Module 01: Backup Exec Fundamentals
• Data backup basics
• Backup Exec solution offerings
• Backup Exec architecture
Module 02: Licensing Backup Exec
• Subscription, Perpetual and Custom Licensing
• Trialware and upgrades
• Capacity and subscription license enforcement
• Updating licensing information
• Capacity widget and capacity metering
• Maintenance and Extended Support Licensing
Module 03: Installing Backup Exec
• Backup Exec: New installation
• Typical installation of Backup Exec
• Custom installation of Backup Exec
• Installation details
• Applying Backup Exec updates
Labs
• Exercise A: Installing Veritas Backup Exec
• Exercise B: Verifying the Veritas Backup Exec
installation
• Exercise C: Adding Backup Exec licenses
• Exercise D: Configuring and running Veritas Update
• Exercise E: Viewing the Backup Exec license
Module 04: Working with the Backup Exec
Administration Console
• Installing and configuring the Backup Exec
• Using the Backup Exec Administration console
• Exploring the Backup Exec Administration Console
• Introduction to Backup and Restore
• Introduction to BEMCLI
Labs
• Exercise A: Installing the Backup Exec Remote
Administration Console
• Exercise B: Exploring the Home tab of the Backup Exec
Administration Console
• Exercise C: Working with the Configuration Task Widget
• Exercise D: Exploring the Backup Exec Administration
Console
• Exercise E: Creating a configured view
• Exercise F: Creating disk storage
• Exercise G: Creating a basic backup job
• Exercise H: Creating a basic restore job
Module 05: Disk Storage Devices
• Backup Exec storage devices
• Viewing disk storage: Storage view
• Deduplication disk storage
• Importing a legacy backup-to-disk folder
• Backup Exec storage pools
• Windows Storage Pool and Spaces
Labs
• Exercise A: Creating a disk storage device using the
Configuration Wizard
• Exercise B: Viewing the Disk Storage in the Backup
Exec Management Command Line Interface
• Exercise C: Viewing disk storage device properties
• Exercise D: Creating a Storage Pool
Module 06: Cloud-based Storage Devices
• Basics of Cloud storage support in Backup Exec
• Amazon S3 cloud-based storage
• Google cloud-based storage
• Microsoft Azure cloud-based storage
• Configuring a cloud-storage device in Backup Exec
• Managing cloud-storage in Backup Exec
Labs
• Exercise A: Configuring Generic S3-compatible cloud
storage in Backup Exec
• Exercise B: Backing up data to Generic-S3 cloud-based
storage
Module 07: Network Storage Devices
• Network storage devices
• OpenStorage devices (Third-party deduplication)
• Backup Exec Remote Media Agent for Linux
• NDMP servers
Module 08: Disk, Network, and Cloud Data Management
• Data Lifecycle Managament Fundamentals
• DLM rules overview
• Manual expiration and retention
• Retain
• Read only setting
• Media Catalogs
Labs
• Exercise A: Manually expiring backup sets
• Exercise B: Retaining backup sets and changing the
expiration date of a backup set
Module 09: Tape Devices and Tape Management
• Tape storage
• Managing tapes
• Robotic Libraries
• Tape storage operations
• Tape Storage: Alerts
Labs
• Exercise A: Inventorying robotic libraries when Backup
Exec services start
• Exercise B: Configuring barcode rules for a robotic
library
• Exercise C: Assigning a cleaning slot to a robotic library
• Exercise D: Understanding storage default values
• Exercise E: Viewing default media sets
• Exercise F: Creating a media set
• Exercise G: Creating a media vault
• Exercise H: Assigning a media set to a media vault
• Exercise I: Assigning tapes to a media set
• Exercise J: Backing up to tape
• Exercise K: Restoring from tape
Module 10: Backing up Data
• Preparing for backups
• Adding a server
• Creating a backup job
• Multi-server backups
• Accounts and credentials in Backup Exec
• Managing server selections
• Backup selections
• Excluding files from backup
• Backup Settings
• Backup stage basics
• Job Name Fundamentals
• Manually running backup jobs
Labs
• Exercise A: Adding a server
• Exercise B: Backing up files and folders
• Exercise C: Creating a one-time backup job
• Exercise D: Creating a new backup job using the
settings from an existing backup
• Exercise E: Backing up multiple servers
• Exercise F: Backing up System State
• Exercise G: Working with backup methods
Module 11: Managing Servers and Jobs
• Backup and Restore view
• Server groups
• Tag as Business-Critical
Labs
• Exercise A: Creating a server group
• Exercise B: Viewing server details
• Exercise C: Tagging a resource as Business-Critical and
