12-07-2015 02:36 PM
Running a NetBackup Enterprise Server 7.6 environment
I have a VMware environment with two ESX hosts supporting 10 Windows Server guests each.
I have a NetBackup agent installed on each of the 20 VM Guests.
How many Standard Client Licenses are required?
Thx,
-k
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12-08-2015 02:10 AM
You need 2 standard client licenses
From licensing guide.
Using “in the guest” protection hypervisor support, i.e. not using specific NetBackup virtualization integration (V-Ray).
One Standard Client license for each physical host, when one or more resident VMs are protected in any way by NetBackup. For standard clients, LPARs are not relevant.
VMware
MS Hyper-V
Citrix XenServer
Linux KVM
Oracle VM environments
Other hypervisor or virtualization environments
12-07-2015 03:48 PM
20 for plain client.
it might be cheaper to buy two Enterprise Client licenses which would let you backup as many clients (within each of your two VM hosts) in whatever way you see fit, either as plain client or as a VM.
12-07-2015 06:04 PM
I am seeing multiple answers to this question.
I've seen some people say that only physical hosts are licensed. If this were true, why would I need to buy an additional license for each guest on a single ESX host?
-k
12-08-2015 02:10 AM
You need 2 standard client licenses
From licensing guide.
Using “in the guest” protection hypervisor support, i.e. not using specific NetBackup virtualization integration (V-Ray).
One Standard Client license for each physical host, when one or more resident VMs are protected in any way by NetBackup. For standard clients, LPARs are not relevant.
VMware
MS Hyper-V
Citrix XenServer
Linux KVM
Oracle VM environments
Other hypervisor or virtualization environments
01-21-2016 07:03 PM
Hi ,
As i can undertstand from the above scenario is .
We need to have 1 standard client per host in a virtual environement .
Also can anybody help me in locating the recent licensing guide for Netbackup .
Thanks
01-21-2016 07:46 PM
You have a "PARTNER" badge. The NetBackup Licensing Guide can be downloaded from PartnerNet site.
https://partnernet.veritas.com
01-22-2016 01:01 AM
Yes, 1 std clt per host if you're using in guest backup.