Veritas NetBackup 6.x Bare Metal Restore (VT-1531)

Objective

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Plan for the installation of Bare Metal Restore
• Prepare BMR servers and clients for installation
• Install and configure the BMR servers and clients
• Create BMR shared resource trees (SRTs)
• Create boot images for BMR clients
• Perform recovery of clients to identical systems
• Perform recover of clients to dissimilar systems
• Recover media servers
• Troubleshoot common BMR problems

Overview

Veritas Bare Metal Restore for Netbakup 6.0 is an enterprise solution for rapid recovery of UNIX or Windows client systems. As a complementary product that is integrated with Veritas NetBackup, Vertias Bare Metal Restore (BMR) simplifies and streamlines the server recovery process, making it unnecessary to manually reinstall operating systems or configure hardware. With a single command, complete server restores can be accomplished in a fraction of the time. In this three-day, instructor-led, hands-on class, you gain the expertise that is necessary to set up, administer, and troubleshoot a BMR environment.

Who can benefit

This course is for system or network administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, and system integration/development staff who are responsible for installing, operating, or integrating Veritas Bare Metal Restore 6.x for NetBackup.

Prerequisites

Students must be proficient with administration of Windows and Solaris operating systems and with basic networking technology. In addition, students should be familiar with Veritas NetBackup. Familiarity with Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas File System would also be an asset.

Content

Introducing BMR

• What is BMR?
• BMR Logical Components
• BMR Terminology
• BMR Restore Overview

Planning a BMR Installation

• Preparing for BMR Deployment
• BMR Requirements
• BMR Component Placement

Installing and Configuring BMR

• Installing and Configuring BMR on UNIX/Linux
• Installing and Configuring BMR on Windows
• Installing NetBackup Maintenance Pack 3
• Backing Up Clients

Configuring Shared Resource Trees

• SRT Overview
• Shared Resource Tree View
• Creating SRTs
• Administering SRTs

Creating Boot Images

• Overview of the UNIX/Linux Boot Process
• Creating a UNIX/Linux Boot CD
• Overview of the Windows Boot Process
• Creating Windows Boot Media
• Creating a Fast Windows Restore CD/DVD

BMR Architecture

• BMR Daemons and Processes
• BMR Logging
• BMR Backup Process Overview
• BMR Restore Process Overview
• Port Usage During Restores

Client Recovery on Identical Systems

• Managing Client Configurations
• Preparing for Client Restoration
• Restoring UNIX/Linux BMR Clients
• Restoring Windows BMR Clients
• Restoring to a Point in Time
• Using External Procedures

Client Recovery on Dissimilar Systems

• Dissimilar Disk Restore
• Dissimilar System Restore

Protecting the BMR Environment

• Server Restore Overview
• Restoring NetBackup Media Servers
• Restoring BMR Boot Servers
• Recovering the BMR Database
• BMR Recovery in a SA
• BMR Recovery in a Cluster

Troubleshooting BMR

• Configuration Problems
• Boot Image Problems
• Windows DOS Troubleshooting
• Boot-Related Problems
• Problems During Restoration