Prerequisites and Must know Configure or integrate Online Database backup for Oracle Server Online Database

Oracle Server Online Database Backup integration/Configuration

Backup Types:

Using the Data Protector Oracle integration, you can perform the following types of backups:

• Online backup of a whole database or parts of it
• Online incremental backup (Oracle differential incremental backup 1 to 4)
• Offline backup of a whole database
• Backup of archived redo logs only
• Backup of the Oracle database recovery catalog
• Backup of the Oracle control files
• Backup of recovery files residing in the flash recovery area

The following recovery files in the flash recovery area are backed up:

• full and incremental backup sets
• control file autobackup (SPFILE included if used)
• archived redo logs
• datafile copies, control file copies

Flashback logs, the current control file, and online redo logs are not backed up.

• In Oracle Data Guard environment, backup of standby database

 Below details are captured as per Data Protector backup tool:

Prerequisites and Must know Configure or integrate Online Database backup for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010+ integration

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010+ Database Backup integration/Configuration

Backup Types:

During backup, databases can be used actively (online backup). In DAG environments, you can back up active and/or passive database copies.

You can select among the following Microsoft Exchange Server backup types:

• Full
• Copy
• Incremental
• Differential

  Below details are captured as per Data Protector backup tool:

Prerequisites and Must know Configure or integrate Online Database backup for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 integration

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Database Backup integration/Configuration

 Below details are captured as per Data Protector backup tool:

Backup Types:

• Full database backup: Includes all data (database and all log files) regardless of the changes made after the last backup.
• Incremental Backup: Includes log files only. Refers to the previous full or incremental backup, whichever was performed last. After the backup, log files are deleted.

Prerequisites and Must know Configure or integrate Online Database backup for SharePoint Server 2007/2010/2013 integration

SharePoint Server 2007/2010/2013 integration

  Below details are captured as per Data Protector backup tool:

• Microsoft SharePoint Server objects (objects):
• The configuration database
• The Central Administration content database
• Web applications
• Search components (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 only):

a.    Shared Services Provider (SSP)

b.    Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) Help Search

Prerequisites and Must know Configure or integrate Online Database backup for Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server integration

 Below details are captured as per Data Protector backup tool:

Available Backup Types:

• Full database backup
• Transaction log backup
• Differential database backup

Prerequisites and Must know Configure or integrate Online Database backup with IBM DB2 Universal Database Server (DB2 Server)

DB2 UDB integration

 Below details are captured as per Data Protector backup tool:

Data Protector integrates with IBM DB2 Universal Database Server (DB2 Server) to back up DB2 database objects online and offline.

Available Backup Types: Full, Incremental, Delta

The basic backup unit is a table space. Only table spaces or databases (DB2 objects) can be selected for backup.

HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 14

QUESTION NO: 14

Which statements are true about Synthetic Full Backups? (Select two)

A. The incremental backups must be written to the same disk-based device.
B. The enhanced incremental backup option is required.
C. The enhanced incremental backup option is not required.
D. The initial full backup must be written to a disk-based device
E. The initial full backup must be written to tape.

Answer: A,D

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HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 13

QUESTION NO: 13

During an upgrade process from 7.x or 8.x to 9 x, when would a catalog migration be recommended?

A. For customers that use long retention periods
B. For any Data Protector 8.0.0 upgrade to Data Protector 8.10 or 9 x
C. For customers that have 64-bit Cell Managers
D. For any Data Protector 7 x upgrade to Data Protector 8.x or 9 x

Answer: A

HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 12

QUESTION NO: 12

You want to create a1:l copy of your tapes Which Data Protector copy operation should you select?

A. Object copy
B. Object consolidation
C. Media vaulting
D. Media copy

Answer: D
 
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HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 11

QUESTION NO: 11

HP Data Protector software provides an event-driven notification system. Which notification methods are available"? (Select two)

A. Broadcast
B. Filter
C. Store to database
D. Paging
E. Email

Answer: A,E
 
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HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 10

QUESTION NO: 10

Before launching a Data Protector Cell Manager installation on Windows, which requirements should you ensure are met? (Select two)

A. The port 5555 needs to be available 
B. The user DPAdmin must exist and own Administration privileges.
C. The Volume Shadow Copy Service must be started.
D. The fixed IP address must be configured
E. The directory C:\HewiettPackard must exist.

