Dell+NetWorker+19 6+Administration+Lab+-+Participant+Guide

DELL NETWORKER 19.
6 ADMINISTRATION
LAB
PARTICIPANT GUIDE
PARTICIPANT GUIDE
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Dell NetWorker 19.6 Administration Lab
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Table of Contents
Introduction to On-Demand Lab Environment ........................................................... 2

NetWorker Security .................................................................................................. 10
Pools and Backup Devices ..................................................................................... 24
NetWorker Backups ................................................................................................. 36
Advanced Workflows ............................................................................................... 58
Cloning and Staging ................................................................................................ 97
Media Database and Client File Indexes .............................................................. 118
NetWorker Recoveries ........................................................................................... 133
Deploy vProxy Appliance ...................................................................................... 150
Configure NetWorker for VMware Backups ......................................................... 162
VMware Revert Recovery in NWUI........................................................................ 177
NetWorker Logs and Reports ............................................................................... 182
Recover NetWorker and NMC Server ................................................................... 195
Summarizing Dell NetWorker 19.6 Administration Lab ...................................... 212
Conclusion ....................................................................................................................... 213
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Introduction to On-Demand Lab Environment
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Important Information
• Chrome 18 or higher is the recommended browser.

• Other supported browsers include: Firefox 13 or higher, Safari 7 (Mac), Internet
Explorer (10 or higher).
• Browser settings should accept cookies, run JavaScript, and allow web sockets.
• Note: Due to the complexity and size of this vApp, it could take 10 minutes to
load and start.
• If there are performance issues or problems accessing the VMware® Learning
Platform, go to Bandwidth Test, Browser Compatibility, and Connectivity Test
for VLP.
For additional information consult the following resources:

• Dell NetWorker Implementation
• Dell NetWorker Administration
• The following guides that are accessible from the Dell Support website
NetWorker page:
− Dell NetWorker Administration Guide

− Dell NetWorker Hardware Compatibility Guide
− Dell NetWorker Command Reference Guide
− Dell NetWorker Security Configuration Guide
− Dell NetWorker Error Message Guide
− Dell NetWorker VMware Integration Guide
− Dell NetWorker DD Boost Integration Guide
Be Careful Using the End Button
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NOTE: Instructor-led labs do not use the END button.
• Returning to the lab is not possible after clicking END and confirming.
• Clicking END within the allotted time is required to receive credit for the lab.
Objective: Connect to Your Lab Environment
The tasks to perform in this lab are:

• View Lab Topology
• Log In to Your Lab Environment
Lab Topology
Review dedicated Lab Environment.
1. In this class, the dedicated lab environment includes:
• AD: (ad.dellemc.edu) Windows 2012R2 Active Directory and DNS Server
• DDVE1: (ddve1.dellemc.edu) PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition 7.3
• DDVE2: (ddve2.dellemc.edu) PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition 7.3
• ESXi: (esxi.dellemc.edu): VMware ESXi 6.7
• LICENSE: (license.dellemc.edu) Windows 2016 NetWorker License Server

3.6.6
• LINUX: (linux.dellemc.edu) Linux CentOS 7 NetWorker Client
• NMC: (nmc.dellemc.edu) Windows 2016 NetWorker Management Console

server
• NW: (nw.dellemc.edu) Linux CentOS 7 NetWorker Server and

Authentication

• NWUI: (nwui.dellemc.edu) Linux CentOS 7 NetWorker Web UI Server
• SN: (sn.dellemc.edu) Linux CentOS 7 NetWorker Storage Node
• WINDOWS: (windows.dellemc.edu) Windows 2016 NetWorker Client
Connect to the Lab Environment

Use the VMware® Learning Platform (VLP) lab environment to complete the lab
exercises.
• If in a classroom, use a personal computer or a student system.

• If taking the course online, use a home system.
To connect to the VLP lab environment, follow these steps:
1. Launch the Chrome browser, and then go to

http://edulab.emc.com/emcedu/catalogs/.
2. If in an Instructor-led or class or an virtual class, log in using the instructor-

provided credentials.
Username:_______________
Password:________________
3. In the upper right corner of the browser, click Help > Tips to review helpful
information.

4. In the panel on the left, locate the lab environment under Enrollments to start.
Explore the Environment

This lab is a continuation of the NetWorker Implementation Lab which covers
NetWorker software installation and configuration for a single data zone. The main
difference between the Implementation and Administration labs is the addition of
the PowerProtect DD Virtual Editions. Explore the servers and applications.
1. From the CONSOLES panel on the left, unlock the console for the NMC host.
The NMC console is used for most operations in the lab. Sign in with the
following credentials:
User name: DellEMC\Administrator
Password: Student1!
2. The desktop contains two text files that are named Network and Passwords.
The Network and Passwords files contain all the DNS names, IP addresses,
and passwords for the environment.

3. Open Firefox from the taskbar icon.
Notice that there are bookmarks for the PowerProtect DD System Managers
(DDVE) and vSphere in the bookmarks toolbar.
Click each DDVE bookmark to confirm that the PowerProtect DD Virtual

Edition systems are running.

Tip: If the page is not loading, it may be because the PowerProtect

DD Virtual Edition system is still starting-up. Wait a few minutes
and then try again.
4. Notice that there is a bookmark for the NetWorker Web UI (NWUI) in the
bookmarks toolbar.
Click the NWUI bookmark and verify that the login page appears. NWUI is the
interface that is used for most operations in the lab. Any operations that web
UI does not support are performed in the NetWorker Management Console
(NMC).

5. If any consoles are not accessible, use the POWER RESET option at the top
of the console.
If resolution is too small, use the tools in the console of the VLP panel to adjust
screen size.

Important: If any NetWorker license messages appear in

NetWorker Administrator or NWUI, it is a result of the NetWorker
server NW booting up too soon or the license server LICENSE
booting too late when the lab was started. A reboot of the NW
server clears the message, though this is not required.

NetWorker Security
NetWorker Security
The purpose of this lab is to perform several tasks relating to security features of
NetWorker.
In this lab, perform the following tasks:

• Configure NetWorker authentication of external users.
• Create a local NetWorker user.
Configure NetWorker Authentication of External Users

Configure the NetWorker Authentication Service to authenticate users in Active
Directory using External Authority.
6. From consoles tab in VLP, open the NMC console.
If prompted, log in with the following credentials:
Password: Student1!
7. Launch the Firefox web browser from the taskbar at the bottom.
8. Click the NWUI bookmark.
9. In the web UI, type the login information:
Username: Administrator
Password: Student1!

NetWorker Security
Click LOG IN.
10. From the NWUI menu on the left, expand Authentication Server.
Select External Authorities.

NetWorker Security
11. To add a new Active Directory user, click +ADD.
12. In Create External Authority specify the following options:
Name: NW AD Admin
Server Type: Active Directory
Provider Server Name: ad.dellemc.edu

NetWorker Security
Port: 389
Tenant: default
Domain: dellemc.edu
User DN: cn=administrator,cn=users
User DN Password: Student1! (Domain administrator password)
Accept all other defaults and click FINISH.
13. From the start button on NMC, open the SSH terminal program PuTTY.

