Udemy - Arcserve ShadowProtect SPX - Backup and Disaster Recovery

A Beginner's Guide to Backup and Disaster Recovery with ShadowProtect SPX. Essential Backup and Disaster Recovery Skills
What you'll learn
Understand ShadowProtect SPX fundamentals.
Learn the architecture, key features, and core backup concepts that make ShadowProtect a reliable solution for disaster recovery.
Set up full and incremental backups to ensure data integrity while optimizing storage and backup windows.
Manage backup images with ImageManager
Automate backup consolidation, retention policies, and offsite replication to maintain a clean, organized backup environment.
Develop and implement recovery strategies to restore systems quickly after hardware failures, ransomware attacks, or other disasters.
Identify and resolve frequent backup and restore problems to keep your data protection workflows running smoothly.
Work through practical scenarios and exercises that simulate typical IT challenges, preparing you for on-the-job success.
Requirements
Basic understanding of computer systems and operating systems
Familiarity with general networking concepts such as IP addressing, network shares, and file systems.
Basic knowledge of backup and restore concepts is helpful but not mandatory.
Access to a lab environment for hands-on practice with ShadowProtect SPX and ImageManager. (recommended)
Willingness to learn and explore backup and disaster recovery procedures with real-world scenarios.
Description
Protecting critical data and ensuring business continuity are essential skills for every IT professional. Whether you're just starting your IT career or looking to strengthen your backup and disaster recovery knowledge, this course provides a comprehensive introduction to Arcserve ShadowProtect SPX, a powerful and widely used backup solution.In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of backup and disaster recovery, starting with key concepts such as full, incremental, and differential backups. You'll explore how ShadowProtect SPX efficiently protects data by creating reliable backup images and how to manage these backups using ImageManager for automated retention and offsite replication.Through hands-on exercises and real-world scenarios, you'll gain practical experience setting up backup schedules, managing backup chains, and performing restores. You'll also learn troubleshooting techniques to resolve common backup and recovery issues, ensuring your environment stays protected and operational.No prior experience with ShadowProtect or advanced backup knowledge is required-this course is designed for beginners and IT professionals who want to build confidence in managing data protection strategies. By the end, you will have the skills to plan, implement, and maintain a robust backup and disaster recovery solution using ShadowProtect SPX.Start your journey towards becoming a skilled IT professional equipped to safeguard your organization's most valuable asset-its data.
Who this course is for
IT professionals and system administrators who want to deepen their knowledge of backup and disaster recovery using Arcserve ShadowProtect SPX.
Help desk and technical support staff tasked with managing data protection and recovery processes.
Network engineers and infrastructure specialists seeking to implement reliable backup strategies and minimize downtime.
Small to medium business IT teams looking for practical, vendor-agnostic skills in backup and restore operations.
Anyone new to backup and disaster recovery who wants a structured, hands-on introduction to ShadowProtect SPX.
IT consultants and managed service providers (MSPs) aiming to expand their service offerings with advanced backup and DR solutions.
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