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[Veritas-bu] NB 4.5 Licensing for 2 autoloaders

2003-10-07 12:26:35
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NB 4.5 Licensing for 2 autoloaders
From: Mark.Donaldson AT experianems DOT com (Donaldson, Mark)
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 10:26:35 -0600
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I don't think NB is licensing by robot count anymore, just tape drive count,
so adding tape drives adds additional licensing costs  (list price, last I
checked, was about $3000/tape drive).
-M

-----Original Message-----
From: Karl.Rossing AT Federated DOT CA [mailto:Karl.Rossing AT Federated DOT CA]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:22 AM
To: Donaldson, Mark
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NB 4.5 Licensing for 2 autoloaders



Yea,   

i plan to sit tight for a couple of months, 

I just need to know of a Robotic License includes a tape drive license when
i upgrade to v5. 

Thanks,

veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu wrote on 10/07/2003 11:02:27 AM:

> When v5.0 comes out, "Business Server" becomes "Netbackup 
> Datacenter" and the robot/drive count limitations go away.  So 
> depending on how much a hurry you're in, you may just have to sit 
> tight for a couple of months. 
> -M 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl.Rossing AT Federated DOT CA [mailto:Karl.Rossing AT Federated DOT 
> CA]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:21 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] NB 4.5 Licensing for 2 autoloaders

> 
> Hi, 
> 
> We would like to connect  2 autoloaders to our 4.5 Business Server. 
> 
> 4.5 Business Server comes with 1 tape drive. 
> 
> We bought 1 robotics license which gives us access to a 2nd tape 
> drive in a library. 
> 
> BUT we want to connect 2 autoloaders. 
> 
> Do i need another robotics device? 
> 
> My sales guy doesn't seem to know. He referred me to licensing and 
> licensing doesn't seem to know. 
> 
> I'm sure one of you know. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Karl


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<DIV><SPAN class=815492416-07102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I 
don't think NB is licensing by robot count anymore, just tape drive count, so 
adding tape drives adds additional licensing costs&nbsp; (list price, last I 
checked, was about $3000/tape drive).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=815492416-07102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>-M</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
  <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Karl.Rossing AT Federated 
DOT CA 
  [mailto:Karl.Rossing AT Federated DOT CA]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 
07, 2003 
  10:22 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Donaldson, Mark<BR><B>Cc:</B> 
  veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Veritas-bu] 
NB 4.5 
  Licensing for 2 autoloaders<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif 
  size=2>Yea, &nbsp;</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>i plan to sit 
  tight for a couple of months,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I 
  just need to know of a Robotic License includes a tape drive license when i 
  upgrade to v5.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif 
  size=2>Thanks,<BR></FONT><BR><FONT 
  size=2><TT>veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu wrote on 10/07/2003 
  11:02:27 AM:<BR><BR>&gt; When v5.0 comes out, "Business Server" becomes 
  "Netbackup <BR>&gt; Datacenter" and the robot/drive count limitations go 
away. 
  &nbsp;So <BR>&gt; depending on how much a hurry you're in, you may just have 
  to sit <BR>&gt; tight for a couple of months.</TT></FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2><TT>&gt; -M</TT></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><TT>&gt; -----Original 
  Message-----<BR>&gt; From: Karl.Rossing AT Federated DOT CA 
  [mailto:Karl.Rossing AT Federated DOT CA]<BR>&gt; Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 
2003 
  8:21 AM<BR>&gt; To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<BR>&gt; Subject: 
  [Veritas-bu] NB 4.5 Licensing for 2 autoloaders<BR></TT></FONT><BR><FONT 
  size=2><TT>&gt; <BR>&gt; Hi, <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; We would like to connect 
  &nbsp;2 autoloaders to our 4.5 Business Server. <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; 4.5 
Business 
  Server comes with 1 tape drive. <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; We bought 1 robotics 
license 
  which gives us access to a 2nd tape <BR>&gt; drive in a library. <BR>&gt; 
  <BR>&gt; BUT we want to connect 2 autoloaders. <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Do i need 
  another robotics device? <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; My sales guy doesn't seem to know. 
  He referred me to licensing and <BR>&gt; licensing doesn't seem to know. 
  <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; I'm sure one of you know. <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Thanks, 
<BR>&gt; 
  Karl</TT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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