NetWorker

Implementation and Management

Lab Guide

February 2016

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 Table of Contents
NETWORKER IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT LAB INTRODUCTION .......... 5

LOGGING INTO THE LAB ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................6

LAB 2: NETWORKER SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ................................................... 15

LAB 2-1: INSTALL NETWORKER AND NMC SOFTWARE ON WINDOWS HOST ........ 16

LAB 2-1 PART 1: INSTALL NETWORKER SERVER AND NMC ON A WINDOWS HOST .................17
LAB 2-1 PART 2: VERIFY SUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION ON THE WINDOWS HOST .......................24

LAB 2-2: START NMC AND PERFORM INITIAL NMC CONFIGURATION .................. 26

LAB 2-2: START NMC AND PERFORM INITIAL NMC CONFIGURATION ..................................27

LAB 2-3: INSTALL NETWORKER CLIENT SOFTWARE ON WINDOWS AND

NETWORKER STORAGE NODE ON LINUX .............................................................. 34

LAB 2-3 PART 1: INSTALL NETWORKER CLIENT SOFTWARE ON A WINDOWS HOST .................35
LAB 2-3 PART 2: INSTALL NETWORKER STORAGE NODE ON A LINUX HOST ...........................37

LAB 2-4: INSTALL AND CONFIGURE THE LICENSE SERVER ..................................... 39

LAB 2-4: INSTALL AND CONFIGURE THE LICENSE SERVER ....................................................40

LAB 3: CONFIGURE LABEL TEMPLATES AND POOLS.............................................. 53

LAB 3-1: CONFIGURE LABEL TEMPLATES AND POOLS .........................................................54

LAB 4: PERFORM NETWORKER BACKUP............................................................... 61

LAB 4-1: CREATE A DATA PROTECTION POLICY.................................................................62

LAB 4-2: RUNNING AND MONITORING BACKUPS ..............................................................73

LAB 4-3: CONFIGURE ADVANCED WORKFLOWS ................................................... 75

LAB 4-3 PART 1: CREATE A WORKFLOW WITH MULTIPLE ACTIONS ......................................76

LAB 4-3 PART 2: CREATE A DYNAMIC GROUP ..................................................................87
LAB 4-3 PART 3: CONFIGURE NOTIFICATIONS ..................................................................99
LAB 4-3 PART 4: USE NETWORKER DIRECTIVES ............................................................ 102

LAB 5: CONFIGURE AND MANAGE BACKUP DEVICES ......................................... 115

LAB 5-1: CONFIGURE A STORAGE NODE RESOURCE ....................................................... 116

LAB 5-2 PART 1: CONFIGURE A REMOTE ADVANCED FILE TYPE DEVICE.............................. 119
LAB 5-2 PART 2: CONFIGURE A REMOTE DEVICE BACKUP ............................................... 124
LAB 5-3 PART 1: CONFIGURE A DEVICE FOR CLIENT DIRECT ............................................. 131
LAB 5-3 PART 2: CONFIGURE A CLIENT DIRECT BACKUP .................................................. 140
LAB 5-4 PART 1: CONFIGURE A DATA DOMAIN DEVICE .................................................. 144
LAB 5-4 PART 2: CONFIGURE A DATA DOMAIN BACKUP ................................................. 153

LAB 6: MANAGE NETWORKER MEDIA DATABASE AND CLIENT FILE INDEX ........ 157

LAB 6-1: NETWORKER DATABASES............................................................................. 158

LAB 6-2: NETWORKER DATABASES............................................................................. 162

LAB 7: PERFORM NETWORKER RECOVERY ......................................................... 169

LAB EXERCISE 7-1: PERFORM A FILE RECOVERY ............................................................. 170

LAB EXERCISE 7-2: PERFORM A SAVE SET RECOVERY ...................................................... 175
LAB EXERCISE 7-3: PERFORM A SCHEDULED RECOVERY................................................... 180

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 LAB 8: PERFORM CLONING AND STAGING ......................................................... 183

LAB 8-1 PART 1: CONFIGURE A DATA DOMAIN CLONE DEVICE......................................... 184

LAB 8-1 PART 2: CONFIGURE A CLONE OPERATION........................................................ 190
LAB 8-2: CONFIGURE AUTOMATIC STAGING ................................................................. 195

LAB 9: NETWORKER SECURITY ........................................................................... 199

LAB 9-1: CONFIGURE NETWORKER AUTHENTICATION OF EXTERNAL USERS ........................ 200

LAB 9-2: CREATE A LOCAL CONSOLE USER ................................................................... 206
LAB 9-3: VIEW NETWORKER SERVER LOGS .................................................................. 212

LAB 10: NETWORKER REPORTS .......................................................................... 215

LAB 10-1: GENERATE REPORT AND CREATE CUSTOM REPORT ......................................... 216

LAB 12: RECOVER NMC AND NETWORKER SERVER ............................................ 227

LAB 12-1: CONFIGURE THE SERVER PROTECTION POLICY ................................................ 228

LAB 12-2: RECOVER THE BOOTSTRAP AND CFI SAVE SETS ............................................... 233
LAB 12-3: RECOVER THE MEDIA DATABASE WITH SCANNER COMMAND ............................ 240
LAB 12-4: RECOVER THE NMC DATABASE ................................................................... 243

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 NetWorker Implementation and Management Lab Introduction

Purpose: The lab exercises contained in this guide give you an opportunity to
reinforce the information you are learning in the course. The lab
exercises are designed to be run in a test lab environment in the
NetWorker training lab system as described below. Some of the lab
exercises may make changes to the system. For this reason, do not
attempt to run the lab exercises on a production system.

Lab Environment: You will be using a Virtual Data Center (VDC) environment to
perform the NetWorker Implementation and Management course
lab exercises.
Each student works in their own VDC configuration, accessed with
an assigned VDC username and password. The NetWorker
Implementation and Management lab configuration consists of
these 5 virtual machines:
 nw – A NetWorker server running Windows Server 2012 R2
 linux-sn – A NetWorker storage node running RedHat Linux 6.3
 ad – A Windows domain controller and DNS server
 win-client – A NetWorker client running Windows Server 2012
R2
 ddve – A Data Domain system

IMPORTANT The labs contain tasks and the solutions to those tasks. Many
screenshots are presented which contain information showing how
to perform a task. However, the actual information in the
screenshot may or may not exactly reflect your particular lab
environment. Thus, you should not simply type what you see in a
screenshot and assume that it will work. Always consider the task
that is being performed and determine for your lab environment
whether the steps shown to perform the task are applicable.

References: NetWorker Implementation and Management student guide

EMC NetWorker Administration Guide

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 Logging into the Lab Environment

Step Action

1 Follow these steps to log into the NetWorker IM VDC lab environment.

Log in to a Windows classroom computer with the login information provided by your
instructor.

2 Open Microsoft Internet Explorer and go to the URL, https://vdc.emc.com

3 Log in to the Virtual Data Center (VDC) with the user name and password provided to you by the
instructor.

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4 At this screen, click the vCD_Networker-SS link underneath Main.

If you receive a prompt to install Citrix Receiver, proceed with the install.

5 If you receive a Citrix Receiver – Security Warning message, select Permit Use.

Note: This message may be hidden behind another window.

6 If you see this message, select No, don’t optimize content and click OK.

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6 At the EMC Education Services login screen, re-enter your assigned login user name and password as
used in step 3.

Click Login.
7 You will be working in the NetWorker 9 IM vApp for all the labs for this course. To get your
own personal copy of the vApp, copy the vApp to your environment.

In Home > Quick Access, click Add vApp from Catalog.

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8 In Select vApp Template, select the NetWorker 9 IM vApp and then click Next.

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9 In Select Name and Location, use a name of your choice like <your name>-NetWorker 9 IM
in the Name field.

Click Next.

10 In Configure Resources dialog, click Finish.

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11 Once the vApp creating operation has completed, click the green Start icon.

12 Wait for the vApp to say Running. Click Open.

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13 Click vApp Diagram.

Click in the small blue console of the virtual machine that you want to work on. This opens a console
window. For the next lab, click in the small console of the nw host.

14 To send a Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence to a Windows virtual machine, click the small keyboard icon in the
upper right corner of the console window.

15 To log in to a Windows virtual machine, click in the console window and enter the following
information in the login page:

Username: EMC\Administrator
Password: student

You can size the console window to meet your needs.

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16 If you see a large blue box with a prompt asking if you want to find PCs, devices, …, click anywhere in
the window outside of the blue box.

17 When prompted to log in to another Windows virtual machine, you can open a Remote Desktop
Connection and log in to the other Windows host.

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18 When prompted to log in to the Linux virtual machine (linux-sn), initiate a PuTTY session from a
Windows host.

Note: For best performance, please log in to a Windows host through a Remote Desktop Connection
and log in to a Linux host through a PuTTY session.

19 To release the cursor from a console, press Ctrl-Alt.

20 When you are finished with your vApp for the day, just logout of vCloud Director. (There's no need to
stop the vApp until you are finished with all the labs at the end of the class.)

To log out of vCloud Director, click Logout in the upper right corner of the vCloud Director screen.

