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UTP
Level 2
10 years ago

Backup Exec V-Ray Edition

Hi, We plan to purchase BE2014 V-Ray Edition for the following working Environment:       2 Clustered Hyper-V Host with 2 Processors having 8 cores each       Each host has 3 Virtual Machine...
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
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  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    10 years ago

    The V-Ray edition is licenced on a per occupied CPU socket basis.  In your case, you would need 4 licences.

    I don't know what you mean by Management, but if those servers do not have any applications and databases. It might be cheaper to just buy 2 Hyper-V agent licences which would also entitle you to load RAWS onto your VM.

  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    10 years ago

    Using the Hyper-V agent and with a single backup (where GRT is enabled), you can restore complete VMs (.vhd) and also restore individual files and folders. I would recommend you to have a look @ the Hyper-V agent whitepaper for a detailed understanding on the agent's features - https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/backup-exec-2014-technical-white-paper-protecting-hyper-v-environments

    So there is no need to buy any extra agent for the VMs since they are included. You'll need agent for windows license only if you are planning to backup physical machines.

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pkh
Moderator
10 years ago

The V-Ray edition is licenced on a per occupied CPU socket basis.  In your case, you would need 4 licences.

I don't know what you mean by Management, but if those servers do not have any applications and databases. It might be cheaper to just buy 2 Hyper-V agent licences which would also entitle you to load RAWS onto your VM.