NetWorker Security
Log in to the NW server with the following credentials:
Host Name: nw
Click Open.
login: root
Password: Student1!
14. Use the authc_mgmt commands on the NetWorker server to verify that the
Active Directory users and groups are visible. The user Student1 has already
been created in Active Directory for use in this lab.
Text files with the commands and output are found on the NMC server at
Z:\Software. Copy the commands from the text files that are listed below and
paste into the PuTTY session by right-clicking in the PuTTY screen. Below are
the files and the expected output:
cd /nsr/authc/bin
From the file Z:\Software\ldap-users.txt:
authc_mgmt -u administrator -p Student1! -e query-ldap-

users -D query-tenant=default -D query-domain=dellemc.edu
From the file Z:\Software\ldap-groups.txt:

groups -D query-tenant=default -D query-domain=dellemc.edu

NetWorker Security
From the file Z:\Software\ldap-groups-for-users.txt:

groups-for-user -D query-tenant=default -D query-
domain=dellemc.edu –D user-name=Student1
15. Verify that each authc_mgmt query command returns records successfully.
Close the text files and close the PuTTY session by typing exit.
16. From the NWUI menu on the left, expand Server.
Select User Groups.
17. To authorize the external group to perform tasks on the NetWorker server,
assign the external group to a user group on the NetWorker server.

NetWorker Security
Click the radio button for Application Administrators and click EDIT.
18. In Application Administrators specify the following options:
In External Roles click (+) to add a new line and type

cn=networker_admins,cn=users,dc=dellemc,dc=edu.
The Security Group NetWorker_Admins and user Student1 have already

been created in Active Directory Users.

NetWorker Security
Click SAVE.
19. Log out of NWUI by clicking the user icon in the upper right.
Click Logout.
Click Logout to confirm.
20. Log in with the Active Directory domain username and password.
Username: dellemc.edu\Student1
Password: Student1!

NetWorker Security
21. Click the user icon in the upper right to confirm domain user profile login.
22. Confirm that application administration privileges are available by creating a

group resource.
From the NWUI menu on the left, expand Protection.
Click Groups.
Click +ADD.
Name: Test Group
Type: Client
Click NEXT and FINISH.
Verify that the group was created. To delete Test Group, click the radio button
and click DELETE.

NetWorker Security
23. Log out of NWUI and log in as Administrator.
Create a Local User

Create a local user in NetWorker with limited access.
Select Users.
25. To add a new user, click +ADD in the main window.

NetWorker Security
26. In Create User specify the following options:
Name: Student2
Password: Student1!
Confirm Password: Student1!
Groups: Users (selected using right arrow)

NetWorker Security
Click CREATE.
27. Log out of the NWUI by clicking the user icon in the upper right.
Log in with the new local username and password.
Username: Student2
Password: Student1!
28. Attempt to re-create the group Test Group.

NetWorker Security
The operation failed because the correct privileges have not been assigned to
user Student2.
29. Log out of NWUI and log in as Administrator.
Select Users.
31. To enable Administrator privileges for Student2, click the radio button and
click EDIT.

NetWorker Security
32. In Student2 scroll down to Groups and move Administrators to the Selected
field.
Click SAVE.
33. Log out of NWUI and log in as Student2.
34. Attempt to re-create the group Test Group.
Verify that the group was created. To delete Test Group, click the radio button
and click DELETE.
Log out of NWUI.

Pools and Backup Devices
Scenario:
The purpose of this lab is to create a NetWorker label template, a backup media
pool, and a backup device in preparation for running backups.

• Create a label template.
• Create a media pool.
• Create backup devices.
Create Backup Media Pools

Use NetWorker Management Web UI (NWUI) to configure a backup media pool.
35. Log into NWUI as Administrator. From the NWUI menu on the left, expand
Devices and Media.
Select Label Templates.

36. To add a new label template, click +ADD in the main window.
37. In Create Label Template, specify the following options:

Name: Backup Template
Fields: Range of Numbers 001 To 100
Separator: Dot(.)
Accept all other defaults and click CREATE.
38. From the menu on the left, expand Devices and Media.
Select Media Pools.

39. To add a new media pool, click +ADD in the main window.

40. In Create Media Pool specify the following options:
Name: Backup Pool
Type: Backup
Label Template: Backup Template
Media Type Required: Data Domain
41. Create another media pool by specifying the following options:
Name: DR Pool
Type: Backup
Label Template: Backup Template
Create PowerProtect DD Devices

Create backup devices on PowerProtect DD system DDVE1.

Select Data Domain Systems.
43. DDVE1 must be added to NetWorker first. To add a new system, click +ADD
in the main window.
44. In Create Data Domain specify the following options:
Name: ddve1.dellemc.edu

Username: ddboost_user
Password: Student1!
Verify that the system is created successfully.
45. Add the SNMP community string to monitor events on the system.
Select the radio button next to ddve1.dellemc.edu and click EDIT.

46. In ddve1.dellemc.edu specify the following options:
SNMP Community String: snmp-ro
Click SAVE.
Select Devices.

48. To add a new device, click +DEVICE in the main window.
Click Data Domain.
49. In Create Data Domain Device specify the following options:

Accept all other defaults and click CONNECT.
Click NEXT.
50. In Select Folders for Devices, select NEW FOLDER.
Enter the Folder Name Dev_1.
Check the box for Dev_1.

Notice the Device Name and Storage Path.
Click NEXT.
51. In Pools and Storage Nodes specify the following options:
Storage Node: ADD, sn.dellemc.edu (storage node external to NetWorker

server). Accept all defaults and click FINISH.
Pool Type: Backup
Pool: Backup Pool
Enable Label & Mount.
Accept all other defaults and click NEXT.
52. Review the Summary and click CREATE.
Verify that the device was created successfully and click FINISH.
53. Create another device on DDVE1 using the following options:
Folder Name: Dev_DR

Storage Node: nw.dellemc.edu (embedded storage node on NetWorker

server)
Pool Type: Backup
Pool: DR Pool
Enable Label & Mount.
Accept all other defaults and click NEXT and FINISH.

NetWorker Backups
NetWorker Backups
Scenario:
The purpose of this lab is to create a client and scheduled backup for the
NetWorker clients WINDOWS and LINUX.

• Create a client.
• Create a protection group.
• Create a policy and workflow.
• Add an action to the workflow.
Configure the Server Protection Policy

Modify the Server protection policy to protect the NetWorker and NMC servers.
Select Policies.

NetWorker Backups
55. When navigating NWUI, either click the name of the feature or the radio
button. These instructions specify which to choose.
Click the name Server Protection.
Click the name Server backup.
To edit the action Server: Server db backup, click the radio button and click
EDIT.

NetWorker Backups
56. In the Data Movement tab specify the following:
Destination Storage Node: nw.dellemc.edu (embedded storage node on

NetWorker server)
Destination Pool: DR Pool
Accept all other defaults and click SAVE.
57. Click the back arrow "<" and click the name NMC server backup.
To edit the action Traditional: NMC server backup, click the radio button and
click EDIT.

