That was a US example, and I was assuming a Master server existed already. =) 

I was quizzing our Veritas rep repeatedly during our recent license audit and 
he told me the clients themselves don't have Tiered licenses. Also included in 
my answers from him was the fact that master and media servers do not also 
require a client license to be backed up - it's assumed. I did mention the 
licenses for the # of tape drives (Library Based Tape Drive license) in my 
reply previously. 

Sorry I wasn't specific enough when I said UNIX....Intel servers running 
Windows or Linux go off the # of CPUs. Other server types have licenses based 
off of the class of the server. 

Hope that clears things up. 
John Nardello
T-Mobile: Enterprise Systems Backup Group Technical Lead
"Your backups are only as good as your restores."


-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:30 PM
To: Nardello, John
Cc: Daniel Lupton; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Tier_1 vs Tier_2


On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 02:43:07PM -0800, Nardello, John wrote:
> Careful....the licenses to back up a client are not Tiered. Only
> licenses you install on a Master/Media server of some kind have Tiers
> - and only some of those. =) 
> 
> Example environment:
>       HP rp7420 Media Server w/3 attached drives from an L700. 
>       Backs up 30 UNIX servers across the LAN.
>       Backs up 10 Windows servers across the LAN.
>       Backs up the Administrator's laptop across the LAN. =) 
> 
> Licenses required for example:
>       one UNIX media server license, Tier 3
>       one Library Based Tape Drive license for three drives (no Tier)
>       forty "Protect Server" licenses (no Tier)
>       one "Protect workstation" license (no Tier)

They must do things different down under - that's not the way it's
licensed in the US.  Here we would need a master server license, a
media server license (if that rp7420 is a separate server) and 41 client
licenses in a tier appropriate to the size of the client (frequently
based on the number of cpus in the system).  You also need licenses for
the number of tape drives. A base license includes some tape drives but
I can't remember how many (2 or 4 I think).

> Wasn't sure if that's what you meant but thought I'd clarify for
> everyone else. The UNIX Tier levels are based on the class of the
> server instead of CPUs. 

That depends too.  With Linux client licenses, it depends on the number
of CPUs in the box.  I can't remember off the of my head on the HPUX
licenses.

-- 
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org