backing it up
• Exercise D: Tagging a resource as business-critical from
the Include/Exclude window
• Exercise E: Examining pre-defined and custom reports
• Exercise F: Viewing Job Log details
Module 12: Restoring Data
• Contents of backup set
• Restore job basics
• Restore settings
• Granular restore technology (GRT)
• Restoring data
• Online Disaster Recovery
• Restoring System State
• Shadow Copy Components
Labs
• Exercise A: Viewing the contents of a backup set
• Exercise B: Restoring data to the default location
• Exercise C: Restoring data to an alternate location
• Exercise D: Restoring file and folder permissions
• Exercise E: Restoring data using the Search Wizard
• Exercise F: Restoring data to a VHD
• Exercise G: Restoring data directly from disk
• Exercise H: Restoring data from a tape backup
• Exercise I: Restoring a business-critical resource
Module 13: Working with the Database Encryption Key
• Backup Exec Database sensitive data components
• Auto-generated AES-256 encryption key
• Protecting the Database Encryption Key (DEK)
Labs
• Exercise A: Viewing the Database Encryption Key
• Exercise B: Viewing the Database Encryption Key and
attempting to back it up
• Exercise C: Exporting the Database Encryption Key
• Exercise D: Backing up and restoring the Database
Encryption Key
Module 14: Simplified Disaster Recovery
• Simplified Disaster Recovery fundamentals
• Simplified Disaster Recovery – Backup
• Installing the SDR disk creation wizard
• Creating an SDR disk image (.iso) file
• Recovering a server with SDR
• Windows Storage Pools and Spaces
Labs
• Exercise A: Adding a server
• Exercise B: Viewing and identifying critical system
devices
• Exercise C: Creating a Simplified Disaster Recovery
enabled backup job
• Exercise D: Performing a complete online restore of a
computer – Walkthrough
• Exercise E: Creating a Simplified Disaster Recovery
Disk
• Exercise F: Recovering appsrv1 using the SDR disk
Module 15: Upgrading to Backup Exec
• Basics of upgrading the Backup Exec server
• Standard and Rolling upgrade – Backup Exec
• Agent for Windows upgrade
• Migration report
Labs
• Exercise A: Installing Veritas Backup Exec
• Exercise B: Upgrading Agent for Windows
Module 16: Central Admin Server Option
• Backup Exec CAS: Overview
• Installing the CAS
• Installing MBES
• Backup jobs: MBES and Server Pools
• Restoring files using CAS
• Instant Recovery jobs in a CAS environment
• MBES Settings
• Copy Configuration to MBES
• Upgrading a CAS environment to Backup Exec 21
• Renaming CAS and MBES
• MBES to Standalone
• Offline Central Admin Server Restore from a Managed
Backup Exec server
Labs
• Exercise A: Installing the CAS feature
• Exercise B: Converting a Backup Exec server to a
managed Backup Exec server
• Exercise C: Viewing the settings for a Managed Backup
Exec server
• Exercise D: Creating a Backup Exec server pool
• Exercise E: Restoring data from CAS
• Exercise F: Using optimized duplication with the Central
Admin Server
Module 17: Deduplication Feature
• Data deduplication and Open Storage Technology:
Fundamentals
• Deduplication Feature option
• Configuring Backup Exec deduplication storage
• Exclusion from Windows deduplication
• Deduplication backup job
• Configuring client-side deduplication
• Rehydration
• Optimized duplication
• Protect the Backup Exec deduplication storage
• Best practices for the Deduplication Feature
• OpenStorage devices (Third-party deduplication)
• OpenDedupe OST connector
• OpenDedupe installation and configuration
• Configuring OpenStorage in Backup Exec
Labs
• Exercise A: Verifying the Deduplication Feature
installation
• Exercise B: Creating a deduplication storage folder
• Exercise C: Creating a backup job to backup data to the
deduplication disk storage (server-side deduplication)
• Exercise E: Verifying data deduplication
• Exercise F: Restoring deduplication data
• Exercise G: Creating a client-side deduplication job
Module 18: Introduction to Security and Privacy features
in Backup Exec
• Backup Exec support for GDPR
• Backup Exec support for Ransomware Resilience
Labs
• Exercise A: Working with the GDPR Guard feature
• Exercise B: Working with the Ransomware Resilience
feature
Module 19: Introduction to Remote Agent, Applications
and Databases
• Agent for Windows: Fundamentals
• Installing the Agent for Windows
• Managing the Agent for Windows
• Agent for Applications and Databases: Fundamentals
• GRT support for Agent for Applications and Databases
• Enabling the Agent for Applications and Databases
