NetBackup Administration and Automation

"NetBackup Administration and Automation"
"NetBackup Administration and Automation" offers an in-depth, expertly structured guide to mastering enterprise data protection in a rapidly evolving IT landscape. Beginning with a thorough exploration of NetBackup's architectural foundations, the book traces the historical evolution of the platform and examines the sophisticated interplay between core components, storage targets, communication protocols, and high-availability designs. Readers will develop a firm grasp of catalog management and learn resilient strategies for architecting and scaling NetBackup in diverse, large-scale environments.
The book distinguishes itself with comprehensive coverage of automation, from deployment and infrastructure management to advanced policy configuration and operational scripting. Practical instruction is paired with real-world case studies-demonstrating the strategic use of tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Chef alongside native NetBackup APIs and scripting languages. Readers will acquire the expertise to automate routine operations, enforce SLAs, streamline incident response, and integrate NetBackup with leading monitoring, security, and SIEM platforms for robust compliance and security postures.
Further, this guide looks ahead to future trends, encompassing AIOps, event-driven architectures, and autonomous backup administration. It provides forward-thinking blueprints for integrating NetBackup with DevSecOps pipelines and orchestrating seamless data protection across modern workloads-virtualized, containerized, serverless, and cloud-native. "NetBackup Administration and Automation" is an indispensable resource for professionals seeking to elevate enterprise backup environments with intelligence, resilience, and automation at scale.