The Veritas NetBackup Flex 5350 Appliance: Administration course is designed for IT professionals who are responsible for deploying, configuring, operating, managing, and maintaining the Veritas NetBackup Flex 5350 Appliance.

This course covers how to configure Flex appliances using containers. Participants learn how to set up and work with the Flex appliance, modify settings, manage users, monitor, add nodes, and reconfigure the Flex appliance. The course also discusses Flex appliance security and how to upgrade and rollback the Flex appliance.

This course is available in the following delivery methods:

Instructor-led training (ILT)

Virtual instructor-led training (VILT)

Learning Lab

Duration:

Instructor-led training - ILT: 3 days, including 6 months of lab access

Virtual instructor-led training - VILT: 3 days, including 6 months of lab access

Learning Lab – Self-paced lesson guide plus 6 months of lab access

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

• Describe the Veritas Flex 5350 Appliance and its hardware and software components.
• Describe the fundamentals of Flex appliance containers, their implementation, and the advantages of running NetBackup in a container.
• Set up the Veritas Flex appliance.
• Work with the Flex appliance Web console.
• Modify Flex appliance settings using Flex Shell commands.
• Add a second node to the Flex 5350 Appliance for High Availability.
• Manage Flex appliance tenants and users.
• Create and manage application instances.
• Manage and monitor Flex appliance security features.

Monitor Flex appliance.

Perform factory reset and storage reset to reconfigure Flex appliance.

Upgrade and rollback the Flex appliance.

This course is designed for technical professionals responsible for the design, configuration, operation, monitoring, and management of the Veritas Flex 5350 Appliance.

Students must have working knowledge of Veritas NetBackup and Veritas NetBackup appliances. Knowledge of clustering, storage management, and networking are also required.

Introducing Veritas NetBackup Flex 5350 Appliance

• Veritas Flex 5350 Appliance: Introduction
• Flex 5350 Appliance: Hardware
• Flex 5350 Appliance: Software

Flex 5350 Appliance: Management and Monitoring Interfaces

Understanding Flex Appliance Containers

Container Fundamentals

Docker Basics

Flex 5350 Appliance: Container Implementation

Running NetBackup in a Container: Advantages

Setting up and Working with the Veritas Flex Appliance

• Setting up the Veritas Flex 5350 Appliance
• Accessing and Using Flex Appliance Shell
• Adding a Second Node (HA) to the Flex 5350 Appliance
• Accessing and Using Flex Appliance Console
• Troubleshooting Flex Appliance Web Console Errors

Labs

• Exercise A: Performing Initial Configuration on Flex Appliance Node 1
• Exercise B: Performing Network Configuration on Flex Appliance Node 2
• Exercise C: Adding Flex Appliance Node 2 as an Additional Node to Flex Appliance Node 1
• Exercise D: Accessing and Navigating the Flex Appliance Shell
• Exercise E: Accessing and Navigating the Flex Appliance Console

Modifying Veritas Flex Appliance settings

• Configuring the Network
• Managing Flex Appliance Fibre Channel Ports

Labs

Exercise A: Creating a Network Bond – bond0

Exercise B: Creating a Network Bond – bond1

Exercise C: Configuring the Network Interface – bond0

Exercise D: Configuring a Network Interface with VLAN Tagging – bond1

Exercise E: Configuring the NTP Server on the Flex Appliance Nodes

Exercise F: Adding and Removing a Node from the Hosts File

Managing Flex Appliance Users

• Working with Tenants
• Managing Users
• Using Active Directory User Credentials with Flex Appliance

Labs

Exercise A: Working with Tenants

Exercise B: Managing Flex Appliance Console Users

Working with the Flex Appliance

• Managing Applications and Upgrade Packages in the Repository
• Creating Application Instances
• Creating a WORM Storage Instance
• Managing Application Instances
• Veritas Flex Appliance: Multiple Network Support
• Instance Upgrade

Labs

Exercise A: Adding Application Packages to the Repository

Exercise B: Creating NetBackup Primary and Media Server Instances

Exercise C: Upgrading Application Instances

Exercise D: Creating a NetBackup MSDP Cloud Media Server Instance

Exercise E: Configuring and Performing Backups to MSDP Cloud

Exercise F: Managing Application Instances

Monitoring the Flex Appliance

• AutoSupport and Call Home

Monitoring the Hardware from the Flex Appliance Shell

Labs

Exercise A: Viewing and Configuring Call Home Settings

Exercise B: Deleting and Disabling Call Home settings

Exercise C: Gathering Device Logs

Exercise D: Verifying Flex Appliance Services List Details

Exercise E: Verifying Flex Appliance System List Details

Exercise F: Accessing the Flex Appliance Repositories List

Reconfiguring the Flex Appliance

• Reconfiguring the Appliance
• Adding a Storage Expansion Memory Kit

Labs

Exercise A: Removing an Existing Node from a Multinode Appliance Setup

Exercise B: Performing a Factory Reset

Exercise C: Performing a Storage Reset

Flex Appliance: Upgrades and Updates

• Flex Appliance: Upgrades
• Flex Appliance: Updates

Labs

Exercise A: Adding WORM Packages to the Add-ons Repository

Exercise B: Verifying the Flex Appliance Upgrade Status

Exercise C: Verifying AutoSupport (Call Home) Settings

Flex Appliance Security

• Flex Appliance Security

Labs

Exercise A: Configuring the NetBackup WORM Storage Server Instance

Exercise B: Configuring the Disk Pool and WORM Storage Unit

Exercise C: Configuring a NetBackup Policy

Exercise D: Understanding Catalog Operations on WORM Image Copy

Exercise E: Maintaining Appliance Security

Exercise F: Working with Flex Appliance Lock Down Modes