NetWorker Backups
58. In the Data Movement tab, ensure the options match the following:
Select the hostnames and use the left and right arrows to make changes.
Select Storage Node: sn.dellemc.edu
Selected Storage Node: nw.dellemc.edu (embedded storage node on

NetWorker server)
Destination Pool: DR Pool

NetWorker Backups
Create a NetWorker Client

Create a NetWorker client for WINDOWS in NWUI.
59. From the menu on the left, expand Protection.
Select Clients.
60. To add server WINDOWS as a NetWorker client click +ADD in the main
window.

NetWorker Backups
61. In Basic Configuration specify the following options:
Name: windows.dellemc.edu
Accept all other default options and click NEXT.
62. In Backup Configuration accept the default options.
Click NEXT.
63. Allow a few minutes for the next screen. In Save Sets Configuration, accept
the default options.
Click NEXT.
64. In Advanced Configuration, accept the default options.
Click NEXT.
65. Review the Summary.

NetWorker Backups
Click FINISH.
66. Verify that windows.dellemc.edu was successfully added as a client.
Configure NetWorker Clients

Modify the NetWorker clients to specify what file system data to backup.
67. From the NWUI menu on the left, expand Protection.
Select Clients.

NetWorker Backups
68. To edit linux.dellemc.edu, click the radio button and click EDIT.
69. In the GENERAL tab, scroll down to Save Sets and click delete the All save
set.

NetWorker Backups
Next, click BROWSE.
70. In the Select Save Sets screen, expand linux.dellemc.edu.
Expand / and select the documentation folder on the right. The folder
contains NetWorker PDF files.
Click SAVE to close the window.
71. Verify only the /documentation save set is shown and click SAVE.
72. Repeat the process for client windows.dellemc.edu.
Delete the All save setand add the C:\Documents save set.

NetWorker Backups
Click SAVE.
Create a Data Protection Policy

Configure a policy with a protection group and workflow to protect client file system.
Select Groups.
74. To add a new protection group for clients, click +ADD in the main window.

NetWorker Backups
75. In Create Group specify the following options:
Name: Filesystem Group
Type: Client
76. In Client Resources select the following clients:

NetWorker Backups
linux.dellemc.edu
windows.dellemc.edu
Click FINISH.
Select Policies.

NetWorker Backups
78. To add a new policy click +ADD in the main window.
79. In Add Policy select the following clients:
Name: Lab Exercises Policy

NetWorker Backups
Enable Enable in Protection Period.
Click NEXT.
80. In Notification accept all defaults.
Click FINISH.
81. To add a new workflow to the policy, click +ADD in the main window.

NetWorker Backups
82. In Create Workflow specify the following options:
Name: Filesystem Workflow
Disable Autostart.
83. In Notifications accept the default Set at Policy Level.
Click NEXT.
84. In Associate Group select the following:
Select Group: Filesystem Group

NetWorker Backups
Click FINISH.
85. To add a new action to the policy expand +ACTION in the main window.
Select Backup > Traditional.
86. In Create Action select the following:
Name: backup action
87. In Data Movement select the following using the left and right arrows:

NetWorker Backups
Select Storage Node: nw.dellemc.edu
Selected Storage Node: sn.dellemc.edu (storage node external to NetWorker

server)
88. In Schedule select the following:
Configuration: Full Every Day

NetWorker Backups
Click NEXT.
89. In Notifications accept the default On Completion.
Click NEXT.
90. In Advanced Configuration accept all defaults and click NEXT.
91. Review the Summary screen and click FINISH.
Verify that the action created successfully.

NetWorker Backups
Start and Monitor Backups

Start the backup in NWUI and monitor its progress.
Select Policies.
Click the name Lab Exercises Policy.
2. Click the radio button for the Filesystem Workflow.
Manually start the backup outside of the schedule by clicking START and
confirm by clicking START again.
3. Filesystem backups of both WINDOWS and LINUX clients are running.
From the NWUI menu on the left, expand Monitoring.
Select Active Sessions.

NetWorker Backups
4. Click REFRESH to update the list.
Any backup sessions currently running are displayed.

NetWorker Backups
However, some client backups may run too quickly to view and may have
already completed. Click REFRESH.
5. From the menu on the left, select Server Messages to confirm that the
workflow completed successfully. Sort by Time and filter by Source and
Category.
6. Start the backup of the workflow Server backup in the Server Protection
policy.
Start the backup of the workflow NMC server backup in the Server
Protection policy.
From the menu on the left, select Active Sessions and Server Messages to
confirm that both workflows completed successfully.

NetWorker Backups

Advanced Workflows
Advanced Workflows
Scenario:
The purpose of this lab is to configure advanced workflows.

• Create a workflow with multiple actions.
• Create a dynamic client group and perform the backup.
• Add a notification to an action and send the notification to the NetWorker server.
• Create a directive and perform the backup.
Create a Workflow with Multiple Actions

Configure a workflow in NetWorker to perform multiple actions sequentially.
Select Groups.

Advanced Workflows
8. To add a new group, click +ADD in the main window.
9. In Create Group specify the following options:

Advanced Workflows
Name: Multiple Action Group
Type: Client
10. In Client Resources select the following clients:
linux.dellemc.edu
windows.dellemc.edu

Advanced Workflows
Click FINISH.
Select Policies.

Advanced Workflows
12. Click the name Lab Exercises Policy.
To add a new workflow, click +ADD in the main window.

Advanced Workflows
Name: Multiple Action Workflow
Disable Autostart to prevent multiple backups during the lab exercises.
Click NEXT.
Select Group: Multiple Action Group
Click FINISH.

Advanced Workflows
Select Check Connectivity.
Name: check connectivity action
Notice the new Succeed only after all clients succeed option.
Enable Define.

Advanced Workflows
Click NEXT.
22. To add another action to the policy, expand +ACTION in the main window.

Advanced Workflows
23. In Create Action, select the following:
Name: multiple action
Notice the new Driven By option.
24. In Data Movement, select the following using the left and right arrows:
Selected Storage Node: sn.dellemc.edu
Destination Pool: Backup Pool

Advanced Workflows
25. In Schedule, select the following:

Advanced Workflows
Click NEXT.
Click NEXT.

Advanced Workflows
29. Start the backup of the Multiple Action Workflow.
From the menu on the left select Active Sessions and Server Messages to
confirm that the workflow completed successfully.
Create Dynamic Client Group

Create a dynamic group that matches clients based on tags.
Select Groups.

Advanced Workflows
32. In Create Group, specify the following options:

Advanced Workflows
Name: Tag Backup Group
Type: Client
Filter Type: Dynamic
33. In Client Resources select the following:
Enable Clients with these tags.
In the Client Resources field, type Backup_client.

Advanced Workflows
Click ADD, and verify that the tag has moved to the Selected Client Tags
field.
Click FINISH.
Select Policies.
To add a new workflow click +ADD in the main window.

Advanced Workflows
Name: Tag Backup Workflow
Click NEXT.

