V-Ray tier A and tier B

[YM_user]

Hi,

I have two VMWare ESxi 5.1. Host A is 8 core CPU and Host B with two 4 core CPU. Host A has 1st AD Server and Exchange Server. Host B has 2nd AD Server and installed with Symantec Backup Exec to make backup for AD Server and Exchange Server but will not backup itself.

Can anyone tell me am I miss license?

Regards,

YM user

[pkh]

No.  This is to be expected.  It has nothing to do with licencing.

If your media server is a VM, then you have to back it up as if it is a physical machine. You  cannot back it up as a VM.

Suppose you are able to backup a virtualised media server, how do you restore it in the event of a crash.

[YM_user]

hi pkh,

   Thanks for your reply. You mean I haven't owe any license procurement? But why the license box say I haven't enough license and used two 6 core license.

Regards,

YM user

[pkh]

You have two separate problem and you should have posted them as two discussions. I thought you were asking whether your inability to backup the virtualised media server is due to licencing.

How many V-Ray licences did you buy and install?  If you did not install any Tier A V-Ray licence, then you need to purchase and install 2 Tier A V-Ray licences.

[YM_user]

Hi pkh,

   I purchased 1 V-Ray 8 core per CPU license.

Regards,

YM user.

[pkh]

This is not sufficient.  The V-Ray edition is licenced on a per occupied-socket basis, so for your second host, you do not have any licence.  You need to buy 2 V-Ray Tier A licences for this second host.

[YM_user]

Hi pkh,

    That mean Symantec installed machine should be on machine how many CPU basis. 2nd VMWare host has two CPU and need one additional license?

Regards,

YM user

[pkh]

No.  How do you arrive at 1 licence for the second machine if it has 2 CPU.  You need 2 V-Ray licences for the second machine.  Your existing licence is only sufficient for the first machine.

[YM_user]

2nd VMWare host will not backup.

[pkh]

How can you backup the second host when you do not have the licence for it?

[YM_user]

Will not backup. 2nd AD server (With Symantec Backup v-Ray) is reside on 2nd host for reduce 1st host loading  and only for copy of 1st AD database. 1st AD server has a copy of backup from symantec v-ray edition should be ok.

[pkh · Accepted solution]

As I said earlier, the inability of to backup the virtualised media server as a VM has nothing to do with licencing.

If you do not get the 2 V-Ray licences for the 2nd host, then you are in violation of licencing terms.

[YM_user]

Thanks you. I may change 2nd AD resides to 1st VMWare host. 2nd VMWare host only for standby 1st VMWare host.