Licensing Netbackup Appliance with V-RAY and BackupExec

[endeval]

Hi All,

We are looking to buy a net Netbackup Appliance 5240.  We have an existing BackupExec deployment with a tape library.

Could someone please advise what licensing is ;

1- Included with the Netbackup Appliance (vendor part number: 16444-M4211)?

2- Additional required to do v-ray based backups with BackupExec?

thanks

James

[sdo]

Hi James, you seem to be talking about two completely different products... NetBackup (and NetBackup Appliances) versus BackupExec.  These two product sets are different from a software technology perspective.  They both perform the same business function, i.e. that of data protection... but they do not overlap or join - i.e. there is no "interop" between NetBackup and BackupExec.

So, applogoes, but I'm sorry... but we can't answer your question as it stands.  Are you able to re-phrase, or re-state your question?

[Marianne]

I agree - NetBackup (installed on Appliance) is totally separate from BE.

NBU Appliance can be used as Master/Media server to backup physical and virtual servers/clients.

BE needs separate Media server and Storage.

About your questions:

Could someone please advise what licensing is ;

1- Included with the Netbackup Appliance (vendor part number: 16444-M4211)?

The Appliance comes pre-installed with NetBackup and evaluation license key. No permanent license keys.
Permanent license keys must be purchased separately.
License keys can be Capacity or Agent-based. 
Please discuss licensing needs with your reseller.

2- Additional required to do v-ray based backups with BackupExec?

As explained previously - totally independend of NetBackup and Appliance.
Best to use one product (NetBackup) for all backups. 

[Mouse]

Veritas has two different backup products, BackupExec and NetBackup. Apart of a few shared libraries they have nothing in common and address different markets.

Hence two things:

1. NetBackup (NBU) appliance is just a hardware appliance. There is no software licenses included with it.

2. NBU appliance works only with NBU, it can be the only server in the domain or attached as a media server to another master in the domain. But you can't use BackupExec (BUE) with it.

Considering the above, you will need to forfeight your existing BUE licenses and buy a whole new set of NBU licenses to cover the required aspects of data protection in your landscape unless there is a promo that your local Veritas is running to swap out/buy back your existing BUE licenses to sweeten the switch.

[andrew_mcc1]

For completeness, Veritas SKU 16444-M4211 description is:-

"NETBACKUP APPLIANCE 5240 14TB 4 1GB ETHERNET - 2 10GBT CU ETHERNET - 2 10GB SFP ETHERNET - 2 8GB FIBRE CHANNEL STANDARD APPLIANCE + ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE BUNDLE INITIAL 48MO CORPORATE"

which is a 14 TB 5240 Appliance, I/O Option "C" and 4 years of "Essential" (4-Hr Onsite) hardware support. It does not include any NetBackup software licences. As Marianne says you should work with your reseller to get a proper picture of the proposed solution, licensing needs etc.

Andrew