Advanced Workflows
Select Group: Tag Backup Group
Click FINISH.
Name: tag backup action

Advanced Workflows
41. In Data Movement select the following using the left and right arrows:

Advanced Workflows
Click NEXT.
Click NEXT.
Verify that the action was created successfully.
46. To configure a client resource with a tag, expand Protection.
Select Clients.

Advanced Workflows
47. To edit linux.dellemc.edu, click the radio button and click EDIT.
48. In the GENERAL tab, scroll down to Tags and specify the following:
Tags: Backup_client

Advanced Workflows
49. Start the backup of the Tag Backup Workflow.
From the menu on the left select Server Messages to confirm that the
workflow completed successfully, and that only linux.dellemc.edu was
backed up.
Configure NetWorker Directives

Configure a file system backup of a directory to exclude a specific file type.

Advanced Workflows
Select Groups.

Advanced Workflows
52. In Create Group, specify the following options:
Name: Directive Group
Type: Client
53. In Client Resources, select the following client:
windows.dellemc.edu

Advanced Workflows
Click FINISH.
Select Policies.

Advanced Workflows
To add a new workflow, click +ADD in the main window.
56. In Create Workflow, specify the following options:

Advanced Workflows
Name: Directive Workflow
Click NEXT.
58. In Associate Group, select the following:
Select Group: Directive Group
Click FINISH.

Advanced Workflows
59. To add a new action to the policy, expand +ACTION in the main window.
Name: directive backup action

Advanced Workflows

Advanced Workflows
Click NEXT.
63. In Notifications, accept the default On Completion.
Click NEXT.
64. In Advanced Configuration, accept all defaults and click NEXT.
Verify that the action was created successfully.
66. Start the backup of the Directive Workflow.
From the menu on the left, select Server Messages to confirm that the
workflow completed successfully.

Advanced Workflows
This backup is used later in this lab to compare the size of a directive backup.
67. From the NWUI menu on the left, expand Server.
Select Directives.

Advanced Workflows
68. To add a new directive, click +ADD in the main window.
69. In Create Directive, specify the following options:
Name: Skip PDF Files
Directory Specification: C:\Documents
ASM pattern: skip: *.pdf
Allow
Click CREATE.
70. To configure a client resource with the directive, expand Protection.
Select Clients.

Advanced Workflows
71. To edit windows.dellemc.edu, click the radio button and click EDIT.
72. In the GENERAL tab, scroll down to Directive and specify the following:
Directive: Skip PDF Files

Advanced Workflows
73. Start the backup of the Directive Workflow. Use this backup later in the lab
as a comparison before a directive was created.
From the menu on the left, select Server Messages to confirm that the
workflow completed successfully.
74. Verify the backup size difference before and after the directive by clicking
Recover and Savesets in the NWUI menu on the left.

Advanced Workflows
75. In Recover and Savesets, specify the following options for the filter:
Client Type: Traditional
Client: windows.dellemc.edu

Advanced Workflows
Click SEARCH SAVESETS.
76. Verify that the most recent save sets are at the top of the list. Review the
details of the two most recent backups and identify the size difference.

Advanced Workflows
The first save set is with the directive and skipped all the PDF files during the
backup.
The second save set is without the directive.
Important: NetWorker directives are supported using file system

backups but not Block Based Backups (BBB).
77. Edit the client windows.dellemc.edu to remove the directive option.
Directive: <blank>

Advanced Workflows
Configure Notifications
Configure a notification to be sent upon completion of the check connectivity action
in the Multiple Action Workflow.
Select Policies.
Click the name Multiple Action Workflow.
To edit check connectivity action, click the radio button and click EDIT.

Advanced Workflows
80. In the NOTIFICATIONS tab, specify the following:
Notify: On Completion
Command: nsrlog -f completion.log
Click SAVE.
81. Start the backup of the Multiple Action Workflow.
From the menu on the left, select Server Messages to confirm that the policy
completed successfully.
82. Open the NW console.
Log in with the following credentials:
login: root
Password: Student1!
83. Change to the /nsr/logs directory. Type the following commands:
cd /nsr/logs

Advanced Workflows
ls -l
completion.log is listed.
84. Display the contents of completion.log. Type the following command:
tail completion.log
Verify that the action status is succeeded.

Cloning and Staging
Cloning and Staging
Scenario:
The purpose of this lab is to configure resources for cloning and staging, and use
them to perform cloning and automatic staging operations.

• Configure a PowerProtect DD clone device.
• Configure a backup-then-clone workflow.
• Create an automatic staging resource.
Create a PowerProtect DD Clone Device

Discover a second PowerProtect DD system and create a backup clone device.
From the NWUI menu on the left, expand Devices and Media.
Select Storage Nodes.

Cloning and Staging
86. To edit sn.dellemc.edu and specify the destination storage node for a clone
action, click the radio button and click EDIT.

Cloning and Staging
87. In the CONFIGURATION tab, scroll down to Clone Storage Nodes and enter
sn.dellemc.edu.
Important: In this exercise, the clone operation is still successful

without this step. In the event a single backup is shared by multiple
storage devices on different storage nodes, this attribute defines
the priority for the save side of clone operations.
88. From the menu on the left, select Devices.

Cloning and Staging
89. To add a new device, click ADD.
Click Data Domain.

Cloning and Staging
90. In Data Domain Selection, click ADD DATA DOMAIN.
91. In Create Data Domain Device, click ADD DATA DOMAIN and specify the
following options:
Username: ddboost_user
Password: Student1!

Cloning and Staging
Verify that the system was created successfully.
Scroll down and click CONNECT and NEXT.
92. In Select Folders for Devices, select NEW FOLDER.
Folder Name: Dev_2
Check the box for Dev_2
Notice the Device Name and Storage Path.
Click NEXT.
Storage Node: sn.dellemc.edu
Pool Type: Backup Clone
Under Pool click ADD.

Cloning and Staging
94. In Create Media Pool specify the following options:
Name: Clone Pool
Type: Backup Clone
Click ADD LABEL TEMPLATE.
95. In Create Label Template specify the following options:
Name: Clone Template
Fields: Range of Numbers 101 To 200

Cloning and Staging
Separator: Dot(.)
Accept all other defaults and click CREATE and FINISH.
96. In Pools and Storage Nodes click NEXT.
Read the Clone Pool Device Restriction and click CONTINUE.
Click CREATE.
Verify that the device was created successfully and click FINISH.
Configure Clone Controlled Replication

Add a clone action to a NetWorker workflow.
Select Polices.

Cloning and Staging
Click the name Filesystem Workflow.
To add a clone action, click +CLONE ACTION.

Cloning and Staging
Name: clone action
Source Storage Node: sn.dellemc.edu
Destination Storage Node: sn.dellemc.edu

Cloning and Staging
Destination Pool: Clone Pool
101. In Filter Savesets, accept the default Do not Filter.
Click NEXT.
Enable Define.
Type: Weekly

Cloning and Staging
Click NEXT.
103. In Notifications, accept the default On Completion.
Click NEXT.
104. In Advanced Configuration, accept all defaults and click NEXT.