End of vCloud Login Instructions

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 Lab 2: NetWorker Software Installation

Purpose: In this lab, you install NetWorker server and NetWorker Management
Console software on the host nw. This host will be used for configuration
and administration of NetWorker during the remainder of the class. You
then perform Initial NMC configuration. In the last section of this lab, you
install NetWorker client software and storage node software.

Lab Environment: In this exercise, you will be using the following virtual machines:
 nw – A NetWorker server running Windows Server 2012 R2
 linux-sn – A NetWorker storage node running RedHat Linux 6.3
 ad – A Windows domain controller and DNS server
 win-client – A NetWorker client running Windows Server 2012 R2

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 Lab 2-1: Install NetWorker and NMC Software on Windows Host

Purpose: In this lab, you install the NetWorker server and NetWorker Management
Console server software on the Windows host, nw. This host is used for
configuration and administration of NetWorker during the remainder of
the class.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Install and configure your Windows host, nw, as both a NetWorker
server and a NetWorker Management Console server.
 Verify the installation was successful.

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 Lab 2-1 Part 1: Install NetWorker Server and NMC on a Windows Host

Step Action

1 Check out and deploy the NetWorker 9 IM vApp following the instructions in the previous lab.

Log in to the virtual machine, nw, with the following credentials:

Username: EMC\Administrator
Password: student

2
On the nw.emc.edu server, right-click the Window icon in the left corner of the task bar and
select Run.

Type:

\\AD\Download

Click OK.

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 Step Action

3 In the window that opens, navigate to:

NetWorker9\NW 9.0\nw90_win_x64\win_x64\networkr

Double-click: NetWorker-9.0.0.x

Note: The NetWorker version that you deploy may be different from what is displayed here.

4 In the Wizard Welcome window:

Select: I agree to the license term and agreements

Click Next.

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5 In the Configure Windows Firewall window:

Select: Do not configure the Windows Firewall

Click Next.

6 In the Wizard Options window:

Select: Server and Client

Select: NetWorker Management Console

Click Next and then OK to acknowledge the licensing notice.

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7 In the Configure NetWorker Authentication Service window:

Accept the default settings for the NetWorker Authentication Service.

Click Next.

If you see a message advising you to update the JRE version, click OK.

8 In the Configure NetWorker Authentication Service Keystore window, type a password for the
keystore file:

Keystore password: Student1!

Confirm password: Student1!

Click Next.

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9 In the Configure NetWorker Authentication Service window, type an initial password for the
authentication service:

Initial Password: Student1!

Confirm Password: Student1!

Click Next.

10 In the NMC Options window, accept the default NMC settings:

Click Next.

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11 In the NMC Database Options window, accept the default settings:

Click Next.

12 In the Migrating the NMC Database window:

Select: Skip the Migration

Click Install.

13 Monitor the NetWorker installation until it completes.

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 Step Action

14 In the Complete the Setup window, review the result. Note the installation and setup log location.

Click Finish to complete the NetWorker software installation.

Lab continues on next page

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 Lab 2-1 Part 2: Verify Successful Installation on the Windows Host

Step Action

1 On the nw.emc.edu host, move your mouse to the lower left corner of the screen and click the

Window icon to access the Start menu. Then, click Windows PowerShell.

Note: From the Start view, click Desktop to bring up the traditional desktop view.

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2 To verify that the appropriate NetWorker services are started, run these two commands from
Windows PowerShell.

get-service nsr*
get-service gst*

Lab continues on next page

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 Lab 2-2: Start NMC and Perform Initial NMC Configuration

Purpose: In this lab, you start NetWorker Management Console (NMC) and perform
initial NMC configuration tasks.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Start NMC from NetWorker server.
 Perform initial NMC configuration tasks.

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 Lab 2-2: Start NMC and Perform Initial NMC Configuration

Step Action

1 On the NetWorker server, nw.emc.edu:

Access the Start menu by clicking the Windows icon in the lower left of the screen: .
Click the down arrow to display the Apps on this host .

2 Select NetWorker Management Console.

Note: If you see this Unable to detect Java Runtime Environment warning message, click here to
start NetWorker Management Console.

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3 Click Run to run NetWorker Management Console.

Result: The NetWorker Management Console Login window is displayed.

Notes:
If you receive a prompt that the Java version is out of date, click Later.
If you receive a Java security warning, choose to run anyway.

4 In the NetWorker Management Console Login window, type the login information:

User Name: Administrator

Password: Student1!

Click OK.

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 Step Action

5 In the End User License Agreement window:

Click Accept.

6 In the Welcome to the NMC Server Configuration wizard window:

Click Next.

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7 In the Set authentication server service account for the NMC server window:

Accept the default authentication server service account information.

Click Next.

8 In the Define Database Backup Server window, type the NetWorker server name:

NetWorker Server: nw.emc.edu

Click Next.

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 Step Action

9 In the Specify a list of managed NetWorker servers window, specify a list of NetWorker servers
that this NetWorker Management Console will manage:

NetWorker Servers: nw.emc.edu

Click Finish.

9 Click Enterprise from NetWorker Management Console.

In the Enterprise window, expand the tree in the left pane to display the name of the NetWorker
server. You may need to drag the vertical pane divider to the right to display the tree on the left.

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 Step Action

10 Click the name of the NetWorker server, nw.emc.edu, in the left pane. Then, click Launch
NetWorker Administration in the right pane.

Or

You can right-click the server name, nw.emc.edu, in the left pane and select Launch Application.

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 Step Action

11 From the menu bar of NetWorker Administration, select View > Diagnostic Mode.

Note: Diagnostic mode is needed to see some of the NetWorker resource attributes that we will
be using in the following labs.

Lab continues on next page

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 Lab 2-3: Install NetWorker Client Software on Windows and NetWorker Storage
Node on Linux

Purpose: In this lab, you install NetWorker client software on the Windows client
machine, win-client, and NetWorker client and NetWorker storage node
software on the Linux host, linux-sn.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Install NetWorker client software on the Windows client machine,
win-client.
 Install NetWorker storage node software on the Linux machine,
linux-sn.

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 Lab 2-3 Part 1: Install NetWorker Client Software on a Windows Host

Step Action

1 Log in to the NetWorker Windows client, win-client, with the following credentials:
Username: EMC\Administrator
Password: student

Click in the console window outside of the blue Networks box.

2 From the Windows desktop on win-client, right-click the Windows icon and select Run.

Type:

\\AD\Download

Click OK.

3 Browse to NetWorker9\NW 9.0\nw90_win_x64\win_x64\networkr.

Double-click lgtoclnt-9.0.0.x

Note: The NetWorker version that you deploy may be different from what is displayed here.

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4 Install NetWorker client software, providing all the information specified below when prompted:

1. Select: I agree to the license term and agreements.

2. Do not change the destination folder.
3. Do not run the System Configuration Checker.
4. Select: Do not configure the Windows Firewall.
5. Do not install any additional product options.

Click Install and Finish to complete the NetWorker client software installation.

Lab continues on next page

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 Lab 2-3 Part 2: Install NetWorker Storage Node on a Linux Host

Step Action

1 Open a PuTTY session with the Linux host, linux-sn.emc.edu.

From the nw.emc.edu desktop, double-click the PuTTY icon.

Type linux-sn.emc.edu for Host Name and click Open.

Click Yes to trust this host.

2 Log in to linux-sn.emc.edu with the following credentials:

 Username: root
 Password: student

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 Step Action

3 Change to the /software directory and untar the NetWorker software. Type:

cd /software
tar -xzvf nw90_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
cd linux_x86_64

Result: The directory /software/linux_x86_64 contains the rpm files for the Linux installation.

Note: The NetWorker version that you deploy may be different from what is displayed here.

4 To install the NetWorker storage node software by typing:

rpm -ivh lgtoclnt*.rpm lgtoxtdclnt*.rpm lgtonode*.rpm

5 Start the NetWorker client process and verify that it is running by typing:

/etc/init.d/networker start
ps -ef | grep nsr

Exit the PuTTY window.

Lab continues on next page

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 Lab 2-4: Install and Configure the License Server

Purpose: In this lab, you install and configure License server software on the
NetWorker server, nw.emc.edu.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Install License server software on the NetWorker server,
nw.emc.edu.
 Configure License server software and apply the license file.

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 Lab 2-4: Install and Configure the License Server

Step Action

1 On the NetWorker server, nw.emc.edu, right-click the Windows icon and select Run.

Type:

\\AD\Download

2 On the share, navigate to NetWorker9\NW 9.0.

Double-click EMC_LicenseServer_3.4.0_x64

Result: The EMC License Server Setup window appears.

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 Step Action

3 In the EMC License Server Setup window:

Click Next.

4 In the End-User License Agreement window:

Select: I accept the terms in the License Agreement

Click Next.

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5 In the Destination Folder window:

Accept the default setting.

Click Next.

6 In the Ready to Install EMC License Server window:

Click Install and then Finish.

7 Open File Explorer and navigate to:

C:\Program Files\EMC License Server

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8 Create the following two new folders:

C:\Program Files\EMC License Server\elms

C:\Program Files\EMC License Server\elms\licenses

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9 Copy the dpa.lic file (EMC license file):

From: \\AD\Download\NetWorker9\NW 9.0

To: C:\Program Files\EMC License Server\elms\licenses

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10 Copy the dpa.lic file (EMC license file):

From: \\AD\Download\NetWorker9\NW 9.0

To: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\lic

11 To configure the EMC License server service, start LMTOOLS from the desktop.

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12 Select Config Services.

