Is there any documentation (preferably a single document) that describes Netbackup concepts and terminology, like there is for Veritas Cluster Server where the first chapter of the admin guide is “Clustering concepts and terminology”, so that when you read the rest of the admin guide it makes sense? I am looking for something that covers things in reasonable detail like the VCS admin guide, which has half a page or more or each object, not a one-liner, which is mostly what I can find for Netbackup at the moment. The sort of things I am looking for explanations for are: NBU Master, Media, Client, EMM Server, Indexing Server Polices, Storage Lifecycle Polices Storage Unit, Storage Unit Groups, Disk pools, Volume pools So I have an end to end view of how NBU works and which parts are mandatory, best practices or optional. The “Getting starting guides” covers the VERY basics in that NBU is a 3 tier system, but it shows a Master with a tape robot attached so does that mean it is also a Media server or is it only called a Media server if it has disk attached. There is very little else in the Getting Starting Guide, and in the Install and Admin guide, its starts mentioning things before explaining what they are. Thanks Mike

Hi Mike Maybe this would help you. https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/all-about-netbackup-work-progress

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Netbackup concepts and terminology

Is there any documentation (preferably a single document) that describes Netbackup concepts and terminology, like there is for Veritas Cluster Server where the first chapter of the admin guide is “Clustering concepts and terminology”, so that when you read the rest of the admin guide it makes sense?

I am looking for something that covers things in reasonable detail like the VCS admin guide, which has half a page or more or each object, not a one-liner, which is mostly what I can find for Netbackup at the moment.

The sort of things I am looking for explanations for are:

NBU Master, Media, Client, EMM Server, Indexing Server
Polices, Storage Lifecycle Polices
Storage Unit, Storage Unit Groups,
Disk pools, Volume pools

So I have an end to end view of how NBU works and which parts are mandatory, best practices or optional.

The “Getting starting guides” covers the VERY basics in that NBU is a 3 tier system, but it shows a Master with a tape robot attached so does that mean it is also a Media server or is it only called a Media server if it has disk attached. There is very little else in the Getting Starting Guide, and in the Install and Admin guide, its starts mentioning things before explaining what they are.

Thanks

Mike