Cloning and Staging
106. Start the backup of the Filesystem Workflow.
From the NWUI menu on the left, expand Monitoring.
107. Save and clone sessions show quickly for both WINDOWS and LINUX clients.
Click REFRESH to show them.

Cloning and Staging
108. From the menu on the left, select Server Messages to confirm that the
workflow actions completed successfully.
Configure Automatic Staging

Create a staging process in NetWorker Administration to transfer backup data from
one PowerProtect DD system to another.
1. From the Start menu, click NMC Launcher.

Cloning and Staging
2. Enter the NMC server hostname nmc.dellemc.edu when the window appears.
Click Connect.
On the Java(TM) Web Start console, click OK.

Cloning and Staging
Important: If a security warning appears, click Continue and Run.
3. In the NetWorker Management Console Login window, type the login

information:
User Name: Administrator
Password: Student1!
Click Log In.

Cloning and Staging
4. In the Enterprise window, click the name of the NetWorker server on the left.
The vertical pane divider to the right might need to expand to display the tree.
Click Launch NetWorker Administration in the right pane to view the

NetWorker server protection interface.
5. Modify the NetWorker storage node for clone storage. In the Devices window,
right-click sn.dellemc.edu and select Properties.
6. Select the Configuration tab and specify the following attribute:
Clone Storage nodes: nw.dellemc.edu

Cloning and Staging
Click OK.
7. Open the Devices window. Right-click Staging.
Select New.
8. In the Create Staging window, click the General tab and specify the following
attributes:
Name: Automatic Staging
Enabled: Yes
Devices: ddve1.dellemc.edu_Dev_DR

Cloning and Staging
Save Set Selection: oldest save set
Max storage period: 1
Max storage period unit: Hours
Recover space interval: 3
Recover space unit: Minutes
File system check interval: 2
File system check unit: Minutes

Cloning and Staging
Click OK.
9. From the Monitoring window, watch for staging to occur over the next few
minutes. Sort by Time by clicking the black triangle to see the newest
messages at the top.
The Log window displays messages about the staging session. When the
staging operation starts, activity for the clone operation running in the Clone
Sessions tab and activity with the devices that are displayed in the Devices
panel appears.
At the end of staging, the log shows that save sets are deleted from the device
Dev_DR after the clone operation.
10. Once the stage operation has completed, go to the Devices window and either
disable Automatic Staging in Properties or delete the Automatic Staging
policy.

Cloning and Staging

Media Database and Client File Indexes
Scenario:
The purpose of this lab is to display the contents of volumes, review client file
indexes, and search for save sets.

• Remove the oldest Save Set cycles.
• View the Save Set details from search.
• Change the Save Set status.
• Change the Volume mode.
• Change the Volume recycle policy.
NetWorker Client File Index

Manage the save sets in the Client File Index.
From the NetWorker Administration window (NMC), open the Media

window.
Select Client Indexes from the left pane.

Right-click windows.dellemc.edu and select Show Save Sets.
12. In the Index Save Sets window, select C:\Documents.

View the list of SSIDs for the C:\Documents save set and their backup times.
13. Remove the oldest backup of this save set by clicking the Remove Oldest
Cycle button.
Click Yes to confirm removing the oldest cycle for the save set
C:\Documents.
14. Notice the change in the list of SSIDs for the C:\Documents save set.

In this view, sorted by newest at the top, the bottom SSID has been deleted
from the list. The SSID is not deleted from NetWorker, but the Browse policy is
expired. The SSID is removed only from the Client File Index and its status
changes from browsable status to recoverable.
Click OK.
15. To view save set details from a search, select Save Sets from the left pane of
the Media window.
Click Query Save Set tab in the right pane.
16. Specify the following query criteria for Query Parameters:
Policy: Lab Exercises Policy
Workflows-Groups: Filesystem Workflow

Save Time From: Select the day before the first backup at 12:00 a.m.
Save Time To: Select the current date and time
17. Select the Save Set List tab to run the query and see the results.
In the Search Save Set filter box type C:\ and press Enter.
This content is filtered so only C:\Documents save sets are displayed using
the Save Set filter column. The /documentation save sets from
linux.dellemc.edu are filtered out.
18. Save sets can also be searched and filtered in NWUI.
From the NWUI menu on the left, select Recover and Savesets.

19. In Filters, select the following:
Time Range: Last 7 days
Clients Type: Traditional

20. Save sets and their properties are viewed in the window on the right by
clicking the save set radio button.

NetWorker Media Database

Make database changes that affect a mounted device volume.
21. From the NWUI menu on the left, expand Devices and Media.
Select Devices.

22. To unmount rd=sn.dellemc.edu:ddve1.dellemc.edu_Dev_1, click the radio

button and click OPERATIONS > Unmount.

Verify that the unmount is successful.
23. To change the volume mode, select Volumes from the menu on the left.

24. To change the volume to read only, click the radio button on the unmounted
volume 001 and click OPERATIONS > Change Mode.

25. Select Read Only.
Click APPLY.
26. Notice the change in the Mode column to ReadOnly.

Perform the steps again to change the mode from ReadOnly to Appendable.
27. Take note of the unmounted volume's Recycle Policy from the Configuration
window on the right side.

28. To change the unmounted volume 001 recycle policy, click OPERATIONS >
Change Recycle Policy.
29. Select Manual.
Click APPLY.
30. Notice the change in the Recycle Policy under Configuration. This would
normally be an operation performed on a tape device and not a disk device
and could lead to data loss.

Perform the steps again to change the recycle policy from Manual to
Automatic.
31. In Devices, mount the device

rd=sn.dellemc.edu:ddve1.dellemc.edu_Dev_1 by clicking the radio button
and selecting OPERATIONS > Mount.
Verify that the mount is successful.

NetWorker Recoveries
Scenario:
The purpose of this lab is to perform save set and file level recoveries using the
NetWorker Web UI.

• Perform a save set recovery.
• Perform a file level recovery.

Perform a Save Set Recovery

Recover multiple files from a backup by performing a save set recovery.
1. From the NWUI menu on the left, select Recover and Savesets.
2. In the Filters window, specify the following:
Expand Time Range.
Save Time: Last 7 days
Expand Clients.
Client: linux.dellemc.edu
Expand Volumes.
Name: 001

3. Select the radio button for the most recent Primary copy of save set
/documentation.

4. Click RECOVERY > File System > Save Set
5. In Basic Configuration, specify the following:
Duplicate File: Rename the recovered file
Disable Original Path.

Destination Path: click BROWSE and expand linux.dellemc.edu > /tmp and
click SAVE.
Click NEXT.
Click FINISH.
7. From the NWUI menu on the left, expand Monitoring.

Select Recover Jobs.
8. Find the recovery in the list and confirm that it succeeded.

9. Click the more options icon (three vertical dots) to the left of the recovery job.
Click View Messages.
10. Review the recovery steps in the Messages window.
Click FULL LOG for verbose output of the messages.
Close the window by clicking the X when finished.
11. To see the results of the restore on server linux.dellemc.edu, open the
LINUX console.
login: root
Password: Student1!
12. Change to the file recovery destination specified during the recovery
configuration and view the files by typing the following commands:
cd /tmp
ls -l

cd documentation
ls
Because the file was restored to a new location, the file was not renamed.
Perform a File Level Recovery

Recover a file from a backup by browsing for it.