13 To configure the service, specify the following attributes:

Service Name: Flexlm Service 1

Path to the lmgrd.exe file: C:\Program Files\EMC License Server\lmgrd.exe
Path to the license file: C:\Program Files\EMC License Server\elms\licenses\dpa.lic

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14 Select Use Services

Select Start Server at Power Up

Click Save Service and click Yes to save it.

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15 Select Start/Stop/Reread.

Click Start Server

The bottom of the dialog box should display: Server Start Successful.

16 Close LMTOOLS.

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17 Log in to NetWorker Management Console if not already open.

Click Enterprise and select nw.emc.edu.

Click Launch NetWorker Administration.

18 Click Server.

Select the NetWorker server, nw.emc.edu, from the left pane and click Server Properties in the
right pane.

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19 In the NetWorker Server Properties window:

Click Licensing.

Modify the following entry in the CLP dialog box:

CLP refresh: Yes

Click OK.

20 In the Server window, click Registrations.

Right-click Registrations and select Refresh.

Result: The registration name changes to CLP Capacity License.

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21 Select the NetWorker server, nw.emc.edu, from the left pane and click Server Properties.

Click Licensing.

Result: The CLP License server information is displayed.

Click Cancel to exit the window.

End of lab

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 Lab 3: Configure Label Templates and Pools

Purpose: In this lab, you create a NetWorker label template, a pool and a backup
device in preparation for running backups in the next lab.

Objectives: In this lab you will:

 Launch NetWorker Administration to create a NetWorker label
template.
 Create a new NetWorker pool.
 Create NetWorker AFTD backup device with the New Device
Wizard.

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 Lab 3-1: Configure Label Templates and Pools

Step Action

1 If not already open, start NetWorker Management Console from the NetWorker server,
nw.emc.edu. Then, launch NetWorker Administration.

Click Media. Right-click Label Templates and select New.

2 Create a label template with the following attributes:

Name: BRSBackup
Fields: brsbackup
001-100
Separator: “.”

Click OK to create the BRSBackup label template.

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3 Next, create a media pool. From the Media window, right-click Media Pools and select New. Enter
the following:

Name: BRSBackup
Pool type: Backup
Label template: BRSBackup

Click OK to save the BRSBackup pool configuration.

4 Create a backup device by clicking Devices.

Select and right-click Devices in the left pane and then select New Device Wizard.

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5 In the Select the Device Type window:

Select: Advanced File Type Device (AFTD)

Click Next.

6 In the Select Storage Node window, specify the following attributes:

Storage Node: nw.emc.edu

Select: Browse storage node or network path

Click Next.

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7 In the Select the Device Path window:

Expand D: and select the AFTD1 folder.

Click Next.

8 In the Configure Device Attributes window, specify the following attribute:

NetWorker Device Name: AFTD_1

Click Next.

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9 In the Label and Mount Devices window, specify the following attributes:

Select: Label and Mount device after creation

Pool Type: Backup
Pool: BRSBackup

Click Next.

10 In the Review the Device Configuration Settings window:

Review the device configuration.

Click Configure.

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11 The AFTD_1 device is created and labeled successfully.

Click Finish.

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 Lab 4: Perform NetWorker Backup

Purpose: In this lab, you perform a scheduled backup of the NetWorker client, win-
client.emc.edu.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Create a Client resource with New Client Wizard.
 Create a Group.
 Create a Policy.
 Create a Workflow and add an Action to it.
 Configure the Workflow and Action.
 Start the Policy backup manually and monitor the backup process.

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 Lab 4-1: Create a Data Protection Policy

Step Action

1 Start the NetWorker Management Console and log in with:

User Name: Administrator

Password: Student1!

2 In the Enterprise window, select nw.emc.edu and click Launch NetWorker Administration.

3 Create a client by clicking Protection. Then, right-click Clients and select New Client Wizard.

Result: The Client Backup Configuration window appears.

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4 In the Specify Client Information window, specify the following attributes:

Client Name: win-client.emc.edu

Type: Traditional

Click Next.

5 In the Specify Backup Configuration Type window:

Select Filesystem from the Available Applications list.

Click Next.

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6 In the Select the NetWorker Client Properties window:

Accept all the Default settings.

Click Next.

7 In the Select File System Objects window:

Select ONLY the C:\Documents folder:

Clear DISASTER_RECOVERY:.

Click Next.

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8 In the Client Configuration Summary window, review the client configuration information.

Click Create and then click Finish.

9 Create a protection group. From the Protection window, right-click Groups and select New.

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10 In the Create Group page specify the following attributes:

Name: Windows Filesystem

Group Type: Clients
Clients: win-client.emc.edu

Click OK.

11 Create a protection policy by right-clicking Policies and selecting New.

Result: The Create Policy window appears.

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12 In the Create Policy window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Standard Filesystem

Click OK.

13 Create a workflow in the newly created policy. With the Standard Filesystem policy selected, click
Create a new Workflow.

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14 In the New Workflow window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Windows Backup

Groups: Windows Filesystem

In the Actions section, click Add.

Result: The Policy Action Wizard appears.

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15 Create a backup action in the Specify the Action Information window by specifying the following
attributes:

Name: BRS_backup
Action Type: backup
Backup Subtype: traditional

Click Next.

16 In the Specify the Backup Options window, specify the following attributes:

Destination Pool: BRSBackup

Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next.

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17 In the Specify the Advanced Options page:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next.

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18 In the Action Configuration Summary window:

Review the action configuration information.

Click Configure.

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19 The New Workflow window of the Windows Backup workflow shows that the BRS_backup action is
added successfully.

Click OK.

20 Review the Standard Filesystem Policy, Windows Backup Workflow and Workflow virtual
representation.

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 Lab 4-2: Running and Monitoring Backups

Step Action

1 Click Monitoring.

2 Right-click the Standard Filesystem policy and click Start.

Click Yes to acknowledge starting the policy.

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3 Expand the Standard Filesystem policy and monitor the progress.

4 After the backup completes successfully, right-click the Windows Backup workflow and select Show
Details.

5 Review the results of the BRS_backup action by selecting it and clicking Show Details or Show Action
Logs.

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 Lab 4-3: Configure Advanced Workflows

Purpose: In this lab, you configure advanced workflows.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Create a Workflow with multiple Actions.
 Create a dynamic group and perform the backup.
 Add a Notification to an Action and send the notification to the
NetWorker server.
 Create a Directive and perform the backup.

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 Lab 4-3 Part 1: Create a Workflow with Multiple Actions

Step Action

1 In the Protection window, right-click Groups and select New.

2 In the Create Group page, specify the following attributes:

Name: Advanced Backup

Group Type: Clients
Clients: win-client.emc.edu

Click OK.

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3 In the Protection window, right-click Policies and select New.

Result: The Create Policy window appears.

4 In the Create Policy page, specify the following attributes:

Name: Multiple Actions

Click OK.

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5 With the Multiple Actions policy selected, click Create a new Workflow.

6 In the New Workflow page, specify the following attributes:

Name: Advanced Workflow

Groups: Advanced Backup

In the Actions section, click Add.

Result: The Policy Action Wizard appears.

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7 In the Specify the Action Information window, specify the following attributes:

Name: check connectivity

Action Type: check connectivity

Click Next.

8 In the Specify the Connectivity Options window, accept the default setting.

Click Next.

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9 In the Specify the Advanced Options page:

Accept all the Default settings.

Click Next and then Configure.

10 Click Add again in the Actions section to add a second action to the Advanced Workflow workflow.

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11 In the Specify the Action Information window, specify the following attributes:

Name: backup
Action Type: backup

For the demonstration purpose, make this backup action as a Full level backup everyday:

Select: Full
Click Make All

Click Next.

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12 In the Specify the Backup Options window:

Specify the following attributes:

Destination Pool: BRSBackup

Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next.

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13 In the Specify the Advanced Options page:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next, then Configure.

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14 In the New Workflow window for the Advanced Workflow workflow the backup and check
connectivity actions are added successfully.

Click OK.

15 Review the Multiple Actions policy, Advanced Workflow workflow, backup and check connectivity
actions and the workflow virtual representation.

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16 Click Monitoring. Right-click the Multiple Actions policy and click Start.

Click Yes to acknowledge starting the policy.

17 Expand the Multiple Actions policy and monitor the progress.

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18 The Multiple Actions policy completes successfully.

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 Lab 4-3 Part 2: Create a Dynamic Group

Step Action

1 In NetWorker Administration, click Protection. Right-click Clients and select New Client Wizard.

Result: The Client Backup Configuration window appears.

2 In the Specify Client Information window:

Specify the following attributes:

Client Name: win-client.emc.edu

Tag: NetWorker 9
Type: Traditional

Click Next.

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3 In the Specify the Backup Configuration Type window:

Select Filesystem from the Available Applications list.

Click Next.

4 In the Select the NetWorker Client Properties window:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next.

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5 In the Select the File System Objects window:

Expand C: and the Documents folder. Select all NetWorker 9.0_xxxx.pdf files for backup.

