Advanced Administration course #641 is designed for experienced NetWorker administrators responsible for NetWorker installation, policy decisions, implementation, and performance tuning. Students will become experts in NetWorker backups, data maintenance, destination management, and enterprise planning. The course discusses how to plan the environment, configure NetWorker for an NDMP environment, and how to back up and recover Clusters.

The course is structured with lecture, hands-on labs, and instructor-led demonstrations. Our Waltham Training Center offers a pleasant environment where each student has a personal workstation with up-to-date equipment. If it is more convenient, on-site training at your facility can also be arranged.

Training is an essential component in the successful deployment and administration of Legato's products. Our large staff of field-experienced instructors is focused on Legato's full suite of products and offers expert training services on Legato's products worldwide.

Curriculum
This class uses Legato's materials, follows Legato's curriculum, and prepares students for Legato's advanced certification tests offered through Prometric.

Lesson 1: Implementing Legato NetWorker Modules

• The NetWorker Module Solution
• Architecture and Data Flow Overview
• The NetWorker Module Advantage
• NetWorker Module Host Roles and Installation
• NetWorker Schedule, Group, and Pool Considerations
• Configuring NetWorker Module Clients
• NetWorker Module Recovery
  • Lab 1-1: Backup and Recover a SQL Database

Lesson 2: Configuring NetWorker with Firewalls

• Configuring NetWorker with Firewalls
• Determining Service and Connection Ports
• Configuring NetWorker Firewall Ports
• Configuring the Firewall
• Troubleshooting a Firewall Environment

Lesson 3: Backing Up and Recovering Clusters with NetWorker

• Understanding Cluster Basics
• Configuring a NetWorker Client in a Cluster
• Configuring a NetWorker Storage Node in a Cluster
• Configuring a NetWorker Server in a Cluster

Lesson 4: Configuring Advanced Device Features

• Autochangers and Silos
• jbconfig options
• Auto Media Management
• How NetWorker Selects Volumes
• Recycle To and From Other Pools
• Autochanger Max Parallelism
• SJI commands
  • Lab 4-1: Configure Auto Media Management
  • Lab 4-2: Increase Autochanger Max Parallelism Value
• Using Device Service Mode
• Using CDI and TapeAlert
  • Lab 4-3: Place a Device in Service Mode

Lesson 5: Configuring Autochanger Sharing

• The Purpose of Autochanger Sharing
• Preparing for Autochanger Sharing
• Configuring Autochanger Sharing for Direct SCSI
• Configuring Autochanger Sharing in a SAN
• Verifying Block Size Compatibility
• Configuring the Read Hostname Attribute
• Licensing Autochanger Sharing
  • Lab 5-1: Configure Autochanger Sharing

Lesson 6: Configuring Dynamic Drive Sharing

• Understanding Dynamic Drive Sharing
• Preparing for Dynamic Drive Sharing
• Configuring Dynamic Drive Sharing
• Licensing Dynamic Drive Sharing
• Stopping Drive Sharing
• Implementing Cross-platform Support
• Understanding Clustering and DDS
• Fine-tuning DDS
  • Lab 6-1: Use jbedit to Prepare for Dynamic Drive Sharing
  • Lab 6-2: Configure Dynamic Drive Sharing and Use jbedit

Lesson 7: Configuring NetWorker in an NDMP Environment

• NDMP Overview
• Configuring NetWorker with NDMP
  • Lab 7-1: Create NDMP Schedules and an NDMP Client
• Configuring NDMP Devices and Jukeboxes
  • Lab 7-2: Create an NDMP Device
  • Lab 7-3: Configure an NDMP Autochanger
• Performing NDMP Backups
• Performing NDMP Cloning
  • Lab 7-4: Perform an NDMP Backup
• Performing NDMP Recoveries
• Using NDMP and DAR
  • Lab 7-5: Perform NDMP Recoveries

Lesson 8: Managing NetWorker Performance

• Understanding the Backup and Recovery Data Path
• Tuning Backup Device Performance
• Tuning NetWorker Server Performance
• Tuning NetWorker Client Performance
• Tuning Network Performance
• Tuning Client Recovery Performance
  • Lab 8-1: Manage NetWorker Performance

Lesson 9: Configuring NetWorker with Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

• Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service
• Enabling VSS Support in NetWorker
• Backing Up SYSTEM Save Sets
• VSS Save Sets
• VSS Save Operations
• Recovering SYSTEM Save Sets
• VSS Recovery with Windows Automated System Recovery (ASR)
• VSS ASR System Recovery
• Microsoft Exchange and SQL
• Mixing VSS and NetWorker Modules
  • Lab 9-1: Backup and Recover a SQL Database with Microsoft VSS

Lesson 10: Implementing Legato License Manager

• Configuring Legato License Manager
• Using LLM Functionality
• What if the LLM Server is Unavailable?
• Recovering an LLM Server