Veritas NetBackup 6.5 Differences for UNIX and Windows

• Determine if a system will support NBU 6.5.

• Determine if all the required software is installed.

• Perform a clean installation of NBU 6.5 and verify that it installed correctly.

• Given a NetBackup domain, identify the appropriate upgrade paths for each of the servers and clients.

• Perform an upgrade from NBU 5.x or 6.0 to NBU 6.5 on both Solaris and Windows.

• Identify the new tape and disk reports in the Administration Console GUI and in NOM.

• Identify the enhancements in the NetBackup Support Utility (NBSU).

• Discuss the benefits of sharing media among media servers.

• Enable media sharing and configure server groups and media ownership for media sharing.

• Maximize tape utilization by allowing fewer partially full volumes.

• Describe how NetBackup protects media that can be accessed by more than one host.

• Identify the differences between BasicDisk, AdvancedDisk, and SharedDisk.

• Define disk-related terminology, such as disk pool, disk volume, and storage server.

• Discuss the features and benefits of disk pools.

• Discuss how NetBackup performs capacity management and media server load balancing.

• Configure disk pools.

• View and change the properties of a disk pool.

• View and change the status of a disk pool or disk volume.

• Inventory, merge, and remove disk pools.

• Describe storage lifecycles, why you would use them, and the benefits they provide.

• Create and configure storage lifecycle policies.

• Configure backup and duplicate storage destinations to create multiple copies and duplicate copies, and to perform advanced staging.

• Describe the release process that was introduced with NetBackup 6.5.

• Describe what NetBackup LiveUpdate is, why you would use it, and how it works.

• Install NetBackup LiveUpdate agents and create LiveUpdate policies.

• Download and install NetBackup release updates using NetBackup LiveUpdate.

• Identify the differences between a SAN media server and a SAN client.

• Describe the Snapshot Client feature of NetBackup.

• Discuss the advantages of sharing disk resources.

• List the steps required to set up SharedDisk.

• Describe how the NetBackup OpenStorage Disk Option works.

• Installation and upgrading

• New media management features

• New disk management features

• New MP distribution technologies

• Changes to NOM and reporting