Clear the DISASTER_RECOVERY: object.

Click Next.

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6 In the Client Configuration Summary window:

Review the client configuration information.

Click Create.

Result: The win-client.emc.edu client resource is created successfully.

Click Finish.

7 In the Protection window, right-click Groups and select New.

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8 In the Create Group window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Windows Tag

Group Type: Dynamic Clients
Select : Choose clients with these tags
 And enter: NetWorker 9

Click OK.

9 Right-click Policies and select New.

Result: The Create Policy window appears.

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10 In the Create Policy window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Tag

Click OK.

11 With the Tag policy selected, click Create a new Workflow.

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12 In the New Workflow window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Tag Backup

Groups: Windows Tag

In the Actions section, click Add

Result: The Policy Action Wizard appears.

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13 In the Specify the Action Information window, specify the following attributes:

Action Type: backup

For the demonstration purpose, make this backup action as Full level backup everyday:

Select: Full
Click Make All

Click Next.

14 In the Specify the Backup Options window, specify the following attributes:

Destination Pool: BRSBackup

Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next.

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15 In the Specify the Advanced Options window:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next.

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16 In the Action Configuration Summary window:

Review the action configuration information.

Click Configure.

17 In the New Workflow window for the Tag Backup workflow, notice that the backup action is added
successfully.

Click OK.

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18 From the Monitoring window, right-click the Tag policy and click Start.

Click Yes to acknowledge starting the policy.

19 Expand the Tag policy and monitor the progress.

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20 The Tag Backup policy completes successfully.

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 Lab 4-3 Part 3: Configure Notifications

Step Action

1 From the Protection window, click Policies and then select and expand the Multiple Actions policy.

Select Advanced Workflow.

2 To configure a notification, double-click the check connectivity action in the right pane.

On the left pane, click Specify the Advanced Options.

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3 In the Specify the Advanced Options window, specify the following attributes:

In the Notifications section:

Send notification: On Completion
Command: nsrlog –f C:\completion.log

Click Next and Configure to complete the modification.

4 You can also start backup policies from the Protection window.

From the Protection window, expand Policies. Right-click the Multiple Actions policy and click Start.

Click Yes to acknowledge starting the policy.

Wait until the Multiple Actions policy backup completes successfully.

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5 Navigate to the completion.log file in C:\ and open it with Windows Notepad.

The completion.log notification is created by the nsrlog command after the check connectivity and
backup actions complete successfully.

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 Lab 4-3 Part 4: Use NetWorker Directives

Background: The Lab 4-3 Part 4 is designed to simulate a real world scenario often encountered in backup
environments.

Scenario: In this scenario, you have an Oracle database instance with two databases that are running on your win-
client.emc.edu virtual machine. Backups of the databases are going to be performed using a NetWorker module and for
the sake of this lab we will pretend that the module backups have already been configured.

Overview: For this lab, you need to configure file system backups of the database directories. Because we don’t want
to back up the database that is already protected by the simulated NetWorker module, you need to exclude backing up
the database files (.dbf) in each of the two database directories. You will use NetWorker directives to skip the two
database files while still backing up all of the other files in those directories.

Step Action

1 From the Protection window, right-click Clients and then select New Client Wizard.

Result: The Client Backup Configuration window appears.

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2 In the Specify Client Information window, specify the following attributes:

Client Name: win-client.emc.edu

Type: Traditional

Click Next.

3 In the Specify Backup Configuration Type window:

Select Filesystem from the Available Applications list.

Click Next.

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4 In the Select the NetWorker Client Properties window:

Accept the default settings.

Click Next.

5 In the Select File System Objects window, select ONLY the following folder:

C:\oradata

Clear DISASTER_RECOVERY:.

Click Next.

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6 In the Client Configuration Summary window:

Review the client configuration information.

Click Create.

Result: The win-client.emc.edu client resource is created successfully.

Click Finish.

7 In the Protection window, right-click Groups and select New.

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8 In the Create Group window, specify the following attributes:

Name: DirTest
Group Type: Clients
Clients: win-client.emc.edu (** Select the client instance with C:\oradata as Save set)

Click OK.

9 Right-click Policies and select New.

Result: The Create Policy window appears.

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10 In the Create Policy window, specify the following attributes:

Name: DirTest

Click OK.

11 With the DirTest policy selected, click Create a new Workflow.

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12 In the New Workflow window, specify the following attributes:

Name: DirTest
Groups: DirTest

In the Actions section, click Add.

Result: The Policy Action Wizard appears.

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13 In the Specify the Action Information page, specify the following attributes:

Name: backup
Action Type: backup
Backup Subtype: traditional

For the demonstration purpose, make this backup action as Full level backup everyday:

Select: Full
Click Make All

Click Next.

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14 In the Specify the Backup Options window, specify the following attributes:

Destination Pool: BRSBackup

Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next.

15 In the Specify the Advanced Options window:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next.

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16 In the Action Configuration Summary window:

Review the action configuration information.

Click Configure and then click OK to close the New Workflow window.

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17 From the Protection window, expand Policies. Right-click the DirTest policy and click Start.

Ensure the DirTest policy completes successfully.

Note: This backup included the .dbf files because you have not yet created directives to exclude
them. This backup will be used as a baseline to compare consecutive backups against.

18 Create a directive to skip the two .dbf files.

Click Server. Right-click Directives and select New.

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19 Create a new directive with the following properties:

Name: Skip Databases

Directive:
<<”C:\oradata\DB1”>>
skip: *.dbf
<<”C:\oradata\DB2”>>
skip: *.dbf

Click OK.

Note: Be sure that the directive text is entered exactly as displayed here and on separate lines.
Copying and pasting from the lab guide will result in failure.

20 From the Protection window, select Clients.

Right-click the win-client.emc.edu client instance with the C:\oradata save set and select Modify
Client Properties.

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21 Specify the Directive attribute:

Directive: Skip Databases

Click OK.

22 Expand Policies and run another DirTest policy backup.

Ensure the DirTest policy backup completes successfully.

Note: This backup will exclude the .dbf files.

23 Compare the size of the backups:

Click the Media tab and then select Save Sets from the left pane.

Select Save Set List.

Note: You should see a significant size difference between these two backups indicating that the
two .dbf files in the DB1 and DB2 directories have been skipped.
If the size is the same for both backups, repeat the previous steps to configure your directive and
ensure that it is typed correctly and properly applied to the correct client.

End of lab

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 Lab 5: Configure and Manage Backup Devices

Purpose: In this lab, you configure and manage various NetWorker backup devices.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Configure a NetWorker Storage Node resource.
 Create a remote AFTD device.
 Configure a remote device backup.
 Configure a Client Direct backup device.
 Configure a Client Direct backup.
 Configure a Data Domain DD Boost device.
 Configure a Data Domain DD Boost backup.

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 Lab 5-1: Configure a Storage Node Resource

Step Action

1 Click Devices. Right-click Storage Nodes and select New

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2 In the Create Storage Node window:

Specify the following attributes:

General tab:
Name: linux-sn.emc.edu

Configuration tab:
Search all luns: Yes
Use persistent names: Yes

Click OK.

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3 Validate that the storage Node resource has been created.

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 Lab 5-2 Part 1: Configure a Remote Advanced File Type Device

Step Action

1 From the Devices window, right-click Devices and select New Device Wizard.

2 In the Select the Device Type window:

Select: Advanced File Type Device (AFTD)

Click Next.

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3 In the Select Storage Node window:

Specify the following attributes:

Storage Node: linux-sn.emc.edu

Select: Browse storage node or network path

Click Next.

4 In the Select the Device Path window:

Select the /backupdev/aftd1 folder.

Click Next.

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5 In the Configure Device Attributes window, specify the following attribute:

NetWorker Device Name: linux-sn_aftd1

Click Next.

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6 In the Label and Mount Devices window, specify the following attributes:

Select: Label and Mount device after creation

Pool Type: Backup
Pool: BRSBackup

Click Next.

7 Review your AFTD configuration information.

Click Configure and Finish to complete the configuration of a remote device.

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8 A remote AFTD device (linux-sn_aftd1) has been created on the remote storage node (linux-
sn.emc.edu).

A disk volume (brsbackup.002) has been created and mounted on the remote AFTD device.

Lab continues on next page

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 Lab 5-2 Part 2: Configure a Remote Device Backup

Step Action

1 From the Protection window, right-click Clients and select New Client Wizard.

Result: The Client Backup Configuration window appears.

2 In the Specify Client Information window, specify the following attributes:

Client Name: linux-sn.emc.edu

Type: Traditional

Click Next.

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3 In the Specify Backup Configuration Type window:

Select Filesystem from the Available Applications list.

Click Next.

4 In the Select the NetWorker Client Properties page:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next.

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5 In the Select File System Objects window:

Select ONLY the Documents folder.

Click Next.

6 In the Client Configuration Summary window:

Review the client configuration information.

Click Create.

Result: The linux-sn.emc.edu client resource is created successfully.

Click Finish.

7 In the Protection window, right-click Groups and select New.

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8 In the Create Group window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Remote Backup

Group Type: Clients
Clients:
linux-sn.emc.edu
win-client.emc.edu (select the client instance with C:\Documents as Save set)

Click OK.

