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 Table of Contents
EMC NETWORKER INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION AND ADMINISTRATION LAB
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 5

LOGGING INTO THE LAB ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................5

LAB 2: NETWORKER SOFTWARE INSTALLATION.................................................... 13

LAB EXERCISE 2-1: INSTALL NETWORKER AND NMC SOFTWARE ON LINUX ............................14
LAB EXERCISE 2-2: INSTALL NETWORKER AND NMC SOFTWARE ON WINDOWS ....................21
LAB EXERCISE 2-3: INSTALL NETWORKER CLIENT SOFTWARE ON WINDOWS..........................26

LAB 3: USING THE NETWORKER MANAGEMENT CONSOLE .................................. 29

LAB EXERCISE 3-1: CONNECT TO THE CONSOLE SERVER FROM THE WINDOWS HOST ...............30
LAB EXERCISE 3-2: CUSTOMIZE THE NETWORKER MANAGEMENT CONSOLE SERVER ...............32

LAB 4: PERFORM NETWORKER BACKUPS.............................................................. 39

LAB EXERCISE 4-1: PREPARE FOR BACKUPS......................................................................40

LAB EXERCISE 4-2: PERFORM BACKUPS USING NETWORKER ADMINISTRATION ......................45
LAB EXERCISE 4-3: PERFORM A BACKUP USING SAVEGRP ..................................................50
LAB EXERCISE 4-4: CREATE NEW RESOURCES ..................................................................51
LAB EXERCISE 4-5: PERFORM CLIENT-INITIATED BACKUPS USING NETWORKER USER ..............61
LAB EXERCISE 4-6: USING NETWORKER DIRECTIVES ..........................................................71

LAB 5: CONFIGURING POOLS AND LABEL TEMPLATES.......................................... 79

LAB EXERCISE 5-1: CONFIGURING POOLS AND LABEL TEMPLATES ........................................80

LAB 6: WORKING WITH NETWORKER DEVICES .................................................... 85

LAB EXERCISE 6-1: CREATE A STORAGE NODE RESOURCE ...................................................86

LAB EXERCISE 6-2: CONFIGURE AN ADVANCED FILE TYPE DEVICE ........................................87
LAB EXERCISE 6-3: CONFIGURE AND RUN A CLIENT DIRECT BACKUP .....................................89
LAB EXERCISE 6-4: CONFIGURE LIBRARY RESOURCES .........................................................91

LAB 7: MANAGE THE MEDIA DATABASE AND CLIENT FILE INDEXES ...................... 99

LAB EXERCISE 7-1: NETWORKER DATABASES – PART 1 ................................................... 100

LAB EXERCISE 7-2: NETWORKER DATABASES – PART 2 .................................................. 104

LAB 8: PERFORM RECOVERIES ............................................................................ 111

LAB EXERCISE 8-1: PERFORM A BROWSABLE RECOVERY .................................................. 112

LAB EXERCISE 8-2: PERFORM SAVE SET RECOVERIES ...................................................... 114
LAB EXERCISE 8-3: PERFORM SCHEDULED RECOVERY ..................................................... 118

LAB 9: PERFORM CLONING AND STAGING ......................................................... 121

LAB EXERCISE 9-1: CONFIGURE A SCHEDULED CLONE OPERATION .................................... 122

LAB EXERCISE 9-2: CONFIGURE AUTOMATIC STAGING .................................................... 126

LAB 11: ADMINISTER THE NETWORKER SERVER ................................................ 129

LAB EXERCISE 11-1: MANAGE THE CONSOLE SERVER ..................................................... 130

LAB EXERCISE 11-2: ADMINISTER THE NETWORKER SERVER............................................ 142

LAB 13: RECOVER NETWORKER SERVER CONTROL DATA ................................... 149

LAB EXERCISE 13-1: RECOVER THE BOOTSTRAP AND CFI SAVE SETS.................................. 150

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 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 on 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 in Lab
Manager to perform the EMC NetWorker Installation, Configuration
and Administration course lab exercises.
Each student works in their own VDC configuration, accessed with an
assigned VDC/Lab Manager username and password. The NetWorker
Installation, Configuration and Administration Lab Manager
configuration consists of these 5 virtual machines:
 nwwindows - This will be your primary Windows workstation for
the labs.
 nwlinux – This is your Linux host for the labs.
 dc - This is a domain controller and DNS for your configuration.
 winclient – This will be your Windows client.
 vtl – Virtual Tape Library
Additionally there is a physical Data Domain system that will be used
for some labs. The username and login information for this system
will be provided in the labs that require it.

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: EMC NetWorker Installation, Configuration and Administration course

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 EMC NetWorker ICA 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 with the user name and password provided to you by the
instructor.

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 Step Action

4 At the Applications screen, click the Virtual Lab Manager link.

5 If you see this message, click Continue to this website.

6 At the Lab Manager login screen, enter the Lab Manager Login User name and Password assigned
to you by your instructor. Then, click Login.

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7 You will be working in the NetWorker 8.1 ICA configuration for all the labs for this course. To get
your own personal copy of the configuration, clone the configuration to your Lab Manager
workspace.
In the left pane of the Lab Manager screen, click Library. Next, right-click the NetWorker 8.1 ICA
configuration and select Clone to Workspace.

8 In Clone to Workspace, click OK.

9 Click Workspace on the left side of the screen.

Result: When the clone operation completes, you see a clone copy of the NetWorker 8.1 ICA lab
configuration in your workspace on the right side of the screen with 5 small console windows as
shown here. The status of each window and the configuration is Undeployed.

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 Step Action

10 To be able to use the configuration, it must first be deployed. Highlight the Clone (1) of
NetWorker 8.1 ICA configuration and select Deploy with defaults.

Note: Deploying the configuration may take 4-5 minutes.

11 After the status of the configuration changes to Deployed, highlight the arrow next to the Clone (1)
of NetWorker 8.1 ICA configuration and select Show Consoles.

12 Alternatively, to see just one console window at a time, click in the small console view of the virtual
machine that you want to work in.

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 Step Action

Result: Only the console window for that machine is displayed for you to work on that machine.
When you wish to work on another virtual machine, click Configuration in the upper left of the
screen and choose another virtual machine console. You can also view a console with Remote
Desktop by clicking the Remote Desktop button.

Note: For best performance, it is recommended that you perform all labs from a remote desktop
session on the nwwindows.emc.edu server. From there you can log in to all other servers.

14 To work on a virtual machine, click inside its console window, or for best performance launch a
Remote Desktop session.

15 To send a Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence to one of the Windows machines if using the console, right-click
or mouse over the arrow next to the machine name in the tab and select Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

Note: To send Ctrl-Alt-Delete using a key sequence, press Ctrl-Alt-Insert.

16 When prompted to log onto or unlock a Windows virtual machine (nwwindows or winclient), enter
the following information in the login screen:
User name: Administrator
Password: student

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 Step Action

17 When prompted to log onto or unlock the Linux virtual machine (nwlinux), best performance can
be achieved by initiating a putty session from the nwwindows server. Alternatively you can click in
the console window for the machine and enter the following information:
User name: root
Password: student

18 To bring up a terminal window on the nwlinux host, right-click the Terminal icon and select Open.

19 You can access the Linux host from the Windows host nwwindows with PuTTY for command line
access or with remote desktop for GUI access.

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

21 When you are finished with your Lab Manager configuration for the day, just logout of Lab
Manager. (There's no need to undeploy the virtual machines until you are finished with all the labs
at the end of the class.)
To log out of Lab Manager, click Logout in the upper right corner of the Lab Manager screen.

End of Lab Manager Logon Instructions

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 Lab 2: NetWorker Software Installation

Purpose: In this lab you install NetWorker Server and NetWorker Management Console
software on either nwwindows or nwlinux. This host will be used for
configuration and administration of NetWorker during the remainder of the
class. You then configure the host you didn’t choose (either nwwindows or
nwlinux) as a NetWorker storage node. The storage node will be used in a
later lab. In the last section of this lab, you install NetWorker client software
on the Windows client, winclient.

Lab Environment: In the Virtual Data Center (VDC) environment, two host computers in the VDC
are assigned to you as potential NetWorker servers: one is a Linux host
(nwlinux) and the other is a Windows 2008 system (nwwindows). You decide
which host to use as the NetWorker and Console server. This host is referred
to as Host A in the diagram. The other host will be a remote storage node.
This host is referred to as Host B in the diagram.

NetWorker
Server

Storage Storage
Robotics Node Node Robotics

NetWorker
Client Mgmt Client
Console Srv
Host A Host B

You decide: If your Windows host, nwwindows, is Host A, then your Linux
host, nwlinux, is Host B. If your Linux host, nwlinux, is Host A, then your
Windows host, nwwindows, is Host B.

Lab 2 Instructions: If you decide to install the NetWorker Server and NetWorker Management
Console on the Linux host, nwlinux, perform Lab 2-1.
If you decide to install the NetWorker Server and NetWorker Management
Console on the Windows host, nwwindows, perform Lab 2-2.

