Backup Exec 20: Administration

The Veritas Backup Exec 20.1: Administration course is designed for the data protection professional tasked with architecting, implementing, backing up, and restoring critical data. This class covers how to back up and restore data, configure storage devices, manage media, manage and maintain the Backup Exec environment. Students also learn how to configure and work with various Backup Exec Agents, which protect applications like Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft SQL, Active Directory, and virtual environments.

Audience
This course is designed for system administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, systems professionals, consultants, backup administrators, backup operators, and others who are responsible for installing, configuring, managing and monitoring Backup Exec 20.1.

Goals

By the completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the functionality and architecture of Backup Exec.
• Install and upgrade to Backup Exec 20.1.
• Configure storage devices.
• Manage devices and media used by Backup Exec.
• Run backup and restore jobs.
• Set backup and recovery settings and methods.
• Perform Online Disaster Recovery.
• Work with the Database Encryption Key.
• Install the SDR disk creation wizard, create an SDR disk imagen and recover a server with SDR.
• Backup a physical machine and convert to a virtual
• Machine either simultaneously or on a schedule.
• Install, configure, and manage the Backup Exec Central
• Admin Server feature.
• Protect remote servers using the appropriate Remote Agents.
• Use Backup Exec to protect databases and applications, including;
  
  • VMware vSphere
  • Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Agent for Active Directory
• List the supported virtual conversion configurations.
• Configure Backup Exec Deduplication Storage.
• Backup and restore deduplicated data.
  
  

Outline

Read the entire course outline for more details. 

Prerequisites

You must have basic working knowledge of administrating and configuring Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 and later platforms. You must also have experience
configuring server software. Basic working knowledge of the following applications is beneficial, but not required:

• Microsoft SQL Server
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• VMware virtual infrastructure.

Study materials

Veritas authorized e-book included. Authorized labs available during the course plus 6 month after the course.

Certification