One standalone tape license comes with the mediaserver.
A standalone tape license is the same license as for a Tape Library."Library
Based Tape License"
You can run your backups to disk for free.
I can argue that disk is better than tape.(though not cheaper yet)
 
There are a lot of misconfigured configurations do to reseller ignorance(In
the past licensing was not strictly enforced)
Also Symantec/Veritas has not always configured a system correctly.
 
If you run without a correct license it will catch up with you or your
organization.(hopefully you have retired)
 
Jim
 

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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Wilkinson,
Tim
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 & Library Based Tape License


Is it just a licnesing thing or does it add any actual value to NBU?

  _____  

From: Richard.Mickle at mwrms.rrd.com [mailto:Richard.Mickle at mwrms.rrd.com]
Sent: Tue 11/07/2006 11:42 PM
To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Cc: Wilkinson, Tim
Subject: RE:NBU 6 & Library Based Tape License



Tim, 

The License Key "Library Based Tape License" may not be needed to run
NetBackup, but it is a legal requirement to be properly licensed for it if
you use a tape library of any kind.  There may be a different license for
stand alone tape drives, I am not sure about this.  It is my understanding
that you need 1 license for every tape drive you want to use. 


>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:52:06 +1000
>From: "Wilkinson, Tim" <Tim.Wilkinson at dsto.defence.gov.au>
>Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 & Library Based Tape License
>To: <veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu>
>
>Hi,
> 
>I've asked a few people about this but never had what I'd call a complete
answer (I've been quoted from the admin >guide but it's not hugely helpful
as I've already read this and doesn't answer my question) so hopefully
someone >knows a bit more about this on this mailing list.
>We have NBU 6 (Ent) and have a license key for a 'Library Based Tape
License'. We use robotic tape libraries (SL500 >among others) but have never
added the LBT license and it all runs fine so the question is what is this
license >actually required for? Is it perhaps a legacy thing?
> 
>Cheers,
> 
>Tim 

Richard Mickle
UNIX Systems and Storage Administrator
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An RR Donnelley Company
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