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 Lab Exercise 2-1: Install NetWorker and NMC Software on Linux

Purpose: In this lab you install the NetWorker server and NetWorker Management
Console server software on the Linux host, nwlinux. This host will be used
for configuration and administration of NetWorker during the remainder of
the class. You configure your Windows host, nwwindows, as a client and
remote NetWorker storage node. The storage node is used in a later lab.

Tasks: In this lab you:

 Install and configure your Linux host, nwlinux, as both a NetWorker
server and a NetWorker Management Console server.
 Verify the installation was successful.
 Stop and restart the NetWorker processes/services.
 Install your Windows host, nwwindows, as a NetWorker storage
node.

Lab Environment:

NetWorker
Server

Storage Storage
Robotics Node Node Robotics

NetWorker
Client Mgmt Client
Console Srv
Linux Windows

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 Lab Exercise 2-1 Part 1: Install NetWorker Server and Console Server on a Linux Host
Perform the steps in Lab 2-1 only if you are installing the NetWorker Server and NetWorker Management
Console software on your Linux host.

Step Action

1 Open a remote desktop session and log in to the Windows host, nwwindows with user
administrator password student. Then, open a PuTTY session to nwlinux using the PuTTY icon on
the desktop.

Log in to nwlinux using the following credentials:

Username: root
Password: student

2 Change directory to the location of the EMC NetWorker software. Unzip and untar the software
file.

Type the following:

 cd /software
 tar xzvf nw81_linux*
 cd linux_x86_64

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

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3 To install the NetWorker server, install the following rpm files in this order:

lgtoclnt, lgtonode, lgtoserv

In the terminal type:

rpm -ivh lgtoclnt*.rpm lgtonode* lgtoserv*

4 To install the man pages and the NetWorker Management Console software on this machine,
install the following rpm files:

lgtoman, lgtonmc
In the terminal type:
rpm -ivh lgtoman* lgtonmc*

5 To complete the NetWorker Management Console installation, run the nmc_config script.
Accept all default values.

In the terminal type:

/opt/lgtonmc/bin/nmc_config

6 After all the specified packages are successfully installed, start all the NetWorker processes.

/etc/init.d/networker start

Start all Console server processes.

/etc/init.d/gst start

7
During installation of the NetWorker server software, several entries are appended to
/etc/syslog.conf. Send a HUP signal to syslogd so that it will reread its configuration file.

pkill -HUP syslog

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 Lab Exercise 2-1 Part 2: Verify a Successful Installation on the Linux Host

Step Action

1
Verify that all the required NetWorker and Console server processes are running:

nsrd nsrexecd
nsrmmdbd gstd
nsrindexd httpd
nsrjobd dbsrv12

In the terminal Type:

ps -eaf | egrep 'nsr|gst|dbsrv|httpd'

2 Stop all the NetWorker daemons. Verify they are no longer running.

nsr_shutdown
ps -ef | grep nsr

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 Step Action

3 Restart all the NetWorker daemons.

/etc/init.d/networker start

4 Stop all the Console server daemons and verify they are no longer running.
/etc/init.d/gst stop
ps -eaf | egrep 'gst|dbsrv|httpd'

5 Restart the Console server daemons.

/etc/init.d/gst start

6 Change directory to /opt. You should see the directory containing the Console server software,
lgtonmc.

cd /opt
ls -al

Change directory to the location of the Console server database lgto_gstdb and list the
contents.
cd /opt/lgtonmc/lgto_gstdb
ls -al

Change directory to /nsr and list the contents. Among the other NetWorker directories, you
should see the directories for the NetWorker control data: index, mm and res.

cd /nsr
ls -al

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 Lab Exercise 2-1 Part 3: Install a NetWorker Storage Node on a Windows Host

In this lab, you install the NetWorker storage node software on the nwwindows machine.

Step Action

1 If not already there, log in to the Windows host, nwwindows.emc.edu, using the administrator
account, password student if you have not already done so.

2 Open the C:\software\nw81_win_x64\win_x64 folder.

3 From Windows explorer, run the following file.

Double-click or execute: autorun

In the Internet Explorer window that opens, click Install EMC NetWorker 8.1 Software

4 Install NetWorker, providing all the information specified below when prompted:
1. Click Run to run the software; click Run again.
2. Select a language for the installation.
3. Do NOT configure the Windows firewall.
4. Install Storage Node software. This also installs the client software.
5. Use the default installation directory.
6. When prompted for NetWorker servers that are allowed to back up your host, do not
specify any.
Warning: This is insecure but avoids possible backup failures in later Lab Exercises!
7. Do not run the Change Journal Manager after installation (uncheck the option).

5 Close the Thank you for selecting EMC NetWorker Internet Explorer window.

End of Lab Exercise 2-1

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 Lab Exercise 2-2: Install NetWorker and NMC Software on Windows

Purpose: In this lab you install the NetWorker server and NetWorker Management
Console server software on the Windows host, nwwindows. This host is
used for configuration and administration of NetWorker during the
remainder of the class. You will configure your Linux host, nwlinux, as a
remote NetWorker storage node. The storage node is used in a later lab.

Tasks: In this lab you:

 Install and configure your Windows host, nwwindows, as both a
NetWorker server and a NetWorker Management Console server.
 Verify the installation was successful.
 Stop and restart the NetWorker processes/services.
 Install your Linux host, nwlinux, as a NetWorker storage node.

Lab Environment:

NetWorker
Server

Storage Storage
Robotics Node Node Robotics

NetWorker
Client Mgmt Client
Console Srv
Windows Linux

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 Lab Exercise 2-2 Part 1: Install NetWorker Server and NMC on a Windows Host
Perform the steps in Lab 2-2 ONLY if you are installing the NetWorker Server and NetWorker Management
Console software on the Windows host, nwwindows.emc.edu.

Step Action

1 Log in to the Windows host, nwwindows, using the administrator account, password student.

2
Browse to the C:\software\nw81_win_x64\win_x64 folder.

3 Double-click the file named autorun.

Install NetWorker, using the information below:

1. Click Run to run the software.
2. In the Thank you for selecting EMC NetWorker Internet Explorer window, click Install
EMC NetWorker 8.1 software.
3. Click Run to run the software; click Run again.
4. Select a language for the installation.
5. Do NOT configure the Windows firewall.
6. Install Server and Client and NetWorker Management Console software. (This also
installs the storage node software.)
7. Uncheck Block Based Backups
8. Use the default installation directory.
9. Accept the terms of the license agreement
10. When prompted for NetWorker servers that are allowed to back up your host, do not
specify any. Warning: This is less secure but avoids possible backup failures in later
labs.

4 Use the following information for the NetWorker Management Console part of the installation:
 Use the default installation directories.
 Use the default port numbers for the Web Server and the Client Service.
 Do not launch the Console client after installation (uncheck the option).

Click Finish to exit the wizard.

5 Do NOT run the Change Journal Manager after NetWorker server installation.

Click Finish to exit the installation process.

6 Close Internet Explorer.

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

Step Action

1 On nwwindows, open the Services window and verify that the following services are running:
 NetWorker Backup and Recover Server
 NetWorker Remote Exec Service
 EMC GST Service
 EMC GST Web Service

Note: Services are viewed using Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools >Services, or by typing
services.msc in the Start > Run box.

2 Right-click the NetWorker Remote Exec Service and select Stop from the menu.
Note that the other services depend on this service and therefore will be stopped as well.

3 Start all the services that were stopped.

Note: EMC GST Web Service is started automatically when the EMC GST service is started.

Right-click NetWorker Remote Exec Service and select Start from the menu.
Right-click NetWorker Backup and Recover Server and select Start.
Right-click EMC GST Service and select Start.

Close the Services window.

4 Open the Task Manager and verify that all required NetWorker and Console processes are running.
Right-click the task bar at the bottom of the screen, select Task Manager and go to the Processes
tab. Check the box at the bottom of the window entitled Show processes from all users.

 Dbsrv12
 gstd
 httpd
 nsrd
 nsrexecd
 nsrindexd
 nsrjobd
 nsrlogd
 nsrmmdbd
 nsrsnmd

Close Task Manager.

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

Step Action

1 Log in to the Linux host, nwlinux, via the PuTTY link on the desktop with the following:
 Username: Root
 Password: Student

2 Change to the /software directory and extract the software files.

Type:
cd /software
tar xzvf nw81_linux*
cd linux_x86_64

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

3 To install the NetWorker storage node, the following rpm files must be installed in the following
order:

lgtoclnt, lgtoman, lgtonode

In the putty terminal type:

rpm -ivh lgtoclnt*.rpm lgtoman* lgtonode*

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 Step Action

4 Start the NetWorker client process and verify that it is running.

Type: /etc/init.d/networker start

Type: ps -ef | grep nsr

End of Lab Exercise 2-2

Go to Lab Exercise 2-3

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 Lab Exercise 2-3: Install NetWorker Client Software on Windows

Purpose: In this lab you install NetWorker client software on your Windows client
machine, winclient.