9 Right-click Policies and select New.

10 In the Create Policy window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Remote Backup

Click OK.

11 With the Remote Backup policy selected, click Create a new Workflow.

12 In the New Workflow window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Remote Backup

Groups: Remote Backup

In the Actions section, click Add.

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13 In the Specify the Action Information window, specify the following attributes:

Name: backup
Action Type: backup
Backup Subtype: traditional

For the demonstration purpose, make this backup action as Full level backup everyday:

Select: Full
Click Make All

Click Next.

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14 In the Specify the Backup Options page:

Click the pencil icon to specify linux-sn.emc.edu as the destination storage node:

Clear: nw.emc.edu (nsrserverhost)

Select: linux-sn.emc.edu
Highlight linux-sn.emc.edu and click ^ to move linux-sn.emc.edu to the top.

Specify other attributes:

Destination Pool: BRSBackup

Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next.

15 In the Specify the Advanced Options page:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next.

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16 In the Action Configuration Summary page:

Review the action configuration information.

Click Configure.

17 In the New Workflow window for the Remote Backup workflow:

Click OK.

18 From the Protection window, expand Policies, right-click the Remote Backup policy and click Start.

From the Monitoring window, monitor the Remote Backup policy backup progress.

19 Click the Media icon, select Disk Volumes, and double-click the brsbackup.002 volume to validate
that the save sets from the backup reside on the volume.

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 Lab 5-3 Part 1: Configure a Device for Client Direct

Step Action

1 For lab demonstration purposes, let’s create a separate backup pool for the NetWorker client direct
backup.

From the Media window, create a new label template by right-clicking Label Templates and selecting
New.

2 Create a label template with the following attributes:

Name: Client Direct

Fields: clientdirect
001-100
Seperator: “.”

Click OK to create the Client Direct label template.

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3 Right-click Media Pools and select New to create a media pool with the following properties:

Name: Client Direct

Pool type: Backup
Label template: Client Direct

Click OK to create the Client Direct pool.

4 A local disk (D:\AFTD2) will be used for Client Direct backups. This local disk needs to be set up as a
shareable device before it can be configured as an AFTD device for Client Direct backup.

On the NetWorker backup server, nw.emc.edu, click File Explorer and select D:

Right-click the AFTD2 folder and select Share with > Specific people.

Result: The File Sharing window appears.

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5 Select Everyone from the list of people to share with and then click Add.

Select Read/Write as the permission level for Everyone.

Click Share.

Note the shared folder name: \\Nw\aftd2

Click Done.

6 From the Devices window, right-click Devices and select New Device Wizard.

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7 In the Select the Device Type window:

Select: Advanced File Type Device (AFTD)

Click Next.

8 In the Select Storage Node window:

Specify the following attributes:

Storage Node: nw.emc.edu

Select: Browse storage node or network path

Click Next.

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9 In the Select the Device Path window:

Expand D: and select the AFTD2 folder.

Click Next.

10 In the Configure Device Attributes window:

Specify the following attributes:

NetWorker Device Name: AFTD_2

Client Direct Paths:
\\nw\aftd2
nw:/aftd2

Click Next.

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11 In the Label and Mount Devices window:

Specify the following attributes:

Select: Label and Mount device after creation

Pool Type: Backup
Pool: Client Direct

Click Next.

12 In the Review the Device Configuration Settings window:

Review the device configuration.

Click Configure and Finish to complete the device configuration.

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13 From the Devices window, click Devices.

Right-click the AFTD_2 device from the right pane and select Unmount.

14 After the clientdirect.001 volume is unmounted, right-click the AFTD_2 device and select
Enable/Disable to disable it temporarily.

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15 Right-click the AFTD_2 device and select Modify Device Properties.

Result: The Device Properties window appears

16 In the Device Properties window:

Verify the Device access information.

17 Click Configuration and specify the following attributes:

Remote user: EMC\Administrator

Password: student

Click OK.

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18 Enable the AFTD_2 device and mount the media.

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 Lab 5-3 Part 2: Configure a Client Direct Backup

Step Action

1 By default, Client Direct is selected and enabled when a NetWorker client resource is created by the
NetWorker Client Wizard.

You can verify that Client Direct is enabled by double-clicking a client resource.

2 From the Protection window, right-click Groups and select New.

3 In the Create Group window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Client Direct

Group Type: Clients
Clients:
linux-sn.emc.edu
win-client.emc.edu (select the client instance with C:\Documents as the save set)

Click OK.

4 Right-click Policies and select New.

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5 In the Create Policy window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Client Direct

Click OK.

6 With the Client Direct policy selected, click Create a new Workflow.

7 In the New Workflow window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Client Direct

Groups: Client Direct

In the Actions section, click Add.

8 In the Specify the Action Information window, specify the following attributes:

Name: backup
Action Type: backup
Backup Subtype: traditional

For the demonstration purpose, make this backup action as Full level backup everyday:

Select: Full
Click: Make All

Click Next.

9 In the Specify the Backup Options window, specify the following attributes:

Destination Storage Node: nw.emc.edu (nsrserverhost)

Destination Pool: Client Direct
Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next.

10 In the Specify the Advanced Options window:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next.

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11 In the Action Configuration Summary window:

Review the action configuration information.

Click Configure.

12 In the New Workflow window for the Client Direct workflow:

Click OK.

13 Expand Policies and right-click the Client Direct policy. Click Start.

From the Monitoring window, monitor the Client Direct policy backup progress.

Ensure the Client Direct policy completes successfully.

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14 On the NetWorker backup server, nw.emc.edu, open File Explorer.

Navigate to the NetWorker logs directory: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs

Then, navigate to: policy > Client Direct > Client Direct > backup_xxxxxx_logs

Open the text document that was created last – in this case, 128008.

The message “Successfully established Client direct save session” indicates a Client Direct backup
was performed.

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Step Action

1 Log in to the NetWorker backup server, nw.emc.edu, and open the Configure DataDomain folder
from the desktop.

Double-click the configure_DD batch file.

2 When asked if you want to store key in cache, answer y.

3 From NetWorker Administration, open the Devices window. Right-click Data Domain Systems and
select New Device Wizard.

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4 In the Select the Device Type window, select Data Domain.

Click Next.

5 In the Data Domain Preconfiguration Checklist window:

Click Next.

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6 In the Specify the Data Domain Configuration Options window:

Specify the following attributes:

Data Domain System

Select: Add a New Data Domain system
Type the name of the Data Domain system, ddve.emc.edu

DD Boost Credentials
DDBoost user name: sysadmin
DDBoost password: emc123

Configuration Method
Select: Browse and Select

Click Next.

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7 On Select the Folders to use as Devices window:

Click New Folder and type ddve_dev1 for the folder name, and then press Enter.

Next, check the box next to the ddve_dev1 folder.

Click Next.

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8 In the Configure Pool Information window:

Specify the following attributes:

Pool Type
Select: Backup

Pool
Select: Create and use a new Pool
Type: ddbackup

Click Next.

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9 In the Select Storage Nodes window:

Ensure the NetWorker server, nw.emc.edu, is used as the storage node.

Click Next.

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10 In the Select SNMP Monitoring Options window:

Specify the following attributes:

Select: Gather usage information

Type public for the Data Domain SNMP Community String.

Select: Receive SNMP trap events

Type 162 for SNMP Process Port.

Leave all preselected events unchanged.

Click Next.

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11 Review the Data Domain device configuration information.

Click Configure and validate that all tasks are completed successfully.

Click Finish to exit the New Device Wizard.

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12 In the Devices window, expand the Data Domain Systems and click ddve.emc.edu

A ddve.emc.edu_ddve_dev1 device is created.

Note: NetWorker is now able to monitor and report on the Data Domain system.

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 Lab 5-4 Part 2: Configure a Data Domain Backup

Step Action

1 From the Protection window, right-click Clients and select New Client Wizard.

2 In the Specify Client Information window, specify the following attributes:

Client Name: win-client.emc.edu

Type: Traditional

Click Next.

3 In the Specify Backup Configuration Type window:

Select Filesystem from the Available Applications list.

Click Next.

4 In the Select the NetWorker Client Properties window:

Data Domain Interface: IP

Select Client Direct

Click Next.

5 In the Select File System Objects window, select ONLY the following two folders:

C:\Documents
C:\oradata

Clear DISASTER_RECOVERY:.

Click Next.

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6 In the Client Configuration Summary window, review the client configuration information.

Click Create, and then Finish.

7 Right-click Groups and select New.

8 In the Create Group window:

Specify the following attributes:

Name: DD Backup
Group Type: Clients
Clients:
win-client.emc.edu (select the client instance with C:\Documents and C:\oradata save sets)

Click OK.

9 Right-click Policies and select New.

10 In the Create Policy page, specify the following attributes:

Name: DD Backup

Click OK.

11 With the DD Backup policy selected, click Create a new Workflow.

12 In the New Workflow window:

Specify the following attributes:

Name: DD Backup
Groups: DD Backup

In the Actions section, click Add

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13 In the Specify the Action Information window, specify the following attributes:

Name: backup
Action Type: backup
Backup Subtype: traditional

For the demonstration purpose, make this backup action as Full level backup everyday:

Select: Full
Click Make All

Click Next.

