Thanks Paul,

Searching for the title of that document yielded a slightly newer
version (dated December 6, 2004):

http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/products/White_Papers/Data_Protection/nbu_5x_plguide_update_final.pdf

It definitively answers a lot of licensing questions that I have about
5.x.  Has anything changed for 6.0?

Austin


On 7/19/07, Paul Keating <pkeating AT bank-banque-canada DOT ca> wrote:
> From:
> http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/products/Sales_Docs/Data_Protection/nb
> u_51_plguide_final_060304.pdf
>
> I haven't seen an updated version of this lately........
>
> MULTIPLE DOMAIN OR VIRTUAL MACHINE SYSTEMS
> NetBackup components (servers, clients, and database agents) for UNIX,
> Windows, NetWare, and Linux are each licensed
> once per physical machine. If a physical machine runs multiple Operating
> Systems and Databases, then the physical machine
> requires one NetBackup component for each Operating System and Database
> type. Please note that this policy supersedes
> previous licensing policies that were communicated before the date of
> this document.
> Exception: NetBackup Clients installed on IBM zSeries (OS/390) should be
> licensed once per virtual machine. This is an
> exception to the standard NetBackup policy of licensing clients once per
> physical machine.
>
> --
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Preston, Douglas L [mailto:dpreston AT LANDAM DOT com]
> > Sent: July 19, 2007 2:04 PM
> > To: Austin Murphy
> > Cc: Paul Keating; Ed Wilts; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Determining Number of Additional
> > Client LicensesinNetBackup
> >
> >
> > You can not backup running vm virtual machines one a esx box
> > by backing
> > up the linux side of the esx box.  The only way to backup them up via
> > netbackup is to purchase a license for each vm virtual machine.
> > In your example of "10 linux vm virtual machines and 10 windows vm
> > virtual machines" you will need 10 linux and 10 windows licenses for
> > netbackup to back them up.
> >
> > We have 8 esx servers running here and some I use esxranger
> > to back them
> > up but most of the virtual machines we want file level restore
> > capability so we had to purchase the netbackup licenses.
> >
> > Doug Preston
> > Systems Engineer
> > Land America Tax and Flood Services
> > Phone 626-339-5221 Ext 1104
> > Email  dlpreston AT landam DOT com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Austin Murphy [mailto:austin.murphy AT gmail DOT com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:49 AM
> > To: Preston, Douglas L
> > Cc: Paul Keating; Ed Wilts; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Determining Number of Additional Client
> > LicensesinNetBackup
> >
> > On 7/19/07, Preston, Douglas L <dpreston AT landam DOT com> wrote:
> >
> > > ...  then used the existing license to backup the images.
> >
> > Yes, but...   If you have 10 linux virtuals and 10 windows virtuals
> > running on a single VMware on linux system, how many
> > NetBackup licenses
> > do you need?
> >
> > The prevailing wisdom on the list seems to indicate you need 1 linux
> > license AND 1 windows license.
> >
> > To put it more plainly, in the example given, 1 linux license for the
> > base system is insufficient, and 20 licenses (10 linux and 10 windows)
> > are not necessary.
> >
> > If anyone else can corroborate this I'd be glad to hear it.
> >
> > Austin
> >
>
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