Tasks: In this lab you:

 Install NetWorker client software on the Windows machine,
winclient.

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

Step Action

1 Start a remote desktop session using the link on the desktop and log in to the Windows host,
winclient.emc.edu using the following:
 Username: Administrator
 Password: Student

2 From Windows Start > Run, open the share \\nwwindows\software.

2 Open the nw81_win_x64\win_x64 folder in the share.

3 Double-click or execute: autorun

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

1. Click Run to run the software.

2. In the Thank you for selecting EMC NetWorker Internet Explorer window, click
Install EMC NetWorker 8.1 software.
3. Click Run to run the software. Click Run again.
4. Do not configure the Windows firewall.
5. Install Client software only.
6. Use the default installation directory.
7. When prompted for NetWorker servers that are allowed to back up your host,
do not specify any.
8. Do not run the Change Journal Manager after installation (uncheck the option).

4 Close Internet Explorer.

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 Step Action

5 Enter the server names of the servers you selected for each client:

<Networker_Server> ____________________________________

<Storage_Node> ___________________________________

<Client> _____________________________________

6 Reboot each of the machines that you installed software on.

 For nwwindows and winclient, select Start -> Restart

 For nwlinux, from a command prompt type: reboot

End of Lab 2-3

End of Lab 2

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 Lab 3: Using the NetWorker Management Console

Purpose: In this lab, you explore the Console GUI

Tasks: In this lab you will:

 Launch Console and define a NetWorker server to manage.

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 Lab Exercise 3-1: Connect to the Console Server from the Windows Host

Note: For all of the labs in this course you will be connecting to the console server from the Windows server,
nwwindows.

Step Action

1 Open a remote desktop session to the nwwindows.emc.edu server.

From nwwindows, connect to the Console server by opening Internet Explorer on that host and
browsing to the following URL:

http://console_server:9000

Replace console_server with the host name of your Console server, either nwlinux.emc.edu or
nwwindows.emc.edu.

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 Step Action

2 Click Start to launch the Console client. Answer yes to any security questions.

Click Run to start the application.

Accept the End User License Agreement.

The first time you log in to NetWorker Management Console, the Console Configuration Wizard
starts.
It will be used in the next lab to initially configure portions of your NetWorker environment.

Note: Whenever the Console server is used in the remaining labs for this course, start it from the
Windows host, nwwindows.emc.edu.

End of Lab Exercise 3-1

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 Lab Exercise 3-2: Customize the NetWorker Management Console Server

Step Action

1 The first time you log in to the NetWorker Management Console, the Console Configuration
Wizard starts and displays a welcome screen.

Run the wizard and follow the instructions.

Note: If the wizard is not currently running, start it from the Console Setup window. Select Setup >
Configuration Wizard. Also, the wizard can be rerun at any time.

Click Next.

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 Step Action

2 Set the password for the NetWorker Administrator user account to: networker
Confirm the password.

Click Next.

3 Specify the fully qualified name of your NetWorker server in the NetWorker Server field.

Note: Ensure that the client name matches the NetWorker Server name exactly and that the FQDN
is used for both.

Click Next.

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 Step Action

4 Enter the FQDN of your NetWorker server in the NetWorker Servers field.

Click Finish to perform the configuration wizard tasks.

5 The NetWorker Management Console interface is opened and the Getting Started window is
displayed.
Uncheck the box at the bottom of the window so that this window is not displayed every time the
Console interface is started.

Close the window.

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 Step Action

6 The NetWorker Console window is displayed with the Enterprise button open.

7 In the Console Enterprise window, click the name of your NetWorker server (either nwwindows or
nwlinux) in the left pane. Then, click Launch NetWorker Administration.

You can also right-click NetWorker in the right pane and select Launch Application.

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 Step Action

8 From the menu bar, select View > Diagnostic Mode.

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

9 To facilitate faster monitoring of NetWorker activities,

From the Console Setup tab, select System Options from the Setup pull-down menu.

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 Step Action

10 In the System Options window, set the following field values:

 Polling interval for events and reporting: 2

 Polling thread factor: 2

Click OK to save the settings and close the dialog box.

End of Lab Exercise 3-2

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 Lab 4: Perform NetWorker Backups

Purpose: In this lab, you perform various backups of the NetWorker client,
winclient.emc.edu.

Tasks: In this lab you:

 Perform client-initiated backups using NetWorker User and the
save.
 Perform server-initiated backups.
 Configure the resources required to satisfy a given scenario.
 Configure server-side and client-side directives.

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 Lab Exercise 4-1: Prepare for Backups

Step Action

1 Start NetWorker Administration from a remote desktop session to the nwwindows.emc.edu host.

2 A pool is a NetWorker resource that represents a set of volumes. To separate our disk backup data
from data stored on other media later in the course, we’ll create a pool for our disk devices.

From the Media tab, right-click Media Pools in the left pane and select New.

3 Type Disk1 for Name. Leave the Label template field blank and check Default for Groups.

Click OK. An error box displays telling you that no label template was selected. Click OK to
acknowledge the error box, and click OK again on the Media Pool Creation window again. This
automatically creates and applies a label template with the same name of the Media Pool.

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 Step Action

4 Create a resource for the Windows host, winclient, using the Client Backup Configuration wizard.
From the Configuration tab, right-click Clients in the left pane and select New Client Wizard.

5 Enter the following information in the Client Backup Configuration wizard:

Client Backup Configuration Wizard
 Client Name: winclient.emc.edu
 Click Next to accept defaults until prompted to select a pool
 Target Pool: Disk1

Click Create to create the client resource.

Click Finish to exit the wizard.
Result: A client resource is created for winclient.emc.edu.

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 Step Action

6 An AFTD is a NetWorker disk device that supports concurrent backup and restore operations. An
AFTD uses a directory within a file system as its volume. We will label this device into the pool,
Disk1. A directory on the NetWorker server has already been created for you to use for the AFTD.

From the Devices tab, right-click Devices in the left pane and select New Device Wizard.

7 Select Advanced File Type Device (AFTD) for device type.

Click Next.

8 On the Select Storage Node screen:

Select Next, and accept all default settings to use the NetWorker server as the storage node.

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 Step Action

9 On the Select Device Path screen select the folder to use based on which server you chose as your
NetWorker server:

 Linux NetWorker Server: /backupdev/adv_filedev1

 Windows NetWorker Server: E:\Adv_filedev1

10 For device name, enter:

 Windows NetWorker Server: nwwindows_aftd1
 Linux NetWorker Server: nwlinux_aftd1

For pool, select: Disk1

Use default values for the other attributes, clicking next to continue.

11 Click Configure to create the AFTD.

Then, click Finish to exit the wizard.

End of Lab Exercise 4-1

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 Lab Exercise 4-2: Perform Backups Using NetWorker Administration

Step Action

1 Change the Save set attribute of the client resources to prevent the entire disks from being backed
up. Change only the client resources that currently have a save set of All.

From NetWorker Administration on nwwindows.emc.edu, open the Configuration tab and highlight
the Clients node in the left pane.

Right-click your NetWorker server in the Clients list and click Modify Client Properties.
Note: Make sure to select the NetWorker server's client resource that has a save set of All.

2 For the Save set attribute, replace All with the following save set by typing it in the Save Set
window.

Linux NetWorker Server Windows NetWorker Server

/nsr C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker

Click OK to save your changes.

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 Step Action

3 Modify the save set attribute for winclient.emc.edu. Right-click winclient.emc.edu in the Clients list
and click Modify Client Properties.
For the Save set attribute, replace All with the following save sets:

Winclient
C:\WUTemp\inf
C:\WUTemp\Common Files
C:\WUTemp\Java

Click OK to save the changes.

Note: Ensure that you have three separate save sets listed. If using the save set browse wizard, it
may consolidate the save sets to just C:\WUTemp if all subfolders are selected. If this happens
change the save set to ensure you have three separate save sets listed.

4 You should now see the client resources with the modified Save set attributes.

Note: Do NOT use, copy, or modify the NetWorker client resource with “NMCASA” in the save set
name until specifically directed to do so in later labs.

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 Step Action

5 Modify the Default group to ensure it always performs a Full backup.

To do this, click Groups in the left pane of the Configuration tab, double-click Default in the right
pane, and go to the Advanced tab.

Set the following two attributes:

 Level: full
 Force Incremental: uncheck the box

Click OK to save the changes.

6 From the Monitoring tab, right-click the Default group and select Start, to start a backup of the
Default group.

Reply Yes to the pop-up message.

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 Step Action

7 Review the save group details for the Default group after the backup has completed.

From the Monitoring tab, double-click Default in the Group column.

Ensure that all save sets show completed successfully and there are no save sets listed in the failed
section.

8 Perform another backup of the Default group and abort the group after at least one of the save set
finishes. Use Show Details to determine the save set status.

To stop the group, use the same menu used to start the group.

