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Mike_3G's avatar
Mike_3G
Level 3
12 years ago

NBU 7.5 and vmware questions

No urgent problem to be solved, just a question about VMware and definition of a client. If I create a VMware policy and automatically select all the VMs on an ESXi host, do I need a client lice...
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  • Will_Restore's avatar
    Will_Restore
    12 years ago

    NetBackup for VMware requires an Enterprise Client license for each ESX Server.

    To protect an application or database, note: an additional license for the appropriate NetBackup package is needed for each ESX server that hosts the application or database.

     

    Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO70879

Mike_3G's avatar
Mike_3G
Level 3
12 years ago

Thanks. That seems fairly rational. I was asking because I saw a different list of "clients" in the GUI vs. CLI. Then it seems that other tasks using bpplclients might not give correct results if VMware guests are involved.