It's important to audit these things. On our last renewal, they
end-of-lifed / recycled our 'ClientPak for PC Desktops' into a
'ClientPak for Windows' license, but didn't take the old license off the
quote.
Worse than that, we already had a ClientPak for Windows NT which
sufficed for the 'ClientPak for Windows' license. So they charged for
the ClientPak for PC Desktops, the ClientPak for Windows they added to
replace the PC Desktops, and the original ClientPak for Windows NT --
billing us three times for something we only needed one of. Adjusting
the quote lowered the cost by almost $1000.
I assume it's implied that if the Networker server is running on Linux,
then the ClientPak for UNIX is required to backup Solaris/AIX/HPUX, and
you don't need a ClientPak for Linux to backup linux clients?
Dave
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 10:55:12AM -0700, Roberta Butcher Gold wrote:
> We are preparing to renew our licenses also, and being a customer of
> NetWorker since 4.0, I was under the impression we still needed a
> "Clientpak for Unix" license if the clients were a different flavor
> of Unix than our server ...
>
> Many thanks to you George for asking the question!!!
>
> Straight from Legato:
>
> FR: ysong
>
> 3151114 Licensing Issues
>
>
> Hi Roberta,
>
>
> >If my server is a Unix (AIX) machine, do I need a "Clientpak for
> >Unix" to back up my Solaris, SGIs, and Digital Unix clients?
>
>
>
> If you have enough client connections, then you don't need any
> clientpak for unix as your NW server is of unix platform.
>
> The only situation where you would need one is that , your NW backup
> server is Windows platform, then in that case you need a clientpak
> for Unix.
>
> The only exception is Linux clients, you need a linux clientpak if
> your NW server is either Window or Unix. We treat linux more like a
> module.
>
> In summary , you don't need a separate clientpak for unix.
>
>
> regards,
>
>
>
> Yung Song
> Legato Technical Support
> EMC Software Group
>
>
> At 9:45 AM -0400 6/8/05, George Sinclair wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm sure this question has been dealt with before, but I'm in a rush to
> >get an answer and have not been able to get any clear answers or return
> >calls from Legato, and we have support; otherwise, I'd talk to them
> >about this and not waste anyone's time.
> >
> >We have a Solaris server running NetWork Edition. We have *always* had
> >the "ClientPak for UNIX" as one of our products as shown in the server
> >registration window. My understanding is that in order to support
> >different flavors of Unix, other than the server's (in this case
> >Solaris), this is a necessary product, or at least it was at one time.
> >We do back up other flavors of Unix, including Linux; however, in the
> >case of Linux, we also have the required "ClientPak for Linux", and
> >because we also back up Windows machines, we also have the "Clientpak
> >for Windows".
> >
> >Questions:
> >
> >1. Does the built-in support for 10 clients (server and 9 other clients)
> >that you always get with NetWorker extend to all non-Linux flavors of
> >Unix as long as you have the "ClientPak for Unix"? In other words, in
> >our case, if we had no other "NetWorker client connections", would we
> >still be able to back up 9 AIX boxes, or 9 SGI boxes, or any
> >combination, etc. assuming the server was Solaris, or does the built-in
> >support only allow for 9 Solaris clients (server makes 10)?
> >
> >2. If we we're only backing up Solaris clients, would the "ClientPak for
> >Unix" be necessary?
> >
> >2. What would happen if we removed the "ClientPak for Unix"? We're still
> >running 6.1.1, but not sure if later updates obviated the need for this
> >product? We're getting ready to renew our maintenance and needed to know
> >if this should definitely be included.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >George
> >
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