feature
Labs
• Exercise A: Viewing Backup Exec license information
• Exercise B: Installing the Agent for Windows
• Exercise C: Viewing the Agent for Windows installation
footprint
• Exercise D: Backing up a remote Windows computer
• Exercise E: Restoring data to a remote Windows
computer
Module 20: Protecting Microsoft Exchange Server
• Installing the Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange
• Backing up a DAG
• Exchange Backup Selections
• Exchange Backup Settings
• Exchange Preferred Servers Only Backups
• Restoring Exchange data
• Redirected Restore Considerations
• VSS Providers and Exchange Writers
Labs
• Exercise A: Viewing the Exchange DAG configuration
• Exercise B: Backing up an Exchange DAG
• Exercise C: Restoring Exchange mailbox items
• Exercise D: Restoring Exchange mailbox items using
Search
• Exercise E: Performing a redirected restore of Exchange
databases and logs
Module 21: Protecting Microsoft SQL Server
• Agent for Microsoft SQL Server: Fundamentals
• Microsoft SQL backup selections
• Backing up a Microsoft SQL server database
• Restoring a Microsoft SQL server database
• Supported Microsoft SQL server features
Labs
• Exercise A: Backing up SQL Server system databases
• Exercise B: Restoring a SQL Server database
• Exercise C: Restoring a SQL Server database to an
alternate location
Module 22: Protecting Microsoft SharePoint Server
• Agent for Microsoft SharePoint: Fundamentals
• Backing up Microsoft SharePoint
• Restoring Microsoft SharePoint
Labs
• Exercise A: Viewing the SharePoint site details
• Exercise B: Backing up SharePoint
• Exercise C: Performing a SharePoint GRT restore for a
task
• Exercise D: Performing a SharePoint redirect restore for
a document
• Exercise E: Restoring a versioned document
• Exercise F: Restoring a SharePoint portal site
Module 23: Protecting Microsoft Active Directory
• Agent for Microsoft Active Directory: Fundamentals
• Traditional Active Directory Restore
• Active Directory: Granular Recovery Technology
Labs
• Exercise A: Backing up Microsoft Active Directory
• Exercise B: Restoring Active Directory Objects
• Exercise C: Changing the GRT backup and restore
staging location path
Module 24: Protecting Virtual Environments: Part 1
• Virtualization technologies
• Backup Exec virtualization agents
• Installing Agent for VMware and Hyper-V
• Backing up virtual machines
• Restoring virtual machines
Labs
• Exercise A: Verifying the Agent for VMware and Hyper-V
installation
• Exercise B: Connecting to and viewing ESX server
configuration
• Exercise C: Adding the vCenter server to Backup Exec
• Exercise D: Backing up an ESXi Server
• Exercise E: Restoring a VMware virtual machine
Module 24: Protecting Virtual Environments: Part 2
• Instant Recovery for Hyper-V and VMware Virtual
Machines
• Performing an Instant Recovery for a Virtual Machine
• Removing an Instantly Recovered Virtual Machine
• Instant Cloud Recovery for Hyper-V and VMware
• Virtual machine Recovery Ready validation
Labs
• Exercise A: Performing an Instant Recovery of a
Windows Virtual Machine
• Exercise B: Performing an Instant Recovery of a nonWindows Virtual Machine
• Exercise C: Removing Instantly Recovered Virtual
Machines
• Exercise D: Creating a validate virtual machine for
recovery job for a Windows virtual machine
• Exercise E: Creating a validate virtual machine for
recovery job for a non-Windows virtual machine
• Exercise F: Working with the Virtual Machine Backups
widget
• Exercise G: Backing up a VM skipping the PageFile.sys
Module 25: Performing Virtual Machine Conversions
• Conversion to virtual machine: Fundamentals
• Backup and then convert workflow
• Backup and simultaneously convert workflow
• Convert to a virtual machine from a point-in-time
• One-time Convert to virtual machine
• Virtual conversion options
• Conversion considerations
Labs
• Exercise A: Performing a backup and then a virtual
conversion
Module 26: Agent for Linux and UNIX
• Agent for Linux and UNIX
Labs
• Exercise A: Installing the Agent for Linux
• Exercise B: Backing up Linux server
• Exercise C: Restoring data to Linux computers
• Exercise D: Restoring data to alternate location
• Exercise E: Configuration options for Linux computers
Module 27: Agent for Oracle on Windows or Linux
Servers
• Agent for Oracle on Windows or Linux Servers
Labs
• Exercise A: Configuring an Oracle Agent on Linux server
• Exercise B: Performing Oracle database backup
• Exercise C: Restoring data
• Exercise D: Performing DBA-initiated backup job