Name: Data Protector Essentials
Price: 3750 EUR

Course Overview

OpenTextTM Data Protector (DP) offers comprehensive enterprise protection through a versatile and robust solution. Within Data Protector, you will discover enhancements such as deduplication, online application support, and improvements in storage infrastructure support, all aimed at meeting the most demanding needs of customers. This instructor-led training, spanning five days, is designed for beginners and offers crucial insights for storage administrators to effectively configure and oversee Data Protector software. Through practical lab exercises, participants solidify their understanding of backup and recovery principles, software functionality, and its relevance to standard storage setups.

Who should attend

Storage and system administrators using Data Protector software, system engineers, consultants, project managers, professional services, and sales.

Prerequisites

To be successful in this course, you need system and network administration or equivalent experience.

Course Objectives

On completion of this course, participants should be able to:

Explain adaptive backup and recovery solutions.
Explain the architecture and concept of Data Protector.
Describe the Data Protector product structure.
Install the Data Protector Cell Manager and Client.
Explain the configuration for backup devices and media management.
Configure and run Filesystem backups and restores.
Monitor the Data Protector environment, run reports, and set up notifications.
Troubleshoot the Data Protector environment.

Course Content

Module 1: Course Overview

Explain the daily classroom schedule and structure
Review the overall course objectives

Module 2: What’s New in Data Protector 11.03

Describe new editions, features, and enhancements of Data Protector (DP) from DP 11.01 to DP 11.03

Module 3: Data Protector Architecture

Explain the Data Protector architecture
Explain the Data Protector cell concept
Explain the Data Protector client server architecture
Plan the layout for a Data Protector installation

Module 4: Data Protector Installation

Plan for the installation of DP
Explain the installation sequence
Install the DP Cell Manager
Explain the client installation concept
Distribute DP agent components to client systems
Export and import DP clients
Discuss the DP upgrade process

Module 5: Data Protector Upgrade

Explain the upgrade sequence
Discuss the DP upgrade process
Plan for the upgradation of the DP Cell Manager
Know the DP Upgrades Path
Know the Upgrade Options
Upgrade the Windows Cell Manager

Module 6: Getting Started

Explore Data Protector GUI

Module 7: Licensing and Product Structure

Explain the Data Protector licensing models
Describe the Data Protector product structure
Configure and use the Data Protector license reporting

Module 8: Backup Devices

Describe the configurable backup devices
Describe the concepts of logical devices
Configure and manage disk-based backup devices
Configure and manage tape-based backup devices
Use the Data Protector CLI to check the devices

Module 9: Media Management

Describe the concepts of media management in Data Protector
Configure media pools and assign media
Exchange media with different Data Protector cells using Media Export/Import
Implement vaulting using multiple media pools

Module 10: Backup Specification

Create and generate backup specifications
Adjust all the options that control the execution of a backup job
Explore advanced backup capabilities, such as load balancing or device mirroring
Schedule backup specifications using the new web-based scheduler
Explain the backup processing flow

Module 11: Restoring Capabilities

Use the restore capabilities in Data Protector
Perform the session and object restores
Perform the single or parallel restores
Use the restore context in the Data Protector GUI

Module 12: Sessions, Reports, and Notifications

Monitor running sessions through DP GUI or CLI
Browse for sessions that have been performed in the past
Explain the Data Protector Reporting features
Configure the reports within a report group and execute it
Configure and modify the Data Protector notifications

Module 13: Copying and Verifying Media and Objects

Create copies of the backup media through Media Copy
Create copies of the selected objects through Object Copy
Verify your data using the media and object verification sessions

Module 14: Internal Database

Explain the concept of an Internal Database (IDB)
Describe the architecture of an IDB
Perform maintenance and administration tasks on the IDB
Back up and restore the IDB
Configure IDB-related reports and notifications
Run a disaster recovery (DR) of IDB

Module 15: Deduplication

Explain the deduplication technology
Describe the different Data Protector deduplication configurations
Configure a B2D device for hardware and software deduplication in Data Protector
Configure a backup specification with deduplication
Configure an Object Replication between the deduplication devices

Module 16: Block-based Backup and Restore

Describe the Block-based backup
Describe the change block driver
Describe the incremental block-based backup
Describe the block-based restore

Module 17: Access Control and Security

Control user access to the cell
Manage user groups in the cell
Configure user restrictions
Manage network access to the cell
Secure the DP cell

Module 18: Reporting Server

Describe the New Data Protector Reporting Server and its different types
Install Data Protector reporting server
Configure Data Protector reporting server
Generate integrated reports

Module 19: Disaster Recovery

List the Data Protector methods to perform a disaster recovery
Explain the four phases to recover a system from a disaster
Perform a Disaster Recovery using Enhanced Automated Disaster Recovery (EADR)

Module 20: Auto Replication Sync

Explain the concept of Auto Replication Sync
Explain the foreign Cell Manager import method
Describe the Automated Replication Synchronization (ARS) device and the replication job configuration

Module 21: Patch Installation

Explain the Data Protector strategies to address the product issues and limitations
Download and install the Data Protector General Release (GR) patches
Query the Data Protector clients to view a list of installed Data Protector fixes

Module 22: Troubleshooting

Identify various DP log files
Enable the debug option
Explain the process to collect and pack the debug files
Configure and run the DP health check
Perform a basic troubleshooting

Data Protector Essentials (DPE)