Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation

To create a new checkpoint from the appliance shell menu

1. Log on to the appliance as an administrator and open the appliance shell menu.
2. Enter the following command to

   Main_Menu > Support > Checkpoint Create

   The following interactive process begins. The shell menu informs you of any existing checkpoints before you can create a new checkpoint. In the following example, no existing checkpoints exist.

   Creating an Appliance Checkpoint allows the user to easily
    rollback the entire system back to a point-in-time to undo any
    misconfiguration or system failure that might have occurred. An 
   Appliance Checkpoint captures the following components:
           1) Appliance Operating System
           2) Appliance Software
           3) NetBackup Software
           4) Networking Configuration
           5) Any previously applied patches
           6) Backup data is not reverted
   
   There are no checkpoints in the system.
   There is no user checkpoint. Please continue to create a user checkpoint
   >> Would you like to proceed? (yes/no) yes

3. Enter Yes to proceed with the creation of the new checkpoint.
4. Enter a description for your checkpoint. That is an optional field.
5. Enter Yes to begin the Create checkpoint process.

   - [Info] Deleting checkpoint: USER
   - [Info] CREATING USER CHECKPOINT
   - [Info] Creating checkpoint. This operation can take 10 to 
            15 minutes.
   
        Please wait...
   
   - [Info] Appliance Checkpoint creation was successful