Detailed Course Outline
Troubleshooting Methods and Tools
- Troubleshooting Situations and Methodology
- Gathering Symptoms and Information
- Troubleshooting Procedures
- Additional Troubleshooting Resources
Labs:
- Exercise A: Introduction to the Lab Environment
- Exercise B: Navigating the NetBackup Administration Console
- Exercise C: Viewing NetBackup Configuration
- Exercise D: Testing Backup and Restore Operations
- Exercise E: Identifying Tools for Analyzing Backup and Restore Problems
Understanding the NetBackup Process Flow
- Core Process Functions
- Backup Process Flow
- Tape Restore Process Flow
- Disk Restore Process Flow
- Viewing Process Flow Information
Labs:
- Exercise A: Tracing the Backup Process Flow for Tape Based Storage
- Exercise B: Tracing the Backup Process Flow for Disk Based Storage
- Exercise C: Tracing the Restore Process Flow
- Exercise D: Tracing the Process Flow for a Failed Job
Working with Debug Logs
- Preparing to Gather Debug Logs
- Enabling Debug Logs
- Performing Log Management
- Capturing Debug Logs
Labs:
- Exercise A: Enabling Debug Logs
- Exercise B: Setting the Logging Levels
- Exercise C: Enabling Legacy Logging
- Exercise D: Running Manual Backups
- Exercise E: Collecting Logs and Copying them to the File Share
Analyzing NetBackup Logs
- Preparing for Debug Log Analysis
- Viewing Debug Logs
- Analyzing Debug Logs for a Successful Backup Job
- Analyzing Debug Logs for Failed Backup Jobs
Labs:
- Exercise A: Creating Log Directories on the Primary, Media, and Client Servers
- Exercise B: Setting the Logging Levels on the Primary, Media, and Client Servers
- Exercise C: Running Manual Backups
- Exercise D: Analyzing a Successful Backup Job
- Exercise E: Analyzing a Failed Backup Job
Troubleshooting Communication Issues
- Understanding NetBackup Communication
- Configuring NetBackup and Network Communication
- Troubleshooting Network and NetBackup Communication Problems
- Common NetBackup Communication Issues
- Understanding Security Certificates
- Working with Certificate Revocation Lists
- Configuring NetBackup Security Certificates
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Security Certificates
- Using External Security Certificates with NetBackup
Labs:
- Exercise A: NetBackup Communications: Problem Scenario 1
- Exercise B: NetBackup Communications: Problem Scenario 2
- Exercise C: NetBackup Communications: Problem Scenario 3
- Exercise D: Viewing NetBackup Certificates
- Exercise E: Manually Deploying NetBackup Certificates
- Exercise F: Revoking and Reissuing Host-ID Based Certificates
- Exercise G: Using External Certificates with NetBackup
Troubleshooting NetBackup Installation and Upgrade Issues
- NetBackup 10.x Installation Updates and Troubleshooting
- Working with VxUpdate
Labs:
- Exercise A: Troubleshooting Primary Server Installation Issues
- Exercise B: Troubleshooting Primary Server Upgrade Issues
- Exercise C: Working with VxUpdate
Troubleshooting the NetBackup Web User Interface
- NetBackup Web User Interface: Synopsis
- NetBackup Web User Interface and Role Based Access Control
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Web User Interface Issues
Labs:
- Exercise A: Accessing the NetBackup Web User Interface - Problem Scenario 1
- Exercise B: Accessing the NetBackup Web User Interface - Problem Scenario 2
- Exercise C: Editing a Custom Role
Troubleshooting Cloud Storage and OST Plug‐ins
- Troubleshooting OpenStorage Technology (OST) Logging
- Using Cloud with NetBackup
- Troubleshooting NetBackup Snapshot Manager Issues
Troubleshooting NetBackup Deduplication Issues
- NetBackup Deduplication Process Flow
- Maintaining and Troubleshooting NetBackup Deduplication
- Recovering from MSDP Server Failure
- Multi-Domain and VLAN Support for MSDP
- Certificate Configuration
Labs:
- Exercise A: Monitoring and Troubleshooting MSDP
- Exercise B: Verifying the MSDP Backup Image
- Exercise C: Discovering and Fixing Orphan MSDP Data
Troubleshooting Virtual Environment Issues
- Troubleshooting VMware Backups
- Troubleshooting Hyper-V Backups
- Troubleshooting RHV Backups
Labs:
- Pre-configuration Lab Task
- Exercise A: Troubleshooting VMware Backups
- Exercise B: Troubleshooting VMware Restores
Troubleshooting Storage Lifecycle Policies
- Storage Lifecycle Policies: Overview
- Troubleshooting Storage Lifecycle Policies
- Troubleshooting Data Classification
- Understanding Auto Image Replication
- Troubleshooting Auto Image Replication
Labs:
- Exercise A: Storage Lifecycle Policies - Problem Scenario 1
- Exercise B: Storage Lifecycle Policies - Problem Scenario 2
Understanding the NetBackup Catalog
- NetBackup Catalog: Overview
- NetBackup Relational Databases (NBDB)
- Catalog Backup and Recovery
- Maintaining the NetBackup Relational Database
Labs:
- Exercise A: Reviewing the NetBackup Catalog Structure
- Exercise B: Configuring and Running NetBackup Catalog Backups
- Exercise C: Recovering the Catalogs Using the NetBackup Web UI
- Exercise D: Using the cat_convert Command
- Exercise E: Corrupting the NBDB
- Exercise F: Recovering the NBDB from Staging
- Exercise G: Configuring a Policy for Catalog Archive
- Exercise H: Recovering the Catalogs Using the bprecover Command
Appendix A - Troubleshooting Tape Devices and Media
- NetBackup Device Troubleshooting
- Common NetBackup Device Issues
- Media and Device Selection
- Media-related Status Codes
- Troubleshooting Frozen and Suspended Media
Labs:
- Exercise A: Tape Devices and Media - Problem Scenario 1
- Exercise B: Tape Devices and Media - Problem Scenario 2
Appendix B - Troubleshooting Disk Backup Resources
- Disk-based Backups: Overview
- Maintaining and Troubleshooting BasicDisk
- Maintaining and Troubleshooting AdvancedDisk
Labs:
- Exercise A: Disk Devices - Problem Scenario 1
- Exercise B: Disk Devices - Problem Scenario 2
Appendix C - Troubleshooting Containerized Applications
- Container Technology: Overview
- Troubleshooting Kubernetes issues