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Symanticus
Level 6
15 years ago

Symantec Netbackup 7 licensing

Hi All, I'd like to know if I'm getting this correctly. I'm planning to get Netbackup 7 Starter Edition according to b-symc_netbackup_7_core_DS_12995286-2.en-us.pdf (http://eval.symantec...
  • marekkedzierski's avatar
    15 years ago

    Hi.. NetBackup Starter Pack with 5 clients includes:

    - 1x NetBackup Server
    - 5x Standard Client (backup Over LAN)
    - 1x Tape Drive in Library

    If you want to backup VMware machines using vstorage api:
    - you have to buy Enterprise Client License but it's not compatible with Starter Pack (NB Server)
    - it's not working on free version of ESXi

    All databases require a license for agent.

    Licenses for your environment:
    1x Enterprise Server (backup server)
    1x Enterprise Client (vstorage api)
    4x Standard client
    3x Database & Application pack

    If you want to buy those licenses you have to count physical cpus in all servers (except Linux machine)


    You can also buy license called Symc NetBackup Platform Base 1TB. You have to count frontend data and you can use all options without restrictions (without deduplication and realtime)

    marekk