NetWorker Implementation and Management

 Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Install NetWorker and NetWorker Management Console
• Use NetWorker resources and administrative interfaces
• Configure and perform backup and restore operations
• Manage NetWorker media and devices
• Manage NetWorker databases
• Perform cloning and staging
• Generate NetWorker reports
• Describe how to back up Windows hosts for disaster recovery
• Explain how to configure NetWorker in a cluster environment

Backup and recover the NetWorker Management Console and NetWorker servers

• The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives.

Module: NetWorker Overview

• Lesson: NetWorker Concepts and Terminology
• Lesson: NetWorker Process and Backup Flow
• Lesson: NetWorker Control Data

Module: NetWorker Planning and Installation

• Lesson: Performing Pre-installation Planning
• Lesson: NetWorker Licensing
• Lesson: Installing NetWorker and NMC
• Lesson: Controlling NetWorker Processes
• Lab: NetWorker Installation
• Demo: Deploy and Configure an NVE

Module: Media Tracking and Management

• Lesson: NetWorker Pools
• Lab: NetWorker Pool

Module: Performing Backups

• Lesson: Data Protection Policies
• Lesson: Scheduling and Monitoring Backups
• Lesson: Advanced Backup Options
• Lesson: VMware Backup Options
• Lab: Configuring Backups

Module: Configuring and Managing Devices

• Lesson: Devices Overview
• Lesson: Using Disk Devices
• Lesson: Using Tape Devices
• Lesson: Configuring and Managing Library Resources
• Lab: Configuring Devices
• Demo: Configuring Library Devices

Module: NetWorker Database Management

• Lesson: Viewing and Managing Tracking Data
• Lesson: Manual Management of the NetWorker Databases
• Lab: NetWorker Databases

Module: Performing NetWorker Recoveries

• Lesson: NetWorker Recovery Overview
• Lesson: Performing Recoveries by File Selection
• Lesson: Performing Save Set Recoveries
• Lesson: Performing Directed Recoveries
• Lesson: Performing Filesystem Snapshot Recoveries
• Lab: NetWorker Recoveries

Module: Performing Cloning and Staging

• Lesson: Performing Cloning
• Lesson: Performing Clone Controlled Replication
• Lesson: Performing NetWorker Staging
• Lab: Configuring Cloning and Staging

Module: NetWorker Security

• Lesson: NetWorker Security Features Overview
• Lesson: NetWorker Authentication
• Lesson: NetWorker User Groups
• Lesson: NetWorker Logs
• Lesson: Configuring NetWorker in a Firewall Environment
• Lab: NetWorker Authentication, User Groups and Logs

Module: Administering NetWorker

• Lesson: Events and Reporting
• Lesson: Managing NetWorker Parallelism
• Lesson: Software Distribution
• Lesson: Multi-tenancy
• Lab: NetWorker Administration

Module: Recovering Windows Hosts and Cluster Environments

• Lesson: Recovery for NetWorker Windows Client Hosts
• Lesson: Backup and Recovery of Cluster Environments

Module: Recovering NetWorker and NMC Servers

• Lesson: Protecting the Console and NetWorker Server Databases
• Lesson: Recovering the NetWorker Server and NMC
• Lab: Backup and Recovery of NMC and NetWorker Databases

To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have a suitable knowledgebase/skill set.  The student must have an understanding of:

• Backup and recovery concepts and principles
• Windows or Linux system administration
• Network administration in a TCP/IP environment
• SAN and storage device concepts

Completion of the NetWorker Fundamentals eLearning course is a prerequisite.