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Functional Overview

This appendix provides a functional overview of NetBackup for both UNIX and Windows

NT/2000. Such comprehensive treatment is valuable for mixed-platform environments.

The discussions include descriptions of important daemons and programs, and the

sequence in which they execute during typical operations. The databases and the

directory structure of the installed software are also described.

There are two main sections in this appendix:

◆ Backup and Restore Functional Description

◆ Media Manager Functional Description

It is assumed that you are already familiar with the overviews in the first chapter of the

NetBackup System Administrator’s Guide - UNIX and the Media Manager System

Administrator’s Guide - UNIX.

Note that this appendix does not pertain to the NetBackup products for backing up

relational databases (such as NetBackup for ORACLE). The installation guides for those

products have information regarding their operation.

Backup and Restore Functional Description

This section explains the operation of NetBackup during backup and restores and

contains the following discussions:

◆ Startup Process

◆ Backup and Archive Processes

◆ Restore Processes

◆ NetBackup Directories and Files

◆ NetBackup Databases