Can I use existing prod netbackup license key for the a testing environment master/media server
Hi,
Our Company has the Existing Netbackup Environment running with master and media server.
I wanted to build a test environment with 2 VM system , 1 as master/media server and other as a test client system.
To install netbackup server entrerprise 7.7.3 on the test system , i do have the binaries available but my query is
whether i can use this for installation and use the existing netbackup license key of the current running netbackup environment and setup the master/media server on the test system?
I wanted to use it to test VM based backup disk backup , proxy host based backup or trying SLP in the test environment before adding it into my current Existing Netbackup environment.
Hello,
that is generally a question for Veritas Customer Care or your Sales Representative, not for this technical forum. However here are several points to mention:
- if you have capacity based licenses, and summary of your source capacity across both prod and test environment is below your licensed capacity, the you should be ok
- if you have traditional licenses, you will probably exceed number of licenses per NetBackup Servers, so that would be license agreement violation
- Veritas does not distinguish between "production" and "testing" data generally. However, if you are a Veritas partner, you could order "NFR" license, which is mentioned for testing/demo purposes
regards
Michal