Answer: A,B
 
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HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 9

QUESTION NO: 9

You are performing a backup for unattended operations. You need to synchronize the status of the application with the backup activity in order to avoid inconsistent backups due to open files. What should you do to achieve this goal?

A. Use the SyncApp command.
B. Use the Asynchronous reading backup option.
C. Set up pre- and post-exec scripts
D. Set up a notification.

Answer: C

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HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 8

QUESTION NO: 8

Which statement correctly describes the status of the old DCBF after the IDB Core Migration?

A. The old DCBF was moved to the new DCBF location and converted to the new DCBF 20
format.
B. The old DCBF remained in the current DCBF location, but was converted to the new DCBF 2.0 format.
C. The old DCBF was moved to the new DCBF location, but not converted to the new DCBF 2.0 format.
D. The old DCBF remained in the current DCBF location and was not converted to the new DCBF
2.0 format.

Answer: C

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HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 7

QUESTION NO: 7

What is the Data Protector command to start a copy session from the command line?

A. omnicopy
B. omniobjcopy
C. ornnicreate
D. omnicopycons

Answer: B

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HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 6

QUESTION NO: 6
 

What is a core migration?

A. A manual process during the upgrade of the Data Protector Cell Manager 7.x to Data Protector 9.00
B. Aprocess that occurs when upgrading from Data Protector 8.x to Data Protector 9 00
C. Aprocess that migrates all DCBF files to a new DCBF 2.0 format
D. Aprocess that migrates the SQL portion of the IDB

Answer: C

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Veritas NetBackup Commands by Type - with explanation

NETBACKUP COMMANDS: Here again i'm listing some common used commands by NetBackup admin after my earlier Must Know Commands, You can go through below tables by section of each component.

Listed commands by:

• CONFIGS
• DEVICES
• SERVICES
• MEDIA
• JOBS
• CLIENTS
• POLICES

Five things backup administrators should know about VMware Consolidated Backup

How VMware Consolidated Backup Works

Consolidated Backup consists of a set of utilities and scripts that work in conjunction with a third-party backup software. To ensure that Consolidated Backup works with the specific backup software, either VMware or your backup software vendor provide integration modules containing any required pre-backup and post-backup scripts.
The third-party software, integration module, and Consolidated Backup run on the VCB proxy, a physical or virtual machine that has Microsoft Windows operating system installed.
For specific versions of Microsoft Windows, see Configuring Windows on the VCB Proxy.
VMware Consolidated Backup Usage Models
To store and manage virtual disk files, ESX Server uses a variety of physical storage devices, including local disks, NAS storage, Fibre Channel SANs, or iSCSI SANs.
For more information on different types of storage, see ESX Server 3 Configuration Guide or ESX Server 3i Configuration Guide.
The type of storage device your ESX Server system has access to determines how you set up the VCB proxy and the transportation method Consolidated Backup uses to access virtual disk data.
Consolidated Backup provides the following methods of accessing virtual machine disk data:
• SAN Mode – Use with Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage to completely off-load backups to a physical VCB proxy.
• Hot-Add Mode – Use with any type of storage to perform backups by a VCB proxy set up in a virtual machine.
• LAN Mode (NBD Mode) – Use when your environment does not permit the use of the SAN or Hot-Add modes.

VMware Consolidated Backup Workflow | Types of Backups | Performing Image-Level Virtual Machine Backups

VMware Consolidated Backup Workflow

Before using Consolidated Backup, you need to configure and schedule a backup job for each virtual machine or a group of virtual machines.

At the scheduled time, the backup software starts the backup job on the VCB proxy. When the backup job is launched, the following steps take place:

1	The backup software calls the pre-backup script, which performs these tasks:

a	(Optional) Runs your custom pre-freeze script in the virtual machine.

