COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Objectives
This course provides instruction on NetBackup PureDisk
6.6. At the completion of the course, the student will be
able to:
• Describe the features, concepts, components, and
terminology of PureDisk.
• Install the PureDisk Operating System (PDOS) and
the PureDisk software.
• Create users, user groups, departments, and
locations and assign permissions to users and user
groups.
• Install and configure client agents.
• Configure data selections and policies to run and
monitor backup jobs, including policies to back up
SQL and MS Exchange and data replication and
removal policies.
• Restore client data.
• Create PureDisk reports and use the PureDisk
dashboards.
• Export data from PureDisk to NetBackup, install the
PDDO plug-in, and configure NetBackup for PDDO.
• Perform backup and recovery using PureDisk.
COURSE OUTLINE
PureDisk Concepts
• PureDisk features
• PureDisk architecture
• Deduplication in PureDisk
• Navigating the Web user interface
• Hands-On Labs: Start, log on to, and shut down virtual
machines; check the VMware virtual network.
Storage Pool Installation
• PDOS installation overview
• Performing an Install PDOS installation
• Performing the initial configuration
• Configuring network settings
• Configuring storage partitions
• Installing the PureDisk software
• Hands-On Labs: Install the PureDisk Operating System
(PDOS); configure PDOS using the wizard interface; verify
the PDOS configuration; install the PureDisk software.
Managing Users and Clients
• Managing users and groups
• Assigning permissions
• Managing departments and locations
• Installing client agents
• Managing client agents
• Hands-On Labs: Navigate the PureDisk Web UI; create
PureDisk users and groups; assign permissions to
PureDisk users and groups; create departments and
locations; install a client agent on Windows using the
attended method; install a client agent on Linux using the
unattended method; activate client agents.
Data Selections and Backup Jobs
• Configuring data selections
• Configuring data selection templates
• Running manual backups
• Monitoring jobs
• Hands-On Labs: Create data selections for
Windows and Linux clients; configure data selection
templates; initiate manual backup jobs; observe job
history and detailed job status; adjust job settings;
manage jobs using the restart, cancel, and delete
controls.
Creating Policies and Application Backups
• Overview of workflows and policies
• Creating and running a backup policy
• Creating policy escalation actions
• Configuring MS SQL and MS Exchange Backups
• Hands-On Labs: Create backup policies; configure
policies to run automated backups; perform a
manual backup of a policy; configure policy
escalation actions.
Restoring Client Data
• Performing simple restore operations
• Using the Find Files interface
• MS SQL and MS Exchange restore considerations
• Hands-On Labs: Simulate data loss, restore data,
and verify data on a Linux client; simulate data loss
and restore data from the Restore Files interface on
a Windows client; search a data selection; restore
data using the Find Files interface.
Data Replication and Removal
• Data replication overview
• Configuring and running a data replication policy
• Data removal policies
• Garbage collection policies
• Hands-On Labs: Create a replication policy; create
and manage data removal policies; edit the content
router garbage collection policy; manage the
metabase garbage collection policy.
Creating PureDisk Reports
• Creating data mining reports
• Using the PureDisk dashboards
• Creating Web service reports
• Veritas Backup Reporter support
• Creating event escalation actions
• Hands-On Labs: Run data mining reports; use the
PureDisk dashboards to monitor the PureDisk environment;
create and examine the PureDisk Web service report;
configure event escalation actions.
PureDisk Administrative Tasks and Challenges
• Adding services to an existing node
• Collecting troubleshooting resources
• Hands-On Labs: Install and remove services from an
existing node; collect troubleshooting resources in
preparation for sending these resources to Symantec
Technical Support.
NetBackup Integration
• Exporting data to NetBackup
• Using the PureDisk Deduplication Option (PDDO)
• Installing the PDDO Plug-in
• Configuring NetBackup for PDDO
• Hands-On Labs: Install the PDDO plug-in on a NetBackup
media server and configure NetBackup to use PDDO.
Protecting and Recovering PureDisk
• Disaster recovery methods
• Creating a disaster recovery policy
• Recovering PureDisk
• Storage Pool Authority Replication (SPAR)
• Configuring high availability
