information from bpminlicense

[PetrHan]

Hi all,

Who can get information from bpminlicense about number of licenses, tier of license .....

example how number of client licenses it has .....    Feature ID      = 22 Additional clients +  ????

or which tier is for NDMP ......Feature ID      = 27 NDMP +  ????

or how many tape drives is has licensed ..... Feature ID      = 49 Library Based Tape Drives +

Is possible get it from netbackup environment 

or

I must find "electronic form licenses" /or send query to symantec/

> "C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\Bin\admincmd\bpminlicense" -verbose
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX6-
  file version    = 0x05000000
  time added      = 0x4bd812df 04/28/10 12:50:07
  hostname        = beata
  product ID      = 6 NetBackup
  serial number   = 506225
  key version     = 0x05000000
  count           = 0
  server platform = 0 Any platform
  client platform = 2 Any Windows platform
  server tier     = 5 NetBackup Server
  client tier     = 0 No tier
  license type    = 1 Permanent
  Site ID         = 81 Unknown site: 81
  Feature ID      = 32 MS Exchange extension +
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX6-
  file version    = 0x05000000
  time added      = 0x4bd8128c 04/28/10 12:48:44
  hostname        = beata
  product ID      = 6 NetBackup
  serial number   = 506227
  key version     = 0x05000000
  count           = 0
  server platform = 0 Any platform
  client platform = 2 Any Windows platform
  server tier     = 5 NetBackup Server
  client tier     = 0 No tier
  license type    = 1 Permanent
  Site ID         = 81 Unknown site: 81
  Feature ID      = 22 Additional clients +
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX6-
  file version    = 0x05000000
  time added      = 0x4bd8127c 04/28/10 12:48:28
  hostname        = beata
  product ID      = 6 NetBackup
  serial number   = 506226
  key version     = 0x05000000
  count           = 0
  server platform = 0 Any platform
  client platform = 0 Any platform
  server tier     = 5 NetBackup Server
  client tier     = 0 No tier
  license type    = 1 Permanent
  Site ID         = 81 Unknown site: 81
  Feature ID      = 49 Library Based Tape Drives +
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX6-
  file version    = 0x05000000
  time added      = 0x4bd8126a 04/28/10 12:48:10
  hostname        = beata
  product ID      = 6 NetBackup
  serial number   = 135732
  key version     = 0x05000000
  count           = 1
  server platform = 0 Any platform
  client platform = 0 Any platform
  server tier     = 5 NetBackup Server
  client tier     = 0 No tier
  license type    = 1 Permanent
  Site ID         = 2006 Unknown site: 2006
  Feature ID      = 27 NDMP +
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX6-
  file version    = 0x05000000
  time added      = 0x4bd05397 04/22/10 15:48:07
  hostname        = beata
  product ID      = 7 NetBackup Server
  serial number   = 329149
  key version     = 0x05000000
  count           = 0
  server platform = 2 Any Windows platform
  client platform = 0 Any platform
  server tier     = 5 NetBackup Server
  client tier     = 0 No tier
  license type    = 1 Permanent
  Site ID         = 81 Unknown site: 81
  Feature ID      = 73 Open File Backup +
  Feature ID      = 71 Remote Client Support +
  Feature ID      = 70 Robotic Library Sharing Support +
  Feature ID      = 68 Microsoft RSM Robotic Libraries +
  Feature ID      = 58 Inline Tape Copy +
  Feature ID      = 20 Base NetBackup +

[RiaanBadenhorst]

Hi,

You cannot pull it from NetBackup, as you would have seen, it just says "additional clients" the actual amount would be listed on the license certificate. Same for NDMP Tier versions, NetBackup enterprise client tier versions, even netbackup server tier versions.

If you have all the licenses you can consolidate them to see what you've bought. Symantec will also have a records of this.

What you could investigage is the per terabyte or platform licensing model. It covers all options and features, all you have to tell symantec is how much data you're protecting (i.e. how much is on the clients). Much easier!!

[PetrHan]

Hi Riaan,

thanks for quickly answer .... I have read that perl script Xenon can read licenses from Netbackup and display it in obvious form.  /may be that this utility is renamed for now/....Some minutes ago I contacted Symantec for getting this.

I have more installations of Netbackup, in some case traditional platform licensing, in some case TB licensing.

Petr

[V4]

hi Petr

I also heard Xenon script saves alot timefor licensing review.. i'm also searching availability of that script but didn't get. I know it's renamed and i believe it's internal utility of symantec so mi8 be kept away from public.