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Mazhar_Khan1's avatar
8 years ago

Netbackup Clustered Master Server licensing

Sorry but it was a bit tough to find a precise answer suitable for my situation

I have a customer that need backup master server in High Availabilty and customer has capacity based license of 250TB.

 Do we need an additional license at NBU level for implementing it as a clustered master server?

 

  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    8 years ago

    Cluster license needed. 

    You need a license  for the clustering software as well. But from the Netbackup side, you are good to go if using capacity based licenses model.

    If using e.g StoreFoundation HA, 2 licenses are needed (one per node).

    Clustered master servers are only supported on a new installs. You can't cluster a existing master server.

5 Replies

  • Hello,

    capacity license covers unlimited number of Master Servers, both standalone and clustered.

    Regards

    Michal

     

    • Mazhar_Khan1's avatar
      Mazhar_Khan1
      Level 3

      Hello Michal

      Thanks for the reply.

      Means i can go for implementing the clustered Master Server without any additional license deployement.?

       

      Regards,

      Mazhar Khan

      • Nicolai's avatar
        Nicolai
        Moderator

        Cluster license needed. 

        You need a license  for the clustering software as well. But from the Netbackup side, you are good to go if using capacity based licenses model.

        If using e.g StoreFoundation HA, 2 licenses are needed (one per node).

        Clustered master servers are only supported on a new installs. You can't cluster a existing master server.