Nothing changed between 5.x and 6.0....6.5 will have changes to the licensing structure. Nothing official until it is released.
ReneƩ Carlisle ServerWare Corporation -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Austin Murphy Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 4:40 PM To: Paul Keating Cc: Ed Wilts; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Determining Number of Additional ClientLicensesinNetBackup Thanks Paul, Searching for the title of that document yielded a slightly newer version (dated December 6, 2004): http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/products/White_Papers/Data_Protection/nbu_ 5x_plguide_update_final.pdf It definitively answers a lot of licensing questions that I have about 5.x. Has anything changed for 6.0? Austin On 7/19/07, Paul Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: > http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/products/Sales_Docs/Data_Protection/nb > u_51_plguide_final_060304.pdf > > I haven't seen an updated version of this lately........ > > MULTIPLE DOMAIN OR VIRTUAL MACHINE SYSTEMS > NetBackup components (servers, clients, and database agents) for UNIX, > Windows, NetWare, and Linux are each licensed > once per physical machine. If a physical machine runs multiple Operating > Systems and Databases, then the physical machine > requires one NetBackup component for each Operating System and Database > type. Please note that this policy supersedes > previous licensing policies that were communicated before the date of > this document. > Exception: NetBackup Clients installed on IBM zSeries (OS/390) should be > licensed once per virtual machine. This is an > exception to the standard NetBackup policy of licensing clients once per > physical machine. > > -- > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Preston, Douglas L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: July 19, 2007 2:04 PM > > To: Austin Murphy > > Cc: Paul Keating; Ed Wilts; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Determining Number of Additional > > Client LicensesinNetBackup > > > > > > You can not backup running vm virtual machines one a esx box > > by backing > > up the linux side of the esx box. The only way to backup them up via > > netbackup is to purchase a license for each vm virtual machine. > > In your example of "10 linux vm virtual machines and 10 windows vm > > virtual machines" you will need 10 linux and 10 windows licenses for > > netbackup to back them up. > > > > We have 8 esx servers running here and some I use esxranger > > to back them > > up but most of the virtual machines we want file level restore > > capability so we had to purchase the netbackup licenses. > > > > Doug Preston > > Systems Engineer > > Land America Tax and Flood Services > > Phone 626-339-5221 Ext 1104 > > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Austin Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:49 AM > > To: Preston, Douglas L > > Cc: Paul Keating; Ed Wilts; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Determining Number of Additional Client > > LicensesinNetBackup > > > > On 7/19/07, Preston, Douglas L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > ... then used the existing license to backup the images. > > > > Yes, but... If you have 10 linux virtuals and 10 windows virtuals > > running on a single VMware on linux system, how many > > NetBackup licenses > > do you need? > > > > The prevailing wisdom on the list seems to indicate you need 1 linux > > license AND 1 windows license. > > > > To put it more plainly, in the example given, 1 linux license for the > > base system is insufficient, and 20 licenses (10 linux and 10 windows) > > are not necessary. > > > > If anyone else can corroborate this I'd be glad to hear it. > > > > Austin > > > _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu