Troubleshooting Methods and Tools
- Troubleshooting situations and methodology
- Gathering symptoms and information
- Additional troubleshooting resources
- Hands-On Labs: Verify the validity of the Windows and Linux NetBackup domains, perform a backup and restore job, use the NBSU utility and Ops Center
NetBackup Process Flow
- Core process functions
- Backup process flow
- Restore process flow
- Viewing process flow information
- Hands-On Labs: Trace the NetBackup process flow of a backup and restore job to both tape and disk
Understanding the NetBackup Databases
- The NetBackup catalog
- The NetBackup relational databases (NBDB)
- Catalog backup and recovery
- Maintaining the NBDB
- Hands-On Labs: Perform and analyze a NetBackup catalog backup and a catalog recovery when the disaster recovery file is not available
Troubleshooting Communication Issues
- Understanding NetBackup communication
- Configuring NetBackup and network communication
- Troubleshooting network and NetBackup communication problems
- Common NetBackup communication issues
- Hands-On Labs: Solve simulated communication-related problems
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
- Hands-On Labs: Solve simulated device and media related problems.
Troubleshooting Disk Backups Resources
- Overview of disk-based backups
- Maintaining and Troubleshooting Basic Disk
- Maintaining and Troubleshooting Advanced Disk
- Maintaining and Troubleshooting NetBackup deduplication
- Maintaining and Troubleshooting Open Storage
- Hands-On Labs: Solve simulated disk-related problems
Additional Backup and Restore Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting file system backups
- Troubleshooting snapshot-based backups
- Troubleshooting VMware backups
- Troubleshooting Hyper-V backups
- Troubleshooting restores
- Hands-On Labs: Solve simulated file system backup problems
Troubleshooting Storage Lifecycle Policies
- Understanding Storage Lifecycle Policies process flow
- Troubleshooting Storage Lifecycle Policies
- Troubleshooting data classification
- Understanding Auto Image Replication process flow
- Troubleshooting Auto Image Replication
- Hands-On Labs: Solve simulated SLP and Auto Image Replication problems
Debug Logging
- Enabling debug logs
- Viewing debug logs
- Log management
- Capturing debug logs
- Hands-On Labs: Configure debug log settings, collect debug logs, view legacy and unified debug logs
Upgrading NetBackup
- NetBackup upgrade overview
- Manually upgrading NetBackup
- Using Net Backup Live Update
- Hands-On Labs: Perform and verify a manual installation of a NetBackup patch on a master server, configure Net Backup Live Update to update one or more Net Backup client systems