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 Step Action

9 Double-click the group to view the details of the group and verify that not all save sets were backed
up successfully.

10 Right-click the Default group and select Restart. When prompted select yes and allow the group to
complete.

11 Right-click the group and select Show Details to verify that the group completed successfully.

Note: Only the save sets that had not completed successfully when the group was stopped were run.
Save sets that had already completed prior to stopping the group were not rerun.

End of Lab Exercise 4-2

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 Lab Exercise 4-3: Perform a Backup Using savegrp

Step Action

1 Open a command prompt on your NetWorker server.

Note: If you installed the NetWorker server on Linux, do this by opening a putty session to the
nwlinux server. If you installed NetWorker server on Windows then just open a command prompt.

At the command prompt, run savegrp –p Default for a preview of the backup of the Default
group.
Note: Group names are case sensitive.

At a command prompt type: savegrp –p Default

2 Next use the savegrp command to perform a full backup of the Default group.

Type: savegrp -l full Default

Note: While the backup is running, you can monitor it from the Monitoring window of the
NetWorker Administration console. Additionally, you can add a –v to the savegerp command to
increase the level of verbosity.

3 Validate that the backup completes successfully.

End of Lab Exercise 4-3

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 Lab Exercise 4-4: Create New Resources
In this lab, you are presented with a scenario for a data zone configuration. You then configure the
NetWorker resources needed to attain that configuration. You will create group, schedule, policy and client
resources.

Step Action

1 Configure all the resources needed to perform the backups requested in the following scenario as
detailed in the next pages.

2 Perform a backup of all groups using any method you want. Monitor their progress and verify they
finish without error. If any problem occurs, attempt to diagnose and correct the problem, and
perform a restart of the group(s) that failed.

3 Verify that all groups have their Autostart attribute set to Enabled so they will back up
automatically during the remainder of the week.

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 Lab Exercise 4-4 SCENARIO

You will be backing up two hosts. The first host will be your NetWorker server. You will have two client resources
for this host, in addition to the client resource with the NMC save set. You will modify the existing client resource
for your NetWorker server. The second host will be your Windows client (winclient.emc.edu).
Finally, a third client resource will be created for your NetWorker storage node.

Using the following backup requirements, create or modify resources to configure the data zone. Before actually
doing the configuration, use Table 4-4 on the following page to summarize all the resources that need to be
created/configured.

NetWorker Server (Client Resource #1)

Save sets (Linux) /nsr
Save sets (Windows) C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker
Backup time 9:00 a.m.
Schedule Full backup on Monday
No backup on Sunday
Incremental backup on all other days
Policies Data must be browsable for one month and recoverable for one year.
Pool Ensure data is backed up to the Disk1 pool

Winclient.emc.edu (Client Resource #2)

Save sets (Windows) C:\WUTemp\ , C:\WINDOWS\Help
Backup time 11:00 p.m.
Schedule Full on the 1st and the 15th of each month
Incremental on all other days
Policies Data must be browsable for 2 months and recoverable for 3 years.
Pool Ensure data is backed up to the Disk1 pool

NetWorker Storage Node (Client Resource #3)

Save sets (Linux) /etc
Save sets (Windows) C:\WINDOWS\Help
Backup time 11:00 p.m.
Schedule Level 1 each Thursday
A Full backup is needed on the 3rd Friday of every month
Incremental on all other days
Policies Data must be browsable for one month and recoverable for two months.
Pool Ensure data is backed up to the Disk1 pool.

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 Lab Exercise 4-4 Worksheet
(If desired, remove this page and fill in during the lab.)

Client #1 Client #2 Client #3

(NetWorker Server) (Winclient.emc.edu) (NetWorker SN)

Client
Name

Save sets

Group

Schedule

Browse
Policy

Retention
Policy

Table 4-4: Summary of Client Resource Information

(Use a '*' to designate a resource that must be created.)

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 Lab Exercise 4-4 Solutions
Client Resource Information

Client #1 Client #2 Client #3

(NetWorker Server) (Winclient.emc.edu) (NetWorker SN)

Save sets
C:\WUTemp
C:\Program Files\EMC
C:\WINDOWS\Help /etc
(Windows NW NetWorker
Server)

Save sets

(Linux /nsr C:\WINDOWS\Help

NW Server)

Group NSRBackup *** 11PM *** 11PM ***

Schedule Full on Monday *** Full on 1st and 15th *** Full on 3rd Friday ***

Browse Policy Month 2 Months *** Month

Retention Policy Year 3 Years*** 2 Months ***

( '***' - designates a resource that must be created prior to configuring the client resource)

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 Lab Exercise 4-4 Solution Steps

Action
All resources are configured using the Configuration and Media tabs in the NetWorker Administration interface.

Note: The names listed below for groups, schedules, and policies were selected as representative names for the
resources. You may choose different names if you desire, however, it is important that you remember which of
your chosen names relate to the names used in the labs. The lab guide will always reference the resources by the
representative names below.

Group: NSRBackup
From the Configuration tab right-click Groups in the left pane and select New.
Create Group window > Setup tab:
 Name: NSRBackup
 Start time: 9:00
 Autostart: Enabled

Group: 11PM
Right-click Groups in the left pane and select New.
Create Group window > Setup tab:
 Name: 11PM
 Start time: 23:00
 Autostart: Enabled

Pool: Disk1
From the Media tab, select Media Pools and double-click the Disk1 pool to open its properties.
In the Data Source field, select the two newly created groups so that all groups are selected for this pool.

Click OK.

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 Action

Schedule: Full on Monday

On the Configuration tab, Right-click Schedules in left pane and create a New schedule with the following:
Create Schedule window:
 Name: Full on Monday
 Period: Week
 Right-click any Sunday -> Set Level -> Skip
 Right-click any Monday -> Set Level -> Full

Click OK.

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 Action

Schedule: Full on 1st and 15th

Create Schedule window:
 Name: Full on 1st and 15th
 Period: Month
 Right-click the 15th > Set Level > Full
 Right-click the 8th > Set Level > 5
 Right-click the 22nd > Set Level > 5

Click OK.

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 Action

Full Schedule: Full on 3rd Friday

Create Schedule window:
 Name: Full on 3rd Friday
 Period: Week
 Click ok to save schedule

From the list of schedules, right-click your newly created schedule and uncheck the option show schedule as
calendar

Right-click Full on 3rd Friday schedule and select properties to make the following changes:
Schedule Properties window:
 Action: incr incr incr incr 1 incr incr
 Override: full third Friday every month

Click OK.

Note: The method for schedule creation shown in this step is particularly useful for the creation of complex
schedules that need to repeat over consecutive years. Any option supported by nsr_get_date can be used in the
override section

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 Action

Time Policy: 2 Months

Right-click Time Policies in left pane and create a New time policy with the following attributes:
Create Policy window:
 Name: 2 Months
 Number of periods: 2
 Period: Months
Click OK.

Time Policy: 3 Years

Create Policy window:
 Name: 3 Years
 Number of periods: 3
 Period: Years

Click OK.

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 Action

Client: Client #1 (NetWorker Server)

From the Configuration tab, click Clients in the left pane and double-click the existing client (not the GST client) in
the right pane.
Choose the save sets to back up by clicking Browse in the client Properties window, General tab and selecting the
directories from the Choose Directory window.
 Save Set:
Linux NW Server: /nsr
Windows NW Server: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker
 Schedule: Full on Monday
 Group: NSRBackup only

Click OK.

Client: Client #2 (winclient.emc.edu)

Right-click the winclient.emc.edu client and select Modify Client Properties.
 Save Set:
C:\WUTemp
C:\Windows\Help
 Browse policy: 2 Months
 Retention policy: 3 Years
 Backup Schedule: Full on 1st and 15th
 Group: 11PM only
 Pool: Disk1

Click OK.

Client: Client #3 (NW Storage Node)

Right-click Clients in the left pane and select New Client Wizard.
 Name: nwlinux.emc.edu or nwwindows.emc.edu
 Target Pool: Disk1
 Save set:
Linux Storage Node: /etc
Windows Storage Node: C:\WINDOWS\Help
 Browse policy: Month
 Retention policy: 2 Months
 Schedule: Full on 3rd Friday
 Group: 11PM only

Click Create.

End of Lab Exercise 4-4

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 Lab Exercise 4-5: Perform Client-initiated Backups Using NetWorker User

Step Action

1 Backups run manually from the NetWorker client are considered a level M or Manual level backup
and are treated differently than scheduled backups.
To ensure these backups go to a pool other than Default, a new pool is created and configured
specifically for manual backups.

From the Device tab, right-click Devices and launch the New Device Wizard

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 Step Action

2 Use the following options to create the new device in the wizard:
Device Configuration Wizard Options:
 Device Type: Advanced File Type Device (AFTD)
 Storage Node: Accept default selection of NetWorker Server
 Device Path: Choose the folder pre-created for you based on your NetWorker server
Linux NetWorker Server: /backupdev/adv_filedev2
Windows NetWorker Server: E:\Adv_filedev2

 NetWorker Device Name: <networker_server_name>_AFTD2

 Label and Mount Device after creation: uncheck the box Label and Mount device after
creation.