14 In the Specify the Backup Options window, specify the following attributes:

Destination Storage Node: nw.emc.edu (nsrserverhost)

Destination Pool: ddbackup
Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next.

15 In the Specify the Advanced Options window:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next.

16 In the Action Configuration Summary window:

Review the action configuration information.

Click Configure.

17 In the New Workflow window for the DD Backup workflow:

Click OK.

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18 Open the Protection window. Right-click the DD Backup policy and click Start.

From the Monitoring window, monitor the progress of the DD Backup policy backup.

Ensure the DD Backup policy complete successfully.

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 Lab 6: Manage NetWorker Media Database and Client File Index

Purpose: In this lab, you will use the NetWorker Administration GUI to display the
contents of volumes, review client file indexes, and search for save sets.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Remove the oldest Save Set cycles.
 View the Save Set details from search.
 Change the Save Set status.
 Change the Volume mode.
 Change the Volume recycle policy.

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Step Action

1 To remove the oldest Save Set cycles

From the Media window, select Client Indexes from the left pane.

Select the win-client.emc.edu client indexes and check the Size of the client file index (CFI).

Size of CFI for win-client.emc.edu: _____________________

Now, right-click the win-client.emc.edu client indexes from the right pane and select Show Save Sets

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2 In the Index Save Sets window:

Select : C:\oradata

Identify the number of SSIDs listed for the C:\oradata save set and the backup times.

3 Remove the oldest backup of this save set by clicking the Remove Oldest Cycle button.

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4 Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the oldest cycle for the save set C:\oradata.

Note the number of SSID now listed for the C:\oradata save set.

Click OK.

Now, check the size of the win-client.emc.edu client file index (CFI).

Size of CFI for win-client.emc.edu: _____________________

5 To view Save Set details from a search:

Select Save Sets from the left pane of the Media window.

Click Query Save Set in the right pane.

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6 Specify the following query criteria for Query Parameters:

Pool: Client Direct

Save Time From: Select the first day of class
Save Time To: Select tomorrow

Leave all other fields blank, and then select Save Set List to run the query and see the results.

Verify that only save sets in the Client Direct pool are listed by looking at the Pool heading.

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Step Action

1 Unmount the disk volume from AFTD_1.

From the Devices window, select Devices in the left pane. Right-click AFTD_1 in the right pane and
select Unmount

2 To change Save Set status:

From the Media window, select Disk Volumes in the left pane.

Right-click the brsbackup.001 volume in the right pane and select Show Save Sets to display the
save sets on that volume.

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3 In the Volume Save Sets window, select one of the C:\oradata save sets and note the Status.

4 With the C:\oradata save set highlighted, click Change Status.

In the Change Save Set Status dialog box make the following change:

Select: Suspect

Click OK.

5 Notice that the Status of the C:\oradata save set now shows suspect.

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6 In the Volume Save Sets window, select the previously identified save set and change the status
back to Normal.

Click OK.

Click OK to close the Volume Save Sets window.

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7 To change volume mode:

From the Media window, select Disk Volumes to display a list of currently labeled volumes.

Set the mode of a volume to Read-Only by right-clicking the brsbackup.001 volume and selecting
Change Mode.

In the Change Mode dialog box select the following options:

Select: Read Only

Click OK.

8 Notice the brsbackup.001 volume you just changed in the Disk Volumes window.

Result: (R) indicates a read-only volume.

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9 Change the mode of the volume back to Appendable and again note the changes in the Name and
Mode of the volume.

10 To change volume recycle policy:

Select Disk Volumes and then select the brsbackup.001 volume. Note the Expiration date of the
volume.

Right-click the brsbackup.001 volume and select Recycle.

In the Recycle dialog box make the following change:

Select: Manual

Click OK.

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11 Note the change in the Expiration field of the volume you just modified.

12 Change the expiration of the brsbackup.001 volume back to Auto.

13 Let’s mount the disk volume to AFTD_1.

In the Devices window, select Devices from the left pane. Right-click AFTD_1 in the right pane and
select Mount

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 Lab 7: Perform NetWorker Recovery

Purpose: In this lab, you perform browsable and save set recoveries using the
NetWorker Recovery Wizard.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Perform a browsable file system level recovery using the
NetWorker Recovery Wizard.
 Perform a save set recovery using the NetWorker Recovery Wizard.
 Perform a scheduled recovery using the NetWorker Recovery
Wizard.

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 Lab Exercise 7-1: Perform a File Recovery

Step Action

1 Click Recover to open the Recover window. Select Recover > New Recover.

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2 In the Select the Recovery Hosts window, specify the following attributes:

Name: win-client.emc.edu

Select: Recover to the same host

Available Recovery Types:

Select: Filesystem

Click Next.

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3 In the Select the Data to Recover window:

Click Browse.

Expand win-client.emc.edu and select the C:\oradata\DB1 folder.

Click Versions.

4 In the Select Versions window, select the most recent backup instance.

Click OK and then click Next.

5 In the Select the Recovery Options window:

Select New destination path and type C:\recover1 for the destination path.

Click Next and then OK to acknowledge that the folder will be created.

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6 In the Obtain the Volume Information page:

Accept the default setting.

Click Next.

7 In the Perform the Recovery page:

Specify the following attributes:

Recovery name: File Recovery

Select: Start recovery now

Click Run Recovery.

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8 Monitor the results of the File Recovery operation.

Click Finish.

Result: The recovery completion is displayed in the Recovery window.

9 Navigate to C:\recover1 on win-client.emc.edu and verify that the files were recovered.

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 Lab Exercise 7-2: Perform a Save Set Recovery

Step Action

1 From the Recover window, select Recover > New Recover.

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2 In the Select the Recovery Hosts window:

Specify the following attributes:

Name: win-client.emc.edu

Select: Recover to the same host

Available Recovery Types:

Select: Filesystem

Click Next.

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3 In the Select the Data to Recover window:

Click Save Set Recover.

In the Found In section:

Select: Last
Select: 1 Week(s)

Click Query.

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4 For Save Set Name, select the C:\oradata save set.

In Save Set Instances, select the most recent backup instance and Mark the box next to it.

Result: The save set appears in the Recovery List.

Click Next.

5 In the Select the Recovery Options window:

Select New destination path and type C:\recover2 for the destination path.

Click Next and then OK to acknowledge that the folder will be created.

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6 In the Perform the Recovery window:

Specify the following attributes:

Recovery name: Saveset Recovery

Select: Start recovery now

Click Run Recovery.

7 Monitor the results of the Saveset Recovery operation.

Click Finish.

8 Navigate to C:\recover2 on win-client.emc.edu and verify that the files were recovered.

Lab continues on next page

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 Lab Exercise 7-3: Perform a Scheduled Recovery

Step Action

1 From the Recover window, select Recover > New Recover.

2 In the Select the Recovery Hosts window:

Specify the following attributes:

Name: win-client.emc.edu
Select: Recover to the same host

Available Recovery Types:

Select: Filesystem

Click Next.

3 In the Select the Data to Recover window:

Click Browse.

Expand win-client.emc.edu and select the C:\oradata\DB2 folder.

Click Versions.

4 In the Select Versions window, select the most recent backup instance.

Click OK and then click Next.

5 In the Select the Recovery Options window:

Select New destination path and type C:\recover3 for the destination path.

Click Next and then OK to acknowledge that the folder will be created.

6 In the Obtain the Volume Information window:

Accept the default setting.

Click Next.

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7 In the Perform the Recovery page, specify the following attributes:

Recovery name: Scheduled Recovery

In the Recovery Start Time section:

Select: Schedule recovery to start at

Specify today’s date and set the time to 10 minutes from now.

Note: When specifying the recovery time, select today’s date, then click OK to acknowledge the
error and then manually enter the time to display a time 10 minutes from now. Press Enter after
you enter the date and time, then the Schedule Recovery option will become available.

Click Schedule Recovery.

8 Note the newly created Scheduled Recovery session is created under Configured Recovers.

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9 Wait until the scheduled time and validate that the recovery completes successfully.

In the Recover window, under the Configured Recovers section note that Scheduled Recovery is
started at your specified time.

10 Navigate to C:\recover3 on win-client.emc.edu and verify that the files were recovered.

End of lab

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 Lab 8: Perform Cloning and Staging

Purpose: In this lab, you will configure resources for cloning and staging, and use
them to perform cloning and staging operations.

Objectives: In this lab you will:

 Configure a Data Domain clone device.
 Configure a backup-then-clone workflow.
 Configure a staging resource.

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 Lab 8-1 Part 1: Configure a Data Domain Clone Device

Step Action

1 In the Devices window, right-click Data Domain Systems and select New Device Wizard.

2 In the Select the Device Type window, select Data Domain

Click Next.

3 In the Data Domain Preconfiguration Checklist window:

Click Next.

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4 In the Specify the Data Domain Configuration Options window:

Specify the following attributes:

Data Domain System

Select: Use an existing Data Domain system
Select: ddve.emc.edu

DD Boost Credentials
DDBoost user name: sysadmin
DDBoost password: emc123

Configuration Method
Select: Browse and Select

Click Next.