2. Start the process for creating a new recovery of client windows.dellemc.edu.

Specify the following options:
Expand Time Range.
Expand Clients.
Expand Volumes.
Name: 001

3. Select the radio button for the most recent Primary copy of save set
C:\Documents.


4. Click RECOVERY > File System > File Level.
5. In Recover Data Configuration, specify the following:
File/Directory Paths to Recover: click BROWSE and expand

windows.dellemc.edu > C: > Documents.

Select Documents.
Select the PDF file at the top of the list and click SAVE.
Click NEXT.
6. In Basic Configuration, specify the following:
Duplicate File: Rename the recovered file
Enable Original Path.
Enable Advanced Configuration.
Click NEXT.

7. In Advanced Configuration, specify the following:
Storage Node: sn.dellemc.edu
Debug Level: 0
Click NEXT.
Tip: In this environment, one storage node choice is available.

Enabling Advanced Configuration demonstrated additional
options available during a recovery.

Click FINISH.

Select Recover Jobs.
10. Find the recovery in the list and confirm that it succeeded.
11. To see the results of the restore on server windows.dellemc.edu, open the

WINDOWS console.
Login: DellEMC\Administrator
Password: Student1!
12. Change to the file recovery destination specified during the recovery
configuration and view the files by opening File Explorer from the taskbar and
browse to the following location:
C:\Documents
Because the file was restored to the same location, the filename was modified
with "~" at the beginning of the filename.

Deploy vProxy Appliance
Scenario:
The purpose of this lab is to prepare the environment for a Dell EMC NetWorker
vProxy virtual appliance to support VMware backups.

• Create a DNS entry for a vProxy appliance.
• Deploy the vProxy OVA in vCenter and customize the template.
Add Host to DNS

Add the vProxy appliance to DNS before deploying.
1. To add the vProxy appliance to DNS, open the console for the AD host from
Consoles tab in VLP.
Username: DellEMC\Administrator
Password: Student1!
2. From the Start menu, click the DNS icon.
3. In DNS Manager, expand Forward Lookup Zones. Select DellEMC.edu.

Right-click DellEMC.edu and select New Host (A or AAAA).

4. In the New Host window, enter the following:
Name: vproxy
IP Address: 192.168.1.61
Create associated pointer (PTR) record: enable

Click Add Host, and then OK and Done.
Close DNS Manager and sign out of the AD host.
Deploy vProxy OVA in vCenter

Deploy the OVA template, and configure the network connection.
Username: DellEMC\Administrator
Password: Student1!
2. Open Firefox from the taskbar icon.
Click the vSphere HTML5 bookmark.

Sign in using these credentials:
Password: Student1!
3. Expand the vSphere Client Datacenter. Right-click esxi.dellemc.edu and

select Deploy OVF Template.
4. In the Select an OVF template window, select Local file.

Click Browse.
5. Go to Z:\Software. Select the vproxy-installer-4.3.0-20.ova file.
Click Open.

In the Deploy OVF template window, click Next.
6. In the Select a name and folder window, type vproxy for the Virtual
machine name.
Click Next.
7. In the Select a compute resource window, verify that the esxi host is
selected.
Click Next.
8. Review the template details.

Click Next.
9. Accept the license agreement.
Click Next.
10. In the Select storage window, choose Datastore as the storage.
Change Select virtual disk format to Thin Provision.
Click Next.

Best Practice: Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed is recommended to

ensure that amount of storage space that is allocated to the virtual
appliance is available. Select Thin Provision for lab and demonstration
purposes only.
11. In the Select networks window, verify that IP protocol is IPV4.
Click Next.
12. In the Customize template window, enter the following:
DNS: 192.168.1.100
FQDN: vproxy.dellemc.edu
IP Address: 192.168.1.61
Netmask/Prefix: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Properties of VM Network 2: [leave blank]

Timezone Setting: America/New_York
NTP: [leave blank]
Root password: changeme
Admin Password: a3dp@m8n
Click Next, and then click Finish.
13. Monitor the tasks to import and deploy the template successfully.

Locate the vproxy appliance under Datacenter. Right-click the appliance and
select Power > Power On.
14. To ensure that the vProxy appliance powers on automatically, select the esxi
host from the menu on the left. Click the Configure tab and select Virtual
Machines > VM Startup/Shutdown.
Click EDIT.
15. Select vProxy and click Move Up.

Click OK.
16. To verify that the vProxy appliance is powered on and that the customization
succeeded, click the vProxy host. Under the Summary tab, select Launch
Web Console.

If a notification about popups appears, enable the popup window to view the
Web Console.
17. Verify that the appliance has finished booting and that the login prompt shows
vproxy login.
Close the VMware Web Console.

Configure NetWorker for VMware Backups
Scenario:
The purpose of this lab is to configure NetWorker software for VMware backups of
the VMware vCenter and the virtual machines.

• Add the vCenter to NetWorker.
• Create vProxy devices in NetWorker.
• Configure the VMware and vCenter protection policies and backup the virtual
machines.

Add the vCenter to NetWorker

Discover the vCenter and virtual machines in NetWorker.
1. In the Firefox web browser, click the NWUI bookmark.
2. In the web UI, type the login information:
Username: Administrator
Password: Student1!
Click LOG IN.
Select VMware vCenters.

4. To add a new vCenter, click +ADD in the main window.
5. In Add vCenter specify the following options:
Hostname: vcsa.dellemc.edu
Username: dellemc\administrator
Password: Student1!

Verify that the vCenter added successfully.
6. Select the radio button next to vcsa.dellemc.edu and expand the vCenter

Inventory to view the vCenter environment and to verify that the vCenter
inventory is complete.
Create a vProxy in NetWorker

Add the vProxy appliance to NetWorker.
Select VMware Proxies.

2. To add a new vProxy, click +ADD in the main window.
3. In Add Proxies, specify the following options:
vCenter: vcsa.dellemc.edu
Expand the inventory until vproxy is available.

Select vproxy and click NEXT.
4. In Configuration verify that the fully qualified domain name is specified.

Update the hostname if necessary.
Enter the admin password a3dp@m8n for vproxy.
Click FINISH.
5. Click the TASKS tab to view the progress of the operation.

Verify that the registration of the vProxy appliance succeeded.
6. Click the PROXIES tab to view the list of vProxies in NetWorker. Use the
REFRESH button to update the list.
Configure NetWorker VMware Protection Policies

Configure the Gold VMware protection policy and backup the virtual machines.
Select Policies.

2. Click the name Gold.
Click the name VMware.
To edit the action VMware: Backup click the radio button and click EDIT.

3. Click the DATA MOVEMENT tab and specify the following:

Accept all other defaults and click the VMWARE-SPECIFIC

CONFIGURATION tab.
4. Click the VMWARE-SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION tab and verify that Select

vProxy is set to Automatic.
Click SAVE.
5. Edit the Clone action.
Click the DATA MOVEMENT tab and specify the following:
Source Storage Node: <blank>
Click SAVE.
Select Groups.