When presented with the summary page, click Configure, and Finish to complete creation of the
device and close the wizard.

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 Step Action

3 On the Media tab, right-click Media Pools, and select New

Create a new pool with the following attributes:

Basic Tab
 Name: Manual
Selection Criteria Tab
 Levels: check the box for manual

Click OK.
Click OK again to acknowledge the error box, and click OK again on the Media Pool Creation
window.

Result: This automatically creates and applies a label template with the name of the Media Pool.

4 On the Devices tab select Devices from the tree on the left.
Right-click the newly created device and choose label.
 Pools: Manual

Click OK.

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 Step Action

5 Using the Winclient link on the desktop, log in to the Windows client, winclient.emc.edu, with the
following credentials:
 User: WINCLIENT\administrator
 Password: student

Launch the NetWorker User application.

Start > All Programs > EMC NetWorker > NetWorker User

6 If the Change Server dialog box is presented, enter the fully qualified name of your NetWorker
server.
NetWorker User – Change Server
 Server: FQDN of NetWorker Server
 Check the Box: Save as Default Server

Click OK.

7 Click the Backup icon to display the file selection window.

8 Navigate to C:\WUTemp and mark the Common Files and Java folders for backup.

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 Step Action

9 Navigate into the C:\WUTemp\Common Files folder and unmark the System folder.

10 From NetWorker User, start the backup by clicking the green start icon.

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 Step Action

11 Monitor the backup by viewing the Backup Status window.

When the backup completes, this window can be used to validate that no files were backed up
from the C:\WUTemp\Common Files\System folder which you excluded from the backup.

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 Step Action

12 Return to the NetWorker Administration GUI you have open on nwwindows.

On the Media tab, select Disk Volumes in the left pane.

Double-click the Manual.001 volume to display a list of save sets on the volume.

Note the save set and client name.

13 Go back to winclient and perform another backup.

This time, only back up the C:\WUTemp\inf folder.

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 Step Action

14 Verify that the most recent backup was written to the same volume as the first.

Notice the save set name from this backup in comparison to the save set name from the previous
backup.

15 Perform another backup, this time select the C:\WUTemp\Common Files and
C:\Windows\Fonts folders.

Compress all the files being backed up by selecting Special Handling from the File menu.

Special Handling
 Options: Compress

Click OK.

Initiate the backup and monitor its progress in the Backup Status window.

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 Step Action

16 Once again, look at the contents of the volume to verify that the save set was backed up
successfully.

Identify the save set from this backup and notice the difference in save set names between the
three backups.

Can you explain why the names of each of the three save sets you backed up are different?

Note: The name of a save set created by a client-initiated backup is set to the lowest directory in the
directory structure which contains all files in the backup.

17 Perform another backup of C:\WUTemp\Common Files and C:\WINDOWS\Fonts.

Before starting the backup:

Compress the C:\WUTemp\Common Files folder by selecting the Common Files folder for backup.
Next right-click the folder and select Compress from the menu.

Continue to Step 18.

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 Step Action

18 Encrypt the C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder. In order to do this, you first must set a password.
To set the password, click the Options menu and select Password.

Password dialog box:

 Password: encrypt1
 Retype Password: encrypt1

Click OK.

19 Encrypt the C:\WUTemp\Fonts folder by selecting the Fonts folder for backup. Next right-click
the folder and select Encrypt from the menu.

20 Initiate the backup and validate its successful completion in the Backup Status window.

End of Lab Exercise 4-5

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 Lab Exercise 4-6: Using NetWorker Directives

Step Action

Background: This lab is designed to simulate a common real world scenario often encountered in
backup environments.

Scenario: In this scenario, you have a database instance with two databases that are running on
your winclient.emc.edu server. 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 filesystem backups of the database directories.
Because we don’t want to backup data already protected by the simulated NetWorker module, you
need to exclude backing up the .dbf (database) files 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.

1 From the Configuration tab, right-click Groups and select New to create a new group with the
following options:

Create Group
Setup Tab
 Name: DirTest
Advanced Tab
 Level: full
 Uncheck: Force incremental Box

Click OK.

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 2 On the Media tab select Media Pools, and modify the properties of the Disk1 pool.

Media Pool Properties

Basic Tab
 Groups: Select DirTest so all groups listed are selected to send data to this pool.

Click OK.

3 Create a new client resource for winclient.emc.edu accepting the defaults for everything but the
following properties:

Client Backup Configuration

 Name: winclient.emc.edu
 Save sets: C:\oradata

 Group: DirTest

Click configure, and Finish to complete creation of the new client instance.

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 4 From the Monitoring tab, perform a backup of the DirTest group.

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.

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

From the Configuration tab, right-click Directives and select New. Create a new directive using with
the following properties:

Create Directive
General Tab
 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 and on separate lines.

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 6 From the Configuration Tab, edit the properties of the winclient.emc.edu instance in the DirTest
Group.

Modify the following attributes:

Client Properties – winclient.emc.edu
General Tab
 Directive: Skip Databases

Click OK.

7 From the Monitoring tab, run another backup of the DirTest group.

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 8 Double-click the DirTest backup group to open the details window, if not already open.
Note the size of the C:\oradata save set.

In the DirTest Details window click the Start Time attribute and select the previously run backup of
this group.

Note the size difference of the C:\oradata save set from the previous backup.

Note: You should see a significant size difference 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.

9 You can further validate that only the two .dbf files were skipped by using the Recovery Wizard.
Click the Recovery tab and select the green plus symbol to open the recovery wizard.

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 10 Click in the Name attribute in the Source Host box and select winclient.emc.edu from the popup list.

Click Next to move to the Select Data To Recover section. By default the most recent backup is
selected and is browsable using the tree structure on the left side of the window.

Expand the directory structure out until you see the DB1 and DB2 directories. Click on DB1, and
note that only one file is displayed on the right. Repeat the process for the DB2 directory.

Click the blue arrow on the left side of the date box once to change to the backup performed prior
to configuring the directives.

Notice that after changing to the first backup, the .dbf files are listed in both the DB1 and DB2
directories. This validates that the files were included in the backup prior to configuring the
directives and skipped by backups run after applying them.

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 11 Click Close, to exit the Recovery Wizard and select Don’t Save when asked if you want to save the
recovery session.

12 Return to the Configuration tab and delete only the client instance of winclient.emc.edu belonging
to the DirTest group. It will not be used for any other labs.

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 13 On the Media tab, open the properties of the Disk1 media pool and make the following changes:
Media Pool Properties – Disk1
Basic
 Groups: Uncheck the box next to DirTest

Click OK to save the change.

On the Configuration tab, right-click the DirTest group under Groups and delete it.

Click Yes when prompted if you are sure you want to delete this group.

End of Lab Exercise 4-6

End of Lab 4

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 Lab 5: Configuring Pools and Label Templates

Purpose: In this lab, you will configure a label template resource for a pool and then
configure a pool resource.

Tasks: In this lab you:

 Create a label template resource.
 Create a pool resource.
 Perform a backup to verify the pool is properly configured.

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 Lab Exercise 5-1: Configuring Pools and Label Templates

Step Action

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

Create a label template with the following properties:

Create Label Template
General Tab
 Name: NSRBackup
 Fields: nsrbackup
01-99
 Seperator: “.”

Click OK to create the label template.

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 Step Action

2 Before creating your new media pool for the NSRBackup group to use, you must first clear the
NSRBackup group from the Disk1 pool.

From the Media tab select Media Pools and double-click the Disk1 pool and make the following
changes:
Media Pool Properties – Disk1
Basic Tab
 Groups: Un-check NSRBackup

Click OK.

3 From the Media tab, right-click Media Pools and create a New media pool with the following
properties:
Create Media Pool
Basic Tab
 Name: NSRBackup
 Groups: Check the NSRBackup box
 Label Template: NSRBackup

Click OK to save.

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 Step Action

4 From the Devices tab re-label the device currently in the Manual pool into your newly created
NSRBackup pool.
Right-click your <servername>_aftd2 device and select label.

Label the volume by selecting the following options:

Label
 Pools: NSRBackup

Click OK and then click Yes to confirm you want to overwrite the existing data on the volume.

Note: Ensure that the Disk1 pool is NOT selected on the properties of the client in the NSRBackup
group. If it is, it will override the pool settings and send data to the Disk1 pool. The pool entry of
the client should be blank.

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 Step Action

5 Perform a backup of the NSRBackup group.

6 While the backup runs, note that the save sessions are writing to the device labeled in the
NSRBackup pool.

7 To verify the save sets reside on the volume from the NSRBackup pool, from the Media tab, select
Disk Volumes, and double-click the nsrbackup.01 volume to validate the contents of the volume.

Click ok.

End of Lab Exercise 5-1

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 Lab 6: Working with NetWorker Devices

Purpose: In this lab, you configure a storage node resource, an advanced file type
device, and a dedicated autochanger controlled by the storage node.

