Hi,
Here we have Networker running on Solaris and we had
to obtain the client pak for unix to get the thing
working on HPUX clients.
--- Roberta Butcher Gold <gold11 AT LLNL DOT GOV> wrote:
> I received an email from someone on this list
> indicating that our
> Sales Rep and EMC/Legato licensing department states
> that we DO need
> "Clientpak for Unix" if our unix client is running a
> different flavor
> of unix than the server! Sigh ...
>
> Anyway, I sent email to our PSAM to get to the
> bottom of this ... stay posted.
>
>
> >Dave Mussulman wrote:
> >>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?
> >>
> >The ClientPaks are only needed for platforms that
> are different.
> >So, this would include a need for a Linux ClientPak
> if your server
> >is different than Linux.
> >
> >As you stated above, the world of Legato licensing
> is an ever
> >changing "exciting" world. :)
> >
> >>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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