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5 In the Select the Folders to use as Devices window:

Click New Folder and enter ddve_dev2 for the folder name. Press Enter.

Next, click the box next to the ddve_dev2 folder.

Click Next.

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6 In the Configure Pool Information window:

Specify the following attributes:

Pool Type
Select: Backup Clone

Pool
Select: Create and use a new Pool
Type: DD Clone

Click Next.

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7 In the Select Storage Nodes window:

Ensure the NetWorker server, nw.emc.edu, is used as the storage node.

Click Next.

8 In the Select SNMP Monitoring Options window:

Accept the existing settings.

Click Next.

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9 Review the Data Domain device configuration information.

Click Configure and validate that all tasks are completed successfully.

Click Finish to exit the Device Configuration Wizard.

10 In the Devices window, expand Data Domain Systems and click ddve.emc.edu.

A ddve.emc.edu_ddve_dev2 device is listed.

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 Lab 8-1 Part 2: Configure a Clone Operation

Step Action

1 Open the Protection window, right-click Groups and select New.

In the Create Group window, specify the following attributes:

Name: Backup and Clone

Group Type: Clients
Clients:
linux-sn.emc.edu
win-client.emc.edu (select the client instance with C:\Documents and C:\oradata as save sets)

Click OK.

2 Right-click Policies and select New.

In the Create Policy window:

Specify the following attributes:

Name: Backup and Clone

Click OK.

3 With the Backup and Clone policy selected, click Create a new Workflow.

In the New Workflow window:

Specify the following attributes:

Name: Backup and Clone

Groups: Backup and Clone

In the Actions section, click Add.

4 In the Specify the Action Information window, specify the following attributes:

Name: backup
Action Type: backup
Backup Subtype: traditional

For the demonstration purpose, make this backup action as Full level backup everyday:

Select: Full
Click: Make All

Click Next.

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5 In the Specify the Backup Options window:

Specify the following attributes:

Destination Storage Node: nw.emc.edu (nsrserverhost)

Destination Pool: BRSBackup
Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next.

6 In the Specify the Advanced Options window:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next.

7 In the Action Configuration Summary window:

Review the action configuration information.

Click Configure.

8 In the New Workflow window for the Backup and Clone workflow:

In the Actions section, click Add.

9 In the Specify the Action Information window:

Specify the following attributes:

Name: clone
Action Type: clone

Click Next.

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10 In the Specify the Clone Options window, specify the following attributes:

Destination Storage Node: nw.emc.edu (nsrserverhost)

Destination Pool: DD Clone
Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next.

11 In the Specify the Advanced Options window:

Accept all the default settings.

Click Next.

12 In the Action Configuration Summary window:

Review the action configuration information.

Click Configure.

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13 In the New Workflow window for the Backup and Clone workflow:

Click OK.

14 Right-click the Backup and Clone policy and click Start.

From the Monitoring window, monitor the progress of the Backup and Clone policy backup and
clone.

15 During the Backup operation:

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16 During the Clone operation:

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 Lab 8-2: Configure Automatic Staging

Step Action

1 Open the Devices window. Right-click Staging and select New.

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2 In the Create Staging window:

Click General and specify the following attributes:

Name: BRS Staging

Enabled: Yes
Devices: AFTD_1
Destination Pool: ddbackup
Save Set Selection: oldest save set
Max storage period: 2
Max storage period unit: Hours
Recover space interval: 3
Recover space unit: Minutes
File system check interval: 2
File system check unit: Minutes

Click OK.

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3 From the Monitoring window, watch for staging to occur over the next few minutes.

The Log window displays messages about the staging session.

Note that the clone operation is running in the Clone Sessions pane and activity with the devices is
displayed in the Devices pane.

Note: This is identified as clone sessions however the log shows that save sets are deleted after
the clone operation which is the difference between a clone and a staging operation.

4 Once the stage operation has completed, delete the BRS Staging stage policy.

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 Lab 9: NetWorker Security

Purpose: In this lab, you perform several tasks relating to security features of
NetWorker.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Configure NetWorker authentication of external users.
 Create a local NetWorker Console user.
 View NetWorker server logs.

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 Lab 9-1: Configure NetWorker Authentication of External Users

Step Action

1 Note: This step is only required in this lab environment.

Log in to the AD server, ad.emc.edu.

On the ad.emc.edu server, open a Command Prompt and navigate to C:\

C:\> cd \

Type the following command:

C:\> regconfig.bat

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2 To configure the NetWorker Authentication Service to authenticate users in Active

Directory, the authc_config command must be run with the appropriate options.

To save time, the C:\ldapconfig.bat file contains the command and will be run instead of
typing the command. Upon running, the command will be displayed for review before it is
executed.

On the NetWorker server, nw.emc.edu, open a Command Prompt and type the following
commands:

cd \

ldapconfig.bat

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3 In order to demonstrate external authentication of users in Active Directory, a group

(NetWorker_Admins) containing three users has been pre-created in Active Directory.

Validate your authc configuration by querying the Active Directory server using the
authc_mgmt command to display the users in the emc.edu domain.

Type the following at the command prompt:

cd “program files\emc networker\nsr\authc-server\bin”

authc_mgmt –u administrator –p “Student1!” –e query-ldap-

users –D “query-tenant=default” –D “query-domain=emc.edu”

4 Return to the Setup window in the NetWorker Management Console and select NMC
Roles.

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5 Right-click Console Application Administrator and select Properties.

Result: The Edit NMC Role window is displayed.

6 Now, we will assign the NMC role to the external user group.

In the External Roles window, type:

cn=networker_admins,cn=users,dc=emc,dc=edu

Click OK.

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7 To authorize the external group to perform tasks on the NetWorker server, assign the
external group to a user group on the NetWorker server.

Open NetWorker Administration, if not already open.

Click Server and select User Groups.

Right-click Application Administrators in the right pane and select Properties.

Note the permissions assigned to the Application Administrators group.

8 In the User Group Properties window, add the networker_admins group to the External
roles box. Type:

cn=networker_admins,cn=Users,dc=emc,dc=edu

Click OK.

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9 Close the NetWorker Administration and NetWorker Management Console windows.

Then, launch NetWorker Management Console and log in with the following domain user
account:

User Name: emc.edu\ryu

Password: Student1!

Click OK.

10 Validate that you are logged in as emc.edu\ryu

11 Launch NetWorker Administration and open the Protection window. Validate that you
can create a resource in NetWorker Administration.

Create a new group resource:

Name: Test_Group
Group Type: Clients
Clients:
linux-sn.emc.edu
Click OK.

Delete the group.

Close the NetWorker Administration and NetWorker Management Console windows.

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 Lab 9-2: Create a Local Console User

Step Action

1 To create a local Console user:

Launch NetWorker Management Console and log in as Administrator.

In NetWorker Management Console, click Setup.

Under Users and Roles, right-click Users and select New.

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2 In the Create User window, specify the following attributes:

User Name: John

Groups: Users
NMC Role: Console User
Password: Student1!
Confirm Password: Student1!

3 Click Permissions.

Ensure the following items are selected:

Managed Hosts:
ddve.emc.edu
nw.emc.edu

Click OK.

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4 Launch NetWorker Administration.

From the Protection window, select and right-click the name of the NetWorker server, nw.emc.edu,
from the top of the tree and select Properties.

5 In NetWorker Server Properties, make the following changes:

General tab:
Administrator: append user=John,host=nw.emc.edu

Click OK.

6 Close both the NetWorker Administration and NetWorker Management Console windows.

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7 Launch NetWorker Management Console and log in as John.

8 From the Setup window, attempt to create a new console user.

Note: The New option is not available. Only users with the role of Console Security Administrator are
allowed to create, modify, or delete a Console user.

9 While still logged in as John, launch NetWorker Administration.

10 Open the Protection window and create a new Group with the following properties:

Name: Test_John
Group Type: Clients
Clients:
linux-sn.emc.edu

Click OK.

An error message displays indicating that the console user, John, does not have the proper
permission.

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11 Close both NetWorker Administration and NetWorker Management Console windows.

Launch NetWorker Management Console and log in as Administrator.

12 In the NetWorker Management Console, open the Setup window.

Under Users, right-click John and select Properties.

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11 In the Edit User window:

Select the following attributes:

Groups: Administrators
NMC Role: Console Security Administrator

Click OK.

12 Close both NetWorker Administration and NetWorker Management Console windows.

Follow Step 7 through Step 10 again to see the differences.

13 Close both NetWorker Administration and NetWorker Management Console windows.

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 Lab 9-3: View NetWorker Server Logs

Step Action

1 To view text-based log files

On your NetWorker server, view the contents of the following NetWorker log files located in the
Program Files > EMC NetWorker > nsr > logs directory:

 messages
 summary

Excerpt from the messages file:

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2 To view .raw log files

View the contents of the NetWorker daemon.raw log file with the nsr_render_log command.

Open Command Prompt and change to the NetWorker logs directory:

cd C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs

Then, type the following command to view entries starting with yesterday:

nsr_render_log -S "yesterday" daemon.raw

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3 View the last 50 lines of the GST log file, gstd.raw

Change to the NMC logs directory:

cd C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\GST\logs

Enter the following command:

nsr_render_log -B -50 gstd.raw

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 Lab 10: NetWorker Reports

Purpose: In this lab, you create and export NetWorker Management Console
reports.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Generate canned reports.
 Generate a custom report and save it for future use.
 Export a report.

