nwickord
11 years agoLevel 2
Recommendations for backing up a virtual environment
Hello everybody
I'm evaluating Backup Exec 2012 as our new backup software and I wonder, what would be the best way to backup our virtual environment.
We have one vCenter Server and about 15 serv...
- 11 years ago
Hello nwickord,
yes. If you have 4 VMs running SQL then legally you should have 4 App/Database license keys for backing database.
The Agent for VMware is based on formula Number of license key equal to number of ESX host. So even if you are managing 5 ESX servers with 1 VC you would still require 5 Agent for VMware licenses.
I would not completely rely on the results of the tool. You can refer to the BE 2012 licensing guide.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH178479 : How Agents and Options are Licensed in Symantec Backup Exec 2012 (Portfolio Licensing Guide)
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH178483 : Backup Exec 2012 Licensing - Getting Started
Regards,
-Sush...