Tasks: In this lab you:

 Create a NetWorker resource for the storage node
 Create a NetWorker resource for an advanced file type device.
 Label a volume in the new device and mount it.
 Perform a backup and verify that the new device is used.
 Configure and run a client direct backup.
 View volume and save set information pertaining to the advanced
file type device volume.
 Use inquire to view available autochangers and their associated
drive path names.
 Configure a dedicated autochanger controlled by the storage node
host.
 Configure a dedicated autochanger controlled by the NetWorker
server.
 Perform a backup to verify the autochanger configuration is
correct.

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 Lab Exercise 6-1: Create a Storage Node Resource

Step Action

1 From the Devices tab, right-click the Storage Nodes folder and create a New storage node
resource with the following properties:
Create Storage Node
General Tab
 Name: FQDN of your Storage Node
Note: Your storage node is the VM that you loaded the client and storage node
software on. If you NetWorker server is Windows, it will be the Linux server.

Configuration Tab
 Search all luns: Yes
 Use persistent names: Yes

Click OK.

End of Lab Exercise 6-1

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 Lab Exercise 6-2: Configure an Advanced File Type Device

Step Action

1 From the Devices tab, right-click Devices and use the New Device Wizard to create a new AFTD with
the following properties:
Device Configuration Wizard
 Device Type: Advanced File Type Device (AFTD)
 Storage Node: Name of your Storage Node
 Device Path:
Linux Storage Node: /backupdev/adv_filedev1
Windows Storage Node: E:\adv_filedev1
 Device Name: <storage node short name>_aftd1
 Pool: Disk1

Click Configure and Finish to complete configuration of the device.

2 From the Configuration tab, modify the two clients in the 11PM group to use the newly created
storage node by changing the following property:
Client Properties
Globals (2 of 2) Tab
 Storage Nodes: <FQDN of storage node>
nsrserverhost

Click OK and repeat the process to edit the other client in the 11PM group.

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3 From the Configuration tab, edit the properties of the 11PM group to make the following changes:
Group Properties – 11PM
Advanced Tab
 Level: Full
 Force Incremental: Un-check the box

Click OK.

4 From the Monitoring tab, run a backup of the 11PM group.

Monitor the backup to verify that the storage node device is used for most of the save sets.

Note: Not all save sets are sent to the storage node. Index save sets are backed up from the
NetWorker server and will not be directed to this device.

5 From the Media tab, select Disk Volumes, and double-click the Disk1.002 volume to validate the
save sets from the backup reside on the volume.

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 Lab Exercise 6-3: Configure and Run a Client Direct Backup

In order to facilitate client direct backups a CIFS share has already been created on your Windows server for
the E:\Adv_filedev1 device. This has been preconfigured to save time in the labs, however this would be
required if performing this outside of the lab.

Step Action

1
From the Devices tab, edit the properties of your nwwindows_aftd1 device and make the following
additions:
Device Properties – nwwindows_aftd1
General Tab
 Device Access Information: \\nwwindows.emc.edu\Adv_filedev1

Configuration Tab
 Remote User: administrator
 Password: student

Click OK.

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2 From the Configuration tab, validate the client winclient.emc.edu will use nwwindows.emc.edu as
it’s storage node:
Client Properties – winclient.emc.edu
Globals (2 of 2) Tab
 Storage Nodes: nwwindows.emc.edu (If Linux NetWorker server)
nsrserverhost (If Windows NetWorker server)

Click OK.

Note: If you chose to use a Linux NetWorker server, then the storage node attribute for
winclient.emc.edu, should contain nwwindows.emc.edu. If instead you are using a Windows
NetWorker server, the storage node attribute should contain only the keyword nsrserverhost.

3 From the Monitoring tab, run a backup of the 11PM group.

When the backup has completed, open the Details window for the 11PM group and double-click the
C:\WUTemp save set.

In the pop-up windows that is displayed note the message stating Successfully established DFA
session with adv_file device. This indicates that a Client Direct backup has been performed.

Click OK twice to close both windows.

Note: If you do not see the DFA message, validate the pathname to the share is typed exactly as
written in the lab guide and that you correctly entered the username and password.

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 Lab Exercise 6-4: Configure Library Resources
In this lab, you configure two dedicated tape libraries, one controlled by the storage node host and the other
by the NetWorker server.

NetWorker
Server

Storage Storage
Robotics Node Node Robotics

NetWorker
Client Mgmt Client
Console Srv
Host A Host B

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1 From a command prompt on the NetWorker server and storage node, type the command inquire.

Validate that an autochanger and four tape drives are detected.

Note: if an autochanger and four tape drives are not detected, power off and power on the VM VTL
in you lab manager configuration.

2 From the Devices tab in the Administration interface, right-click the Storage Nodes in the left pane
and select Configure all libraries.

3 In the Provide General Configuration Information window, leave all selections at their default
values.

Click Next.

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4 In the Select Target Storage Nodes window, make the following selections for both storage nodes:
Configure All Libraries
Select Target Storage Nodes
 Configure: Select the check box for both storage nodes
 Search all LUNs: Yes
 Use Persistent Names: Yes

Click Start Configuration and Finish.

5 Monitor the Log window in the lower left corner of the NetWorker Administration GUI until the
message is displayed that both jukeboxes have been enabled and are ready.

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6 From the Devices tab, expand the + symbol next to Libraries to view the two libraries you just
configured.

Click each of the two libraries to see the configuration and inventory of each library.

7 Right-click each library resource and edit the properties to make the following change:
Library Properties
Configuration Tab
 Auto media management: Check the box

Click OK and perform the same operation on the second library.

8 From the Configuration tab, right-click groups and create a new group with the following options:
Create Group
Setup Tab
 Name: LibTest
Advanced Tab
 Level: full
 Force incremental: Unchecked

Click OK.

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9 From the Configuration tab modify the client instance for your storage node to make the following
changes:
Client Properties - <Storage Node Client>
General Tab
 Group: Ensure only the LibTest group is selected

 Pool: Clear any selection so that a blank field is displayed

Click OK.

10 From the Media tab, right-click Media Pools and create a New media pool with the following
options:
Create Media Pool
Basic Tab
 Name: LibTest
 Groups: LibTest

Selection Criteria Tab

 Target Devices: Select all tape devices (Names include Tape or NST)

Click OK, click OK to acknowledge all pop-ups, and finally click OK again to allow NetWorker to
automatically create a label for this pool.

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11 From the Configuration tab, edit the properties of the client resource for your storage node and
validate that the following property is configured:
Client Properties - <storage node client>
Globals (2 of 2)
 Storage Nodes: <FQDN of Storage Node>

Click OK.

12 From the Devices tab, select one of the tape libraries you have configured. Right-click one of the
tape volumes and select Label.

Label the tape with the following options:

Label Library Media
 Target Media Pool: LibTest
 Prompt to Overwrite Existing Label: Uncheck the box

Click OK.

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13 From the Monitoring tab start a backup of the LibTest group and validate that data is sent to the
newly configured tape devices.

Note: You may receive an error stating that one or more of the tapes already contains a valid
NetWorker label. These errors can be disregarded and the volumes associated with them can be
relabeled without issue. This merely indicates that NetWorker has identified that these tapes were
used in a NetWorker environment previously and by default does not automatically re-label them in
case you need the data on them.

End of Lab Exercise 6-4

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 Lab 7: Manage the Media Database and Client File Indexes

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.

Tasks: In this lab you:

 View the size of client file indexes.
 Determine the number of files in most recent backup.
 Determine size of most backups of a single client
 Use the save set query tool

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 Lab Exercise 7-1: NetWorker Databases – Part 1

Step Action

1 From the Media tab select Indexes on the left and determine the total size of the client file index
(CFI) for the winclient.emc.edu server.

Size of CFI for winclient.emc.edu: _____________________

2 Display a list of all save sets for winclient.emc.edu by double-clicking on the winclient.emc.edu
entry in the Indexes box on the right side of the Media tab.

Keep the window open and proceed to Step 3.

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3 Identify the save set that has been backed up the least often. (Hint: Cycle = Backup)

Name of least frequently backed up save set(s): ______________________

4 Click the save set that was identified in the previous step.

Identify the number of files and size of each backup.

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5 In the Index Save Sets window that you already have open, select the C:\WUTemp save set for
winclient.emc.edu.

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

Click Yes to confirm you are sure you want to remove the oldest cycle for the save set C:\WUTemp.

Note the number of SSID’s now listed for the C:\WUTemp Save Set.

Click OK.

6 From the Media tab click Save Sets from the tree on the left side. This opens the Query Save Set
window on the right side.

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7 Using the Query Save Set tool, generate a list of all save sets in the Disk1 pool since the start of class
by entering the following options:
Query Parameters
 Pool: Disk1
 Save Time From: Select the first day of class
 Save Time To: Select tomorrow

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

Verify that only save sets in the Disk1 pool are reported by looking at the Pool heading.

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 Lab Exercise 7-2: NetWorker Databases – Part 2

Step Action

1 From the Media tab select Disk Volumes on the left and double-click the Disk1.001 volume to
display the save sets on that volume.

Click on one of the C:\WUTemp save sets and note the SSID.

SSID: ____________________

2 With the SSID identified in the previous step selected, click the change status button to bring up the
Change Save Set Status pop-up and make the following change:
Change Save Set Status
 Status: Suspect

Click OK.

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

Click OK.

4 From the Media tab, select Tape Volumes to display a list of currently labeled tapes.

Set the mode of any of the volumes to read-only by right-clicking on one of the volumes and
selecting Change Mode.
In the change mode dialog box enter the following options:
Change Mode
 Select Mode: Read Only

Click OK.

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5 Look at the volume you just changed in the Tape Volumes window.

What changes do you see in the Name and Mode of the volume?

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

7 From the Media tab, select Tape Volumes and select a volume from the Tape Volumes window that
has an expiration date and data written to it.

Right-click the selected volume and click Recycle to bring up the Recycled Dialog Box and make the
following change:
Recycle
 Select Recycling Policy: Manual

Click OK, and note the change in the Expiration field of the volume you just modified.

8
Change the Recycle Policy of the volume back to Auto.

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9 From the Media tab, select tape volumes on the left, and right-click an individual volume of your
choice. Select the Set Location option and enter the following information:
Set Location
 Volume: Offsite

Click OK and note the Location field for the volume in the Tape Volumes window.\

Enter the Volume Name you modified: _____________________

10 From the Devices tab, select the tape library that contains the volume you modified in the previous
step. Inventory the volume in the library by right-clicking on it in the Library window and selecting
Inventory

Enter the following options to inventory the tape:

Inventory Library
 Slot Range: Ensure your volume is selected
 Check Box: Force load and verify labels

Click OK and monitor the operation in the library status window.

11 Return to the Media tab, select Tape Volumes and validate that the location of the tape has been
changed automatically from offsite to the name of the tape library.

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12 From the Media tab select a tape volume that is located in the tape library attached to the
NetWorker server.
Note: Location should NOT have “rd=” in the name.

Right-click the volume selected and delete it. Enter the following information in the dialog box:
Delete
 Selection: File and Media Index Entries

Click OK, then click OK again to confirm you want to delete the volume from the database.

Notice the volume has been removed from the list of volumes, and is displayed in the library as <not
in media index>.

13 From the Devices tab, select the Local Library and right-click the tape volume you just deleted.
Select Load Without Mount from the pop-up menu.

Monitor the load operation and write down the name of the device that the tape was loaded into.

Device Name: ______________________________

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14 Open a command prompt on your NetWorker server and run the following command to scan the
volume you recently deleted back in to the database.
Command Prompt – NetWorker Server
 Type: scanner –im <device_name>

Note: <device_name> should be replaced with the name of the device you loaded the tape into.

15 Return to the Media tab and select Tape Volumes to display the list of tape volumes in the media
database.

Identify the volume that you just scanned back in.

What do you notice about the name and mode of this volume?

Change the volume to appendable.

End of Lab Exercise 7-2

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 Lab 8: Perform Recoveries

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

Tasks: In this lab you:

 Perform a browsable recovery using NetWorker Recovery Wizard
 Perform a save set recovery using NetWorker Recovery Wizard
 Perform a scheduled recovery using NetWorker Recovery Wizard

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 Lab Exercise 8-1: Perform a Browsable Recovery

Step Action

1 From the Recover tab select the green “+” symbol to launch the NetWorker Recovery Wizard.

2 In the Recovery Configuration wizard, create a new recovery configuration by entering the
following information:
Recover Configuration
Select the Recovery Hosts
 Name: Select winclient.emc.edu

Click Next.

3 In the Select the Data to Recover dialog box, select the C:\WUTemp\Java folder in the folder
selection tree.

Click Next.

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4 In the Select the Recovery Options window enter the following options:
Recovery Configuration
Select the Recovery Options
 File Path for Recovery: New destination path
 Recovery path box: C:\recover

Click Next.

On the Obtain the Volume Information window, leave the default options.
Click Next.

5 In the Perform the Recovery window enter the following information:

Recovery Configuration
Perform the Recovery
 Recover Name: JavaRecover
 Recovery Start Time: Start recovery now

Click Run Recovery, and monitor the Recovery Results screen until the recovery is completed.

Click Finish.

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 Lab Exercise 8-2: Perform Save Set Recoveries

Step Action

1 From the Recover tab select the green “+” symbol to launch the NetWorker Recovery Wizard.

2 In the Recovery Configuration wizard, create a new recovery configuration by entering the
following information:
Recover Configuration
Select the Recovery Hosts
 Name: Select winclient.emc.edu

Click Next.

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3 In the Select the Data to Recover window, enter the following options:
Recover Configuration
Select the Data to Recover
 Click: Save Set Recover

 Found In: Select Last and enter 1 Week

Click Query, to populate the Save Set Name and Save Set Instances windows.

4 In the Save Set Name field select the C:\WUTemp\inf save set.

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

Click Next.

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5 In the Select the Recovery Options window select the following options:
Recover Configuration
Select the Recovery Options
 File Path for Recovery: Original path
 Duplicate File Options: Rename the recovered file

Click Next.

Leave the default options on the Obtain the Volume Information page.
Click Next.

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6 In the Perform the Recovery window enter the following information:

Recovery Configuration
Perform the Recovery
 Recover Name: SaveSetRecover
 Recovery Start Time: Start recovery now

Click Run Recovery, and monitor the Recovery Results screen until the recovery is completed.

Review the Recovery Log and determine how the files were renamed.

Hint: What change was made to the filename when the file was renamed?

Click Finish.

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 Lab Exercise 8-3: Perform Scheduled Recovery

Step Action

1 From the Recover tab select the green “+” symbol to launch the NetWorker Recovery Wizard.

2 In the Recovery Configuration wizard, create a new recovery configuration by entering the
following information:
Recover Configuration
Select the Recovery Hosts
 Name: Select winclient.emc.edu

Click Next.

3 In the Select the Data to Recover dialog box, select the C:\WUTemp\Common Files folder in the
folder selection tree.

Click Next.

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4 In the Select the Recovery Options window enter the following options:
Recovery Configuration
Select the Recovery Options
 File Path for Recovery: New destination path
 Recovery path box: C:\recover

Click Next.

On the Obtain the Volume Information window, leave the default options.
Click Next.

5 In the Perform the Recovery window enter the following information:

Recovery Configuration
Perform the Recovery
 Recover Name: ScheduledRecovery
 Recovery Start Time: Scheduled recovery to start at
 Recovery time box: Select todays date and then set the time to 10 minutes from
now

Note: When selecting the recovery time, select today, then click ok to acknowledge the error and
then manually enter the time box to display a time 10 minutes from now.

Click Schedule Recovery, and note that a new recovery session is created under Configured
Recovers.

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6 Wait until after the scheduled time and validate that the recovery completes successfully. You
should see the NSR recover task complete in the log.

Additionally, once completed the ScheduledRecovery task should have a green check mark next to
it.

End of Lab Exercise 8-3

End of Lab 8

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 Lab 9: 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.

Tasks: In this lab, you will:

 Configure a clone resource.
 Run the scheduled clone.
 Configure a staging resource.
 Manually stage a save set.

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 Lab Exercise 9-1: Configure a Scheduled Clone Operation

Step Action

1 From the Configuration tab, Right-click Clones on the left and create a New clone resource.

Continue to Step 2.

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2 Configure the clone resource with the following properties:

Create Clone
General Tab
 Name: Enter the short name of your NetWorker server
 Browse Policy: 2 Months
 Retention Policy: 3 Years
 Start Time: 2:00 PM (Choose a time when you can monitor the operation)
 Interval: 24 Hours
 Write clone data to pool: Default Clone
 Days to run scheduled clone: Select Today and Tomorrow

Continue to Step 3.

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3 In the Create Clone window select the Save Set Filters tab and enter the following:
Create Clone
Save Set Filters Tab
 Groups: 11PM
 Clients: winclient.emc.edu
 Pools: Disk1
 Filter save sets by level: Full
 Include save sets from the previous: 2 Days

Click Preview Save Set Selection to see a list of save sets that will be cloned.

Click OK to finish creating your clone resource.

Monitor your NetWorker server during the time the clone is scheduled to run.

Note: Alternatively, you can right-click the clone job from the Monitoring tab to initiate it manually
instead of waiting for it to run.

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4 When the clone job runs, monitor the clone job activity on the monitoring tab.

The Log window should show messages indicating the start of the scheduled clone.

The Clones window (opened by clicking the Clones tab in the upper window of the Monitoring tab)
should show the clone operation running.

The Clone Sessions window (opened by clicking the Clone Sessions tab in the sessions window)
should display the clone operations in progress.

5 Verify that the save sets were successfully cloned, by switching to the Media tab and viewing the
contents of the tape volume in the Default Clone pool.

