Basic Course

Symantec Backup Exec 15: Install and Configure

  • Course Introduction
  • Course overview
  • Classroom lab environment
  • Symantec’s Education and Support resources

Backup Exec Fundamentals

  • Data backup basics
  • Symantec’s backup solution offerings
  • Backup Exec architecture
  • Backup Exec 15 Feature Pack 1: End of Life Items

Installing and Licensing Backup Exec 15

  • New installation
  • Typical installation
  • Launching Backup Exec 15
  • Updating Backup Exec 15

Installing Backup Exec 15 Remote Administration Console

  • New Installation
  • Blocked BES and RAC 32-bit Installation Scenarios
  • Remote Administration Console Compatibility

Upgrading and Migrating to Backup Exec 15

  • Backup Exec Server
  • BE CASO and MBES Rolling Upgrades
  • Agent for Windows
  • Performing Step Upgrades
  • Upgrading from BE 2010 R3 and Earlier
  • Backup Exec Server Migration from 32-bit to 64-bit Server
  • Migrating from a 32-bit Backup Exec server to a 64-bit Backup Exec server
  • Viewing the Migration Report

Storage Devices

  • Configuring storage devices
  • Disk-based storage
  • Legacy backup-to-disk folder
  • Configure disk cartridge devices
  • Configure Deduplication Disk Storage
  • Storage Provisioning Option
  • Windows Storage Pools and Spaces
  • Network Storage
  • OpenStorage devices (Third-party deduplication)
  • RMAL
  • Tape Storage
  • Storage Pools
  • Storage view: Overview

Data Management

  • Media basics
  • Data Lifecycle Management
  • Data Lifecycle Management Debug Log Enhancement
  • Managing tapes with media sets
  • Media catalogs

Backing Up Data

  • Adding a server
  • Creating Backup workflows
  • Multi-server backup definition
  • Accounts and Credentials in Backup Exec
  • Server Selections options
  • Backup Selections: Dynamic Inclusion
  • Resource order
  • Backup Selections: Excludes
  • Adding a Backup Task
  • Backup Settings: Backup Methods
  • Backup Settings: Additional settings
  • Backup Stage
  • Job Name
  • Manually running backup jobs

Managing Servers and Jobs

  • Backup and Restore view
  • Server Groups
  • Retired Servers Group

Restoring Data

  • Restore job basics
  • Restore settings
  • Granular restore
  • Restoring data from single backup set
  • Restoring data from multiple backup sets
  • Restoring data from tape
  • Restoring data from backup job
  • Online Disaster Recovery
  • Restoring System State
  • Restoring Shadow Copy Components

Working with the Database Encryption Key

  • BEDB Sensitive Data components
  • Auto-generated AES-256 Encryption Key
  • Protecting the DEK
  • Troubleshooting Database Encryption Issues

Simplified Disaster Recovery

  • Simplified Disaster Recovery fundamentals
  • Simplified Disaster Recovery: Backup
  • Installing the SDR disk creation wizard
  • Creating an SDR disk image (.iso)
  • Recovering a server with SDR
  • Windows Storage Pools and Spaces
  • SDR additional options

Virtual Machine Conversion

  • Conversion to virtual machines fundamentals
  • Convert to virtual machine
  • Backup and convert simultaneously
  • Backup and convert on a schedule
  • Convert from a backup set
  • Virtual conversion options
  • Incremental Conversions
  • Conversion Considerations

Central Admin Server Option

  • Backup Exec 15 CASO: Overview
  • Installing the CAS
  • Installing MBES
  • Backup jobs: MBES and Server Pools
  • Restoring Files using CASO
  • MBES Settings
  • Copy Configuration to MBES
  • Upgrading a CASO environment to Backup Exec 15
  • MBES to Standalone
  • Offline Central Admin Server Restore from a Managed Backup Exec Server

Symantec Backup Exec 15: Manage and Administer

  • Course Introduction
  • Course overview
  • Classroom lab environment
  • Symantec’s Education and Support resources

Remote Agents

  • Introduction to Remote Agents
  • Agent for Windows
  • Agent for Linux and Agent for Mac

Agent for Applications and Databases

  • Agent for Applications and Databases fundamentals
  • Installing the Agent for Applications and Databases

Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server

  • Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange: Installation
  • Adding an Exchange Server or Database Availability Group
  • Backup Selections
  • Backup Settings
  • Restoring Exchange
  • Database Restore
  • GRT Browse Restore
  • GRT Search Restore
  • Restore Considerations: GRT
  • Restore Considerations: Public Folders
  • Restore Considerations: Site Mailbox
  • Restore Considerations: Database Overwrite
  • Restore Considerations: RSG/RDB
  • Restore Considerations: Disaster Recovery
  • Volume Shadow Copy
  • Troubleshooting: VSS Provider and Exchange Writer

Agent for Microsoft SQL Server

  • Microsoft SQL Server agent installation
  • Backup Selections
  • Backup Settings
  • Restoring a Microsoft SQL Server database
  • Unsupported Microsoft SQL Server features

Agent for Microsoft SharePoint Server

  • SharePoint Agent Overview
  • Add SharePoint Farm
  • Backing up SharePoint
  • Restoring SharePoint

Agent for Microsoft Active Directory

  • Agent for Microsoft Active Directory
  • Traditional Restore of Active Directory
  • GRT Restore

Virtual Environment Agents

  • Virtualization technologies
  • Backup Exec Virtualization Agents
  • Installing the Agent for VMware and Hyper-V
  • Adding a host
  • Installing Agent for Windows on virtual machines
  • Backup
  • Restore
  • VMware VDDK 6.0 Enhancements
  • Security enhancements

Deduplication Option

  • Data deduplication and Open Storage Technology: Fundamentals
  • Installing the Deduplication Option
  • Configuring Backup Exec Deduplication Storage
  • Exclusion from Windows deduplication
  • OpenStorage devices
  • Deduplication backup job
  • Configuring Client-side Dedup
  • Rehydration
  • Optimized duplication
  • Protecting Backup Exec Dedup Storage