7. To edit the group Gold-Vmware, click the radio button and click EDIT.

8. Click the VMWARE RESOURCES tab and enter the following:
Select vCenter: vcsa.dellemc.edu
Expand Datacenter > esxi.dellemc.edu. Select vmwarevm2 Windows and

vmwarevm3 Linux.
Click SAVE.

Select Policies.
Click the name Gold.
10. Click the radio button for the VMware.
Manually start the backup by clicking START and confirm by clicking START
again.
Monitor the sessions until they have completed.

Select Server Messages.
Review the messages to confirm that the workflow VMware has succeeded.

VMware Revert Recovery in NWUI
Scenario:
The purpose of this lab is to revert a virtual machine back to a point-in-time.

• Use NetWorker Management Web UI to perform a VMware revert recovery of a
virtual machine.
Recover a VMware Virtual Machine Using Revert

Recover a virtual machine back to a specific point-in-time.
2. In the Filters window, specify the following:
Expand Time Range.

Expand Clients.
Client Type: VMware
vCenter: vcsa.dellemc.edu
Client: vmwarevm3 Linux

Tip: If the client listing is not displaying well, enable vCenter view
to select vmwarevm3 Linux.
3. Click the Primary Copy from pool DDVE_POOL_1.
Click RECOVERY > Image Level > Revert.
4. In Configuration, enable Revert VM Configuration to recover the virtual

machine .vmx file.

Click NEXT.
5. Ensure Hard disk 1 is selected.
Click NEXT.
Review the Summary screen and click FINISH.
6. In the Monitoring menu, select Recover Jobs.
Verify that the recover job finishes successfully.

7. In the vSphere HTML5 UI, click Recent Tasks at the bottom to show the
restore and reconfigure tasks that ran for vmwarevm3.

NetWorker Logs and Reports
The purpose of this lab is to read NetWorker raw log files and create NetWorker
Management Console reports.

• Render and read NetWorker logs
• Generate canned reports.
• Generate a custom report and save it for future use.
View NetWorker Logs

Render and read text-based log files.
1. From consoles tab in VLP, open the NW console.
login: root
Password: Student1!
2. Render and view the contents of the NetWorker daemon.raw log file with the
nsr_render_log command.
In this example, there are the last 15 lines of code (-B start line option).
nsr_render_log -B -15 /nsr/logs/daemon.raw

3. Use the same command to output the content to a log file:
nsr_render_log -B -15 /nsr/logs/daemon.raw > daemon.log
Use the command to read the daemon.raw file from a remote host (-R) such
as nmc.dellemc.edu:
nsr_render_log -B -15 -R nmc.dellemc.edu

/nsr/logs/daemon.raw
Combine the commands to render the NMC daemon.raw file and output to a
log file:
nsr_render_log -B -15 -R nmc.dellemc.edu

/nsr/logs/daemon.raw > /nsr/logs/daemon.log
View the contents of the NMC daemon log file by typing the following
commands:
cd /nsr/logs
tail daemon.log

Important: Remote rendering can only be performed from a

NetWorker server.

Generate Reports and Create Custom Reports

Configure NetWorker to generate reports about data that was created with a
NetWorker server.
Password: Student1!
2. Open NMC Launcher and log in with the administrator account.
To generate a default report, from NetWorker Management Console, open

the Reports window. Expand Reports > Policy Statistics.
Select the Policy Summary over time report.
3. Click the Configure tab.

Note all the drill down reports and their sequences in the Drill Down
Sequence section.
4. Specify the following parameters for Workflow Start Time:
From: Select the first day of the class
To: Select today’s date
5. Click the View Report tab to display the report.
This is the Policy Summary report.
6. Double-click any policy in the Policy Name column to display the next drill
down sequence report.

This is the Monthly Summary report.
7. Double-click the month in the Month column to display the next drill down
sequence report.
This is the Daily Summary report. There is a summary of activity for each day
in the month.
8. Double-click any day in the Date column to display the next report in the drill
down sequence, Client Summary.
In the Client Summary report, double-click any client to display the Save Set
Details report.

9. View the Client Summary by Group report for the period of time of the class
in the View Report tab.
10. Right-click anywhere on the report and select Chart to change the report
format.
The chart that appears is a bar chart. Use the Chart Type drop down to
change the chart graphic.

For example, select the Pie chart type.

11. Select the Save Set Details report from Reports > Policy Statistics to
generate a custom report and save it for future use.
Click the Configure tab.
12. Specify the following report parameters using the left and right arrows in each
field:
Client Name Selected: linux.dellemc.edu and windows.dellemc.edu
Policy Name Selected: Lab Exercises
Workflow Selected: Filesystem Workflow and Multiple Action Workflow
From: Select the first day of the class
To: Select today’s date
Leave all other parameters at their defaults.
13. Click View Report tab to display the custom report.

14. Right-click Save Set Details.
Select Save As.
15. Save the report as Documents on DD.

Click OK.
16. The custom Documents on DD report is saved under Save Set Details.
17. To share a custom report with all console users, right-click the report.

Select Share.
18. To export a report, right-click anywhere on the Save Set Details report and
select Export.
Export the report as a MyReport.PDF in the C:\ directory.

19. Open the C:\MyReport.PDF file on server nmc.dellemc.edu to view the

report.

Recover NetWorker and NMC Server
Scenario:
The purpose of this lab is to perform a recovery of the NetWorker media database
and client file index (CFI) using the NetWorker Management Console and
command-line interfaces.

• Recover the media database and CFI save sets.
• Recover the media database with the scanner command.
• Recover the NMC database.

Recover the Media Database and CFI Save Sets

Simulate a disaster on the NetWorker server and perform a recovery.
login: root
Password: Student1!
2. On nw.dellemc.edu, enter the following mminfo command to identify the

NetWorker bootstrap information.
mminfo -B
Tip: The mminfo option is (-B) run query to report bootstraps
3. Write down the following information pertaining to the most recent bootstrap
save set for volume 002.
The SSID is different from this example:
SSID: ________________________________
Volume Number: ______________________

Tip: If no SSID's are listed for volume 002, start a backup of

workflows Server backup and NMC server backup and run the
mminfo command again.
4. Shut down all NetWorker processes on the NetWorker server.
On the NW console, stop the NetWorker daemons by typing the following

commands:
systemctl stop networker
systemctl status networker
Verify that none of the daemons are running.
5. After the services are stopped, simulate a disaster by renaming the following
directories under /nsr:
cd /nsr
Rename mm to mm.bak
mv /nsr/mm /nsr/mm.bak
Rename index to index.bak.
mv /nsr/index /nsr/index.bak

Rename res to res.bak.
mv /nsr/res /nsr/res.bak
To view the changes, type cd /nsr, press Enter, type ls, and press Enter.
6. Start the NetWorker daemons by typing the following commands:
systemctl start networker
systemctl status networker
Verify that the processes are running.
7. The renamed directories are re-created. However, the media database and
CFIs are now empty.