End of Lab Exercise 9-1

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 Lab Exercise 9-2: Configure Automatic Staging

Step Action

1 From the Monitoring tab of the NetWorker Administration GUI Perform a backup of the 11PM
group.

2 From the Configuration tab right-click Staging and create a New staging resource with the
following properties:
Create Staging
General Tab
 Name: Stage1
 Enabled: Yes
 Devices: Select 1 of the 3 AFTD’s
 Destination Pool: Default Clone
 Save Set Selection: oldest save set
 Max storage period: 1 Hour
 Recover space interval: 3 Minutes
 File system check interval: 2 Minutes

Click OK.

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4 On the Monitoring tab, watch for staging to occur over the next few minutes.

The Log window should display messages indicating the staging session is starting and has finished.

Note that clone sessions are running in the Sessions window.

Note: These are identified as clone sessions however the log will show save sets deleted after the
clone operation which is the difference between a clone and a staging operation.

5 Once the staging has completed, return to the Configuration tab and delete the staging policy that
you created.

End of Lab Exercise 9-2

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 Lab 11: Administer the NetWorker Server

Purpose: In this lab, you will perform several tasks relating to the management and
administration of the NetWorker Server.

Tasks: In this lab you:

 Create a new Console user.
 Generate canned reports and create custom reports.
 Back up the Console database.
 Enable Resource Update Logging.
 View the contents of several NetWorker and GST log files.
 Create a new NetWorker user group.
 Create an owner notification for the winclient client.

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 Lab Exercise 11-1: Manage the Console Server

Step Action

1 From the Setup tab in the NetWorker Management Console right-click Users and create a New
Console user with the following properties:
Create User
Identity Tab
 User Name: John
 Password: password1

Permissions Tab
 Managed Hosts:
Windows NetWorker Server: nwwindows.emc.edu
Linux NetWorker Server: nwlinux.emc.edu

Click OK.

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2 From the Configuration tab right-click the name of your NetWorker server in the top of the tree and
select Properties. Make the following additions:
NetWorker Server Properties
Setup Tab
 Administrator: append user=John,host=<FQDN of NetWorker Server>

Click OK.

3 Close all NetWorker Administration and Console windows.

4 Launch NMC and log in as John.

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5 From the Setup tab, attempt to create a new console user named Sally.
Attempt to create another Console user named Sally. Why are you not able to?

Note: Only users with the role of Console Security Administrator are allowed to create, modify, or delete a
Console user.

6 While still logged in as John, launch the NetWorker Administration GUI for your NetWorker server.

7 Create a new time policy resource with the following properties:

Create Policy
 Name: 4 Months
 Number of periods: 4
 Period: Months

Click OK.

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8 Remove John from your NetWorker server's administrator list.

9 Try to create a new 5 Months policy resource.

Notice that you no longer have permission to create a new resource.

10 Close all NetWorker and Console windows.

11 Launch NMC and log in as administrator.

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12 From the Reports tab, expand the NetWorker Backup Statistics folder and select the Group
Summary report.

Select the View Report tab to run the report with the default parameters.

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

From the Chart Type pull-down menu select Pie.

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13 From the Reports tab run the Server Summary report with the default parameters.

Modify the report to be displayed as a bar chart.

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14 Run the Level Summary report and configure it to show only full and inc save sets backed up by the
NetWorker server as part of the 11pm group within the last week.

Click View Report and go to the next step.

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15 Right-click the report you just ran and select Save As. Save the repot as Full and Inc Summary.

Right-click the report you created and select Share to share it with all console users.

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16 View the default output generated by the Save Set Details by Server over Time report.

Drill down through all the reports until you see details about each individual save set backed up for
the Default group on a single day.

Go back to the Daily Summary by right-clicking on the report and selecting the Back button.

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17 Right-click the report and export it as an HTML file named report.html in the C:\ directory.

Open the report.html file in a web browser.

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18 Modify the Console database by selecting the Reports pull-down menu and selecting Data
Retention.

Modify the Recover Statistics fields with the following options:

Data Retention
Recover Statistics
 Number of Periods: 3
 Period: Month

Click OK.

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19 From the Configuration tab in NetWorker Administration select Clients and modify the properties of
your NetWorker server client that is currently not part of any group.
Note: The save set for this client should contain NMCASA: If the client selected does not contain this
save set select the correct client.

Add this client to the 11PM Group.

Click OK.

20 From the Monitoring tab, run another backup of the 11PM group.

21 View the Details of the 11PM group and validate that the console backup completes successfully.

End of Lab Exercise 11-1

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 Lab Exercise 11-2: Administer the NetWorker Server

Step Action

1 On your NetWorker server view the contents of the following NetWorker log files:

o messages
o summary

If your NetWorker server is on Linux, these log files will be empty as these messages will be logged
to syslog or emailed the root user on the system, depending on the particular notification. This
behavior varies from Windows based NetWorker servers where these messages are logged in the
displayed files.

2 View the contents of the NetWorker daemon.raw log file between yesterday and today. (Adjust
the times in order to view some log messages.)

First, change to the NetWorker log directory:

 /nsr/logs (Linux NetWorker server)
 C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs (Windows NetWorker server)

nsr_render_log -S "month day time" -E "month day time"

daemon.raw

For example,

nsr_render_log -S "yesterday" -E "today" daemon.raw

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

 cd /opt/lgtonmc/logs
 nsr_render_log -B -50 gstd.raw

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4 From the Configuration tab, select User Groups. In the User Groups window right-click and create
a New user group with the following properties:
Create User Group
General Tab
 Name: NWOperators
 Users: user=wilma,host=*
user=fred,host=<networker_server_name>
 Privileges: Operate NetWorker
Monitor NetWorker
Operate Devices and Jukeboxes
Recover Local data
Backup Local data

Click OK.

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5 From the Configuration tab, select Notifications. Make a copy of the Savegroup completion
notification.

Enter the following information in the Create Notification window:

Create Notification
General Tab
 Name: Savegroup 2
 Action: nsrlog –f “c:\savegroup2.log” (Windows)
/bin/cat >> /tmp/savegroup2.log (Linux)

Click OK.

6 Perform a backup of the 11PM group.

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 Step Action

7 When the backup completes, view the contents of the savegroup2.log created by your new
notification.

8 From the Configuration tab edit the properties of the winclient.emc.edu client in the 11PM group
and make the following changes:
Client Properties – winclient.emc.edu
Globals (2 of 2)
 Owner notification:
Windows: nsrlog –f “C:\winclient.log”
Linux: /bin/mail -s "Winclient Backed up" root

9 Perform a backup of the 11PM group.

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10 Validate that the client notification occurred by checking for the file on the NetWorker server if the
NetWorker server is on Windows, or checking the mail on the Linux NetWorker server by typing
the command mail.

Windows: View log file created

Linux: Type mail and note the message was sent showing backup completion.

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11 From a command prompt or Windows explorer view the contents of the RAP log. Note the entries
for the objects created.

RAP Log Path

 /nsr/logs/rap.log (Linux)
 C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\rap.log (Windows)

End of Lab Exercise 11-2

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 Lab 13: Recover NetWorker Server Control Data

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

Tasks: In this lab you:

 Perform a recovery of the bootstrap save set.
 Perform a recovery of the client file indexes.
 Verify that the recoveries were successful.

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 Lab Exercise 13-1: Recover the Bootstrap and CFI Save Sets

Step Action

Simulate a Disaster

1 Use the mminfo command to identify the necessary bootstrap information.

mminfo -B

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

SSID: ___________________________
Volume Name: ____________________
File Number: _____________________

Note: This information is typically obtained from the bootstrap notification via email or log
depending on how you have it configured. This lab illustrated an alternative way to retrieve it in
case the bootstrap report is not available.

2 Shut down all NetWorker processes on the NetWorker server.

nsr_shutdown or shut down the NetWorker Remote Exec service

3 Simulate a disaster by renaming the following directories under /nsr or

C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr:
 Rename: mm to mm.orig
 Rename: res to res.orig
 Rename: index to index.orig

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4 Start the NetWorker and NMC server daemons.

Start the following services: (Windows)

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

Run the following commands: (Linux)

 /etc/init.d/networker start

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 the NetWorker Management Console and validate that your custom configuration is no
longer there.

Recover the bootstrap save set.

6 From the Devices tab configure the local AFTD device that had the nsrbackup.01 volume mounted in
it before the “Disaster”.

Note: Do not label your AFTD’s as this erases all data on them.

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7 From a command prompt execute nsrdr and respond to the prompts.

When prompted to replace the res database select Yes.

8 When prompted to recover client file indexes, select Yes to all clients.

When prompted if you are sure you want to continue, type Y.

While this is running, log in to the NetWorker Management Console and look for any alerts.

9 If an alert is pending requesting a tape to be mounted, mount the tape.

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10 Monitor the nsrdr recovery and validate that it completes successfully.

11 From the Media tab of the NetWorker Administration GUI select Indexes and note that the client
file indexes have been rebuilt.

End of Lab Exercise 13-1

End of Lab 13

End of Labs for EMC NetWorker Installation, Configuration and Administration

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