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stavros's avatar
stavros
Level 2
5 years ago

Valid Backup Exec 20 license doesn't work, stuck in trial mode

To whom it may concern. We have Backup exec 20 and it was working fine and completely licensed until December 2019. But now Veritas requires that we renew the license yearly.  I went to Vertitas lice...
  • stavros's avatar
    5 years ago

    I fixed it myself by uninstalling and then reinstalling the entire Backup Exec system.   This is a atrosity that I'm going to have to reinstall the backup system every time I renew the license year to year.   Going to a yearly renewal of the license is one of the most stupid things I've seen from Veritas especially since it forces clients to have to reinstall to fix their system to apply the license.  I hope you fix this in later releases of the product and go back to a perpetual license.