NAKIVO Backup & Replication for VMware, Hyper-V & Nutanix (Udemy.com)

Do you want to become a Nakivo expert and master enterprise-level data protection, backup, recovery, and replication strategies?

This comprehensive course walks you through every feature of Nakivo Backup & Replication, from infrastructure setup to advanced configuration and disaster recovery planning. Whether you're a systems administrator, virtualization engineer, or IT professional, this course will make you confident in deploying, managing, and troubleshooting Nakivo across multiple platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, Nutanix, Physical, Cloud, Microsoft 365, and more).

Through hands-on walkthroughs, real-world scenarios, and quizzes, you'll gain the practical skills needed to configure backup jobs, perform instant recoveries, implement replication, monitor environments, and secure your data end-to-end.

What You'll Learn:

• Install and configure Nakivo Backup & Replication

• Perform VM, file-level, and application-aware backups

• Configure replication and failover for disaster recovery

• Manage backup repositories and storage types (CIFS, S3, Cloud)

• Set up advanced backup strategies: full, incremental, synthetic, and mirror

• Implement job scheduling, retention, and immutability

• Use Nakivo for Microsoft 365, Oracle DB, Amazon EC2, and more

• Monitor job performance and generate actionable reports

• Create and test Site Recovery Plans

• Automate backups and ensure compliance with best practices
  

Course Content Overview:

Section 1: Introduction

● Course Overview and Objectives
Section 2: Infrastructure Availability & Backup Concepts

• High Availability, Disaster Recovery Design, Backup Types, Strategies, and Retention

Section 3: Backup Strategies & Disaster Recovery Planning

• Frequency, Automation, Testing, Security, and Policy Documentation

Section 4: The Restoration Process

• File, VM, and System Recovery, Point-in-Time Restores, and Documentation

Section 5: Nakivo Overview & Architecture

• Supported Platforms, Deployment Options, Backup & Replication Features

Section 6: Working with the Nakivo Web Console

• Account Setup, Inventory Configuration (VMs, Cloud, FileShare, Physical)

Section 7: Adding Inventory

• Adding and Managing All Supported Workloads in Nakivo

Section 8: Nakivo Nodes

• Transporter Deployment for VMware, Nutanix, Proxmox, and Tape

Section 9: Backup Repository

• Local, Network, Cloud, S3, and Federated Repository Configuration

Section 10: System Settings & Access Management

• Email Alerts, Self-Backup, Database, Throttling, and Permissions

Section 11: Backup Job Configuration

• Scheduling, Retention, Immutability, App-Aware Mode, Indexing, Verification

Section 12: Backup Copy Jobs

• Creating, Scheduling, and Managing Backup Copy Jobs with Retention Policies

Section 13: Replication Jobs

• Creating Replication Jobs, Failover/Failback, Re-IP, Real-Time Sync

Section 14: Recovery Operations

• Full VM, Flash Boot, File, Object, and Site Recovery Techniques

Section 15: Reporting and Monitoring

• Job Reports, Alerts, Metrics, Activity Calendar, and Repository Health