On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:34 AM, WEAVER, Simon (external) <
simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net> wrote:
1) VCB Backups (consolidated) - how is it Licensed from a NetBackup perspective? Is it based on 1 host with multiple VM machines, per processor or the number of VM machines on a host?
2) Flash Backups - Again, licensing, is it per client, or per processor?
Cannot find anything definitive about this, and being asked these questions by my supplier.
You need to change suppliers. These are basic questions that any supplier should be able to answer. I'm too lazy to look it up, but the VMware licensing information was posted to Symantec's web site a year or longer ago.
1. You need 1 license per OS type on the host. So, if you have 20 Windows guests plus 2 Linux guests, you need to purchase 1 Windows client license and 1 Linux client license. Add a Snapshot/Advanced license if you want to use Snapshots (which includes VCB).
2. It's per client and there are multiple tiers in the client types. You need to know what tier your client is in and then purchase 1 client for that server. The license is actually installed on the master server.
.../Ed
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