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 Lab 10-1: Generate Report and Create Custom Report

Step Action

1 To generate a default report:

From NetWorker Management Console, open the Reports window.

Expand Reports > Policy Statistics

Select the Policy Summary over time report.

Click the Configure tab.

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2 Note all the drill down reports and their sequences in the Drill Down Sequence section.

Specify the following parameters (criteria):

Workflow Start Time:

From: Select the first day of the class
To: Select today’s date

3 Click the View Report tab to display the report.

This is the Policy Summary report.

Double-click any policy in the Policy Name column to display the next drill down sequence report.

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4 This is the Monthly Summary report.

Double-click the month in the Month column to display the next drill down sequence report.

5 This is the Daily Summary report. You see a summary of activity for each day in the month.

Double-click any day in the Date column to display the next report in the drill down sequence.

6 In the Client Summary report, double-click win-client to display the Save Set Details report.

Right-click anywhere in the report and select Back to display the previous report until you reach the
Policy Summary report again.

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7 Right-click anywhere on the Policy Summary report and select Chart to change the report format.

8 From the Chart Type pull-down menu, select Pie.

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9 To generate a custom report and save it for future use:

From Reports > Policy Statistics, select the Save Set Details report.

Click Configure.

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10 Specify the following report Parameters (criteria):

Client Name Selected:

linux-sn.emc.edu
win-client.emc.edu

Policy Name Selected:

DD Backup

Save Set Name Selected:

/Documents
C:\Documents

Workflow Start Time:

From: Select the first day of the class
To: Select today’s date

Click View Report to display your custom report.

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11 Right-click Save Set Details and select Save As.

Save the repot as Documents on DD.

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Result: The custom Documents on DD report is saved under Save Set Details.

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12 To share a custom report with all console users:

Right-click the report you created and select Share.

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13 To export a report:

Right-click anywhere on the Save Set Details report and select Export. Export the report as an
HTML file named MyReport.html in the C:\ directory.

14 Open the C:\MyReport.html file in a web browser to view the report.

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 Lab 12: Recover NMC and NetWorker Server

Purpose: In this lab, you perform a recovery of the NetWorker media and resource
databases and a client CFI.

Objectives: In this lab you:

 Configure the Server Protection Policy.
 Recover the bootstrap and CFI save sets.
 Recover the media database with the scanner command.
 Recover the NMC database.

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 Lab 12-1: Configure the Server Protection Policy

Step Action

1 On the NetWorker server, launch NetWorker Management Console and log in as Administrator.

Open the Setup window. Select Setup > Set Database Backup Server from the menu bar.

2 In the Set Database Backup Server window:

Specify the following attributes:

NetWorker server: nw.emc.edu

Select: Create client resource and add to ‘Server Protection’ policy
Client name: nw.emc.edu

Click OK.

3 Launch NetWorker Administration.

4 Create a Data Domain device in a pool that will be dedicated to NetWorker server and NMC backups.

From the Devices window, click Devices in the left pane and select New Device Wizard.

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5 Create the new device using the following attributes:

Select: Data Domain

Select: Use an existing Data Domain system
Select: ddve.emc.edu
DDBoost user name: sysadmin
DDBoost password: emc123
Select: Browse and Select
Enter the name ddve_dev3 for the folder name on the Data Domain system.
Select: ddve_dev3
Pool Type: Backup
Select: Create and use a new Pool
Type: Server Backup for the pool name.

Device Configuration Settings:

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6 Open the Protection window. Expand Policies > Server Protection.

Select the NMC server backup workflow.

Right-click the NMC server backup action in the right pane and then select Properties.

7 Go directly to the Specify the Backup Options window.

Specify the following attributes:

Destination Pool: Server Backup

Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next, Next and Configure to save the changes.

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8 Select the Server backup workflow in the Server Protection policy.

Right-click the Server db backup action in the right pane and then select Properties.

9 Go directly to the Specify the Server Backup Options page

Specify the following attributes:

Destination Storage Node: nw.emc.edu (nsrserverhost)

Destination Pool: Server Backup
Retention: 1 Weeks

Click Next, Next and Configure to save the change.

10 Start the Server Protection policy and monitor the backup processes.

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11 Validate the NetWorker bootstrap and Console databases are backed up successfully.

From the Media window, select Save Sets > Save Set List.

12 Close the NetWorker Management Console and NetWorker Administration windows.

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 Lab 12-2: Recover the Bootstrap and CFI Save Sets

Step Action

1 To simulate a disaster:

On the NetWorker backup server, open Command Prompt.

Enter the following mminfo command to identify the NetWorker bootstrap information.

mminfo -B

Write down the following information pertaining to the bootstrap save set.

SSID: ___________________________
Volume Name: ____________________

Note: This information can also be obtained from the notification and log messages that are
created for a server backup.

2 Shut down all NetWorker processes on the NetWorker server.

Start Services from Administrative Tools or run the services.msc command.

Stop the NetWorker Remote Exec Service.

Click Yes to stop all services.

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3 After the services are stopped, simulate a disaster by renaming the following directories under
C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr:

 Rename: mm to mm.orig
 Rename: res to res.orig
 Rename: index to index.orig

4 Start the NetWorker and NetWorker Management Console server daemons.

Start the following services:

NetWorker Remote Exec Service
NetWorker Backup and Recover Server
EMC GST Service

Note: If one or more services fail to start, wait 20 seconds or so and then try again.

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5 Notice that the directories you renamed were recreated. However, the media database and CFIs
are now empty and the resource database contains only the preconfigured resources created
during installation.

Log in to NMC as administrator. Launch NetWorker Administration and validate that your custom
configuration is no longer there.

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6 To recover the NetWorker bootstrap save set:

From the Devices window, create a Data Domain device with the name ddve.emc.edu_ddve_dev3.
This is the name of the device that had the ServerBackup.001 volume mounted in it before the
“Disaster”. Refer to Lab 12-1, Step 4 but clear Label and Mount device after creation.

Important: DO NOT LABEL the device as you will erase all data on it. DO NOT SELECT Label and
Mount device after creation.

Close NetWorker Administration and NetWorker Management Console windows.

7 From Command Prompt, run the nsrdr command.

Type Y.

8 Enter the NetWorker bootstrap Save Set ID number from Step 1.

Answer Y to replace the existing NetWorker resource configuration database folder.

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9 Wait until all NetWorker services are shut down.

Answer Y to replace the existing NetWorker Authentication Service database file.

Answer Y to confirm the C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\authc-server\tomcat\data\ folder

does not contain a recovered NetWorker Authentication Service database file.

10 Wait until all NetWorker services come up.

Type Y to recover the client file indexes.

Type Y to continue.

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11 Monitor the nsrdr recovery process and validate that it completes successfully.

12 Log in to NetWorker Management Console and launch NetWorker Administration. Validate that all
your custom configurations are recovered.

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13 From the Media window, select Client Indexes and note that the client file indexes have been
rebuilt.

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 Lab 12-3: Recover the Media Database with scanner Command

Step Action

1 From the Media window, click Disk Volumes.

The disk volume ServerBackup.001 will be used for this lab exercise.

2 From the Devices window, click Devices. Identify the ServerBackup.001 volume mounted on the
ddve.emc.edu_ddve_dev3 device.

Right-click ddve.emc.edu_ddve_dev3 and select Unmount

3 Go back to the Media window and click Disk Volumes.

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4 Right-click the ServerBackup.001 volume and select Delete.

5 Select File and Media Index Entries in the Delete window.

Click OK and then click Yes to confirm the deletion of the volume from the database.

6 Notice the ServerBackup.001 volume has been removed from the list of disk volumes.

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7 On the NetWorker backup server, open Command Prompt.

Run the following command to scan the volume you recently deleted back in to the database.

scanner –im ddve.emc.edu_ddve_dev3

8 Notice the ServerBackup.001 volume has been recovered.

Note: If the screen doesn’t refresh automatically, click a different tab and click back.

9 Double-click the volume to display a list of save sets on the volume.

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 Lab 12-4: Recover the NMC Database

Step Action

1 Close both the NetWorker Administration and NetWorker Management Console windows.
2 On the NetWorker backup server, shut down the NetWorker Management Console server service.

Stop EMC GST Service.

3 Simulate a disaster by deleting the NMC database files/folder (\pgdata\ and gstd_db.conf) in this
directory:

C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\nmcdb

4 On NetWorker backup server, open Command Prompt.

Change to the following directory.

cd C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\GST\bin

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5 Enter the following command to recover the NMC database.

recoverpsm –s nw.emc.edu –d “C:\Program Files\EMC

NetWorker\Management\nmcdb” –f “C:\Program Files\EMC
NetWorker\Management\nmcdb_stage”

6 Validate that the recoverpsm process completes successfully.

Validate that the NMC database files/folder (\pgdata\ and gstd_db.conf) are recovered.

7 Start the EMC GST Service. Log in to NetWorker Management Console and verify that your custom
configurations are recovered.

End of Labs for NetWorker Implementation and Management

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