Password: Student1!
Launch NWUI and log in as Administrator.
Select Volumes.

Take note that no volumes are available.
10. To recover the NetWorker bootstrap save set, add a PowerProtect DD device
for ddve1.dellemc.edu. The PowerProtect DD will need to be added as well.
Instead of creating a folder, select the existing folder DEV_DR. This is the
name of the device that has the server backup save sets before the “Disaster”.

Click NEXT.
Storage Node: nw.dellemc.edu (storage node internal to NetWorker server)
Accept all other defaults and click NEXT and CREATE.
Verify that the result is successful and click FINISH.

Warning: Notice that Label & Mount is not an option. Label &
Mount would destroy the backup data on the device, if enabled.
Run the following command:
nsrdr
Read the notice and type Y.
13. Enter the NetWorker bootstrap Save Set ID number recorded earlier.
Answer Y to replace the existing NetWorker resource configuration database

folder.
Important: In a NetWorker design solution, the bootstrap ssid is

maintained in a notification for every successful backup.

14. Wait until all NetWorker services are shut down. Answer Y to replace the
existing NetWorker Authentication Service database file.
15. Answer Y to confirm that the /nsr/authc/data folder does not contain a
recovered NetWorker Authentication Service database file.
16. Wait until all NetWorker services come up. Type Y to recover the client file
indexes.
Type Y to continue.
17. Monitor the nsrdr recovery process and validate that it completes
successfully.

Type reboot to restart the NetWorker server.
18. Log in to NWUI as administrator. Confirm that the volumes and save sets are
recovered. Users may have to log out and log in to NWUI again.

Recover the Media Database with Scanner

Simulate the loss of a media volume and perform a recovery.
Select Volumes.

Use volume 101 for this lab exercise.
2. To simulate the loss of 101, expand Devices and Media from the NWUI menu
on the left.
Select Devices.
Locate device rd=sn.dellemc.edu:ddve2.dellemc.-i edu_Dev_2. Take note

of the device name and volume number, if it is different than this one.
Confirm that the device contains volume 101.
3. Click the radio button for the device. From the menu above, click
OPERATIONS > Unmount.

Verify that the unmount is successful.
Select Volumes.
Click the radio button for the volume 101. From the menu above, click
DELETE.
5. Review the warning message.
Click DELETE and confirm that the delete is successful.
6. From consoles tab in VLP, open the console for NW and log in.
Run the following command to scan the recently deleted volume back into the
database:
scanner –i rd=sn.dellemc.edu:ddve2.dellemc.edu_Dev_2

Verify that the scanner operation completed.
Tip: The scanner option is (-i) rebuild the media and client file
indexes from the volume read.
7. In NWUI refresh the Volumes window to see the recovered volume. Notice
that the volume is not mounted.
Select volume 101 and change the mode to Appendable.
From the NWUI menu on the left, select Devices.
Click the radio button for rd=sn.dellemc.edu:ddve2.dellemc.edu_Dev_2 and

select OPERATIONS > Mount.

Recover the NMC Database

Simulate a loss of the NMC database and perform a recovery.
1. On the NMC console, close the NetWorker Administration and NetWorker

Management Console windows.
2. On the NMC server nmc.dellemc.edu, launch Services desktop app by

clicking the magnifying glass on the taskbar and type services.
Stop the NetWorker Management Console server service EMC GST Service
by right-clicking the service and selecting Stop.
3. Simulate a disaster by renaming the NMC database file and folder in the
C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\nmcdb directory.
Rename pgdata to pgdata.bak.
Rename gstd_db.conf to gstd_db.conf.bak.
4. On the NMC console, open a command prompt. Change to the following

directory:

cd C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\GST\bin
5. Enter the following command to recover the NMC database:
recoverpsm –s nw.dellemc.edu –d “C:\Program Files\EMC

NetWorker\Management\nmcdb” –f “C:\Program Files\EMC
NetWorker\Management\nmcdb_stage”
A text file with the command is found at Z:\Software\recoverpsm.txt that can

be used to copy and paste.
Tip: The recoverpsm options are (-s) NetWorker server, (-d)

destination, and (-f) delete current database files before starting
recovery.
6. Validate that the recoverpsm process completes successfully.
7. Validate that the NMC database file and folder are recovered to the
C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\nmcdb folder.

8. In the Services desktop app, start the EMC GST Service. Log in to
NetWorker Management Console and verify that the custom configurations
are recovered.

Summarizing Dell NetWorker 19.6 Administration Lab
Lab Scenario Wrap-Up
This lab facilitated:
• Performing backups of Windows and Linux clients to PowerProtect DD devices.

• Recovering data from the PowerProtect DD and performing cloning and staging
to a second device.
• Configuring and performing security authentication and disaster recovery
scenarios.
• Configuring and performing VMware policies and recoveries.
REMINDER
Your action is required to ensure that course credit is given upon completion of on
demand labs. Instructor-led labs do not use the END button.
• To get credit for this on demand lab, you MUST click the End button within the
allotted time.
• Failure to do so places your training in a permanent state of "In Progress."

Conclusion
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Introduction to On-Demand Lab Environment

• Chrome 18 or higher is the recommended browser.

For additional information consult the following resources:

− Dell NetWorker Administration Guide

Be Careful Using the End Button

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NOTE: Instructor-led labs do not use the END button.

Objective: Connect to Your Lab Environment

The tasks to perform in this lab are:

1. In this class, the dedicated lab environment includes:

• AD: (ad.dellemc.edu) Windows 2012R2 Active Directory and DNS Server

• DDVE1: (ddve1.dellemc.edu) PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition 7.3

• DDVE2: (ddve2.dellemc.edu) PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition 7.3

• ESXi: (esxi.dellemc.edu): VMware ESXi 6.7

• LICENSE: (license.dellemc.edu) Windows 2016 NetWorker License Server

• LINUX: (linux.dellemc.edu) Linux CentOS 7 NetWorker Client

• NMC: (nmc.dellemc.edu) Windows 2016 NetWorker Management Console

• NW: (nw.dellemc.edu) Linux CentOS 7 NetWorker Server and

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• NWUI: (nwui.dellemc.edu) Linux CentOS 7 NetWorker Web UI Server

• SN: (sn.dellemc.edu) Linux CentOS 7 NetWorker Storage Node

• WINDOWS: (windows.dellemc.edu) Windows 2016 NetWorker Client

Connect to the Lab Environment

• If in a classroom, use a personal computer or a student system.

To connect to the VLP lab environment, follow these steps:

1. Launch the Chrome browser, and then go to

2. If in an Instructor-led or class or an virtual class, log in using the instructor-

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Explore the Environment

User name: DellEMC\Administrator

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3. Open Firefox from the taskbar icon.

Click each DDVE bookmark to confirm that the PowerProtect DD Virtual

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Tip: If the page is not loading, it may be because the PowerProtect

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Important: If any NetWorker license messages appear in

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In this lab, perform the following tasks:

Configure NetWorker Authentication of External Users

6. From consoles tab in VLP, open the NMC console.

If prompted, log in with the following credentials: