows or Linux Servers
• Installing the Oracle Agent on Windows or Linux Servers
• Configuring the Oracle Agent on Windows or Linux Servers
• Authenticating Credentials on the Backup Exec Server
• Backing up Oracle Databases
• Restoring Oracle Databases
• Best Practices for Backup Exec Agent for Oracle on Windows and Linux Servers

Labs

• Exercise A: Verifying the Backup Exec Remote Agent (RALUS) Installation on the Linux Server
• Exercise B: Configuring the Oracle Agent on the Linux Server
• Exercise C: Performing Oracle Database Backup
• Exercise D: Restoring Data
• Exercise E: Performing a DBA-Initiated Backup Job
• Exercise F: Installing and Configuring Backup Exec Remote Media Agent (RMAL) on the Linux Server