The pre-freeze script prepares the critical software components in the virtual machine for a backup. See below Running Custom Quiescing Scripts.

b	Quiesces the virtual machine.

c	Puts the virtual machine into snapshot mode.

Changes to virtual disks are stored for later writing. The virtual machine can continue to operate during this process.

d	Unquiesces the virtual machine that was quiesced in Step b.

e	(Optional) Runs your custom post-thaw script in the virtual machine.

The post-thaw script reverses any changes made by the pre-freeze script in Step a.

f	Makes the virtual machine snapshot available to the third-party software:

•	For image-level virtual machine backups, see below Performing Image-Level Virtual Machine Backups.

•	For file-level backups of Microsoft Windows virtual machines, see below Performing File-Level Virtual Machine Backups.

2	The backup software performs an ordinary backup of the virtual machine snapshot moving the data to a backup medium. The virtual machine can continue to operate during this process.

3	The backup software calls the post-backup script, which performs the following tasks:

a	Unmounts the virtual machine snapshot from the backup proxy.

b	Takes the virtual machine out of snapshot mode, committing to disk any changes made while the machine was in snapshot mode.

Netbackup (CLI) Important Commands (Useful Commands) and Explanations

Being a NetBackup backup administrator we should know minimum commands to manage our regular tasks with a simple CLI commands, here I listed few which should know by every NetBackup administrator.

Master Server

1) Check the license details
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key

2) Stop and Start the netabackup services

WINDOWS:

Stop the NetBackup Services. 

\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\bpdown /f /v

start the NetBackup Services.

\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\bpup /f /v

UNIX:
i) /etc/init.d/netbackup stop (start)       —>  graceful stop and start
ii) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.kill_all    —> Stop backup including GUI sessions, ungraceful
iii) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.start_all —> Start the backup                   

iv) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/initbprd      —> starts the master server
v) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/vmd           —> starts the media server
vi) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/jnbSA        —> Starts the GUI sessions

NetBackup: Install Client Software in Veritas NetBackup (Symantec) – Windows OS

NetBackup client must be installed on the computer before creating a backup policy, client software can be installed by locally (CD ROM)  or remotely via network. Here is the small tutorial about installing client on Windows 2003 server.

Run browser.exe from CD ROM or HDD. Setup will start, Select Installation menu, then select Client Software Instillation.

Click Next on welcome window.

NetBackup: Create Backup Policy in Veritas NetBackup (Symantec) – Verify Windows or Unix Policy

Backup policy has to be created to backing up the client data over the network, before crating a policy; install Symantec NetBackup 7.5 client on remote machine. While doing the post configuring it might ask you to create data backup policy or you can create new backup policy from admin console.

Backup policy can be created from Admin Console.

UpgradeCheck script download and Use | Prerequisites & pre-check before upgrade to DP 10.03

If you want to upgrade Data Protector version to 10.03, need refer this post. It provides pre-check script to make sure all prerequisites are met before upgrade your Cell Manager from older version (DP 8.1x, DP 9.0x) to DP 10.03. This script (UpgradeCheck) will abort a DP 10.03 upgrade or produce a warning message when attempting to do a DP 10.03 upgrade if adequate system requirements are not met. Most importantly, perform upgrade with this script will help to avoid many errors during upgrade DP 10.03.

Note:

-This is a PL script. It can use to pre-check before upgrade to DP 10.03.
-It is released in ZIP format. Need to extract it to use.

UpgradeCheck script download:

UpgradeCheck1003.zip
direct link (17 KB)

Content:
UpgradeCheck.zip (8 KB) for Windows
MD5 checksum: e5cfdfbd3b0fa83946feeb488eadaacb

UpgradeCheck.tar (40 KB) Linux/HP-UX
MD5 checksum: 6625e92583ad69958e15ac111f798900

Need download DP 10.03 software? Download here.

Warning!

This Script will abort a DP 10.03 upgrade or produce a warning message when attempting to do a DP 10.03 upgrade if adequate system requirements are not met.

Checks Performed: