Hi, I will try to explane how we understand the licensing around backing
up virtualised environments. This is btw. the same view how EMC explaned
it recently.
What licenses you need, depends on the the way how you want to back up
your ESX server or the guest systems.
- In the simple configuration, where you use VCB through the required
VCB proxy to back up simple VMs (without spec. databases), you don't
need the Virtual Edition Client Edition at all! In this case you don't
install any NetWorker piece either on the ESX server nor in the
individual VMs. You interface with the VMs only on the VCB proxy where
they get mounted and backed up with NetWorker. If you want to send the
backup data from the proxy through the LAN to a storagenode than you
only need a Client Connection license for that proxy server, if it has
backup target devices connected, than it needs a storagenode license.
Restoring the whole VM is possible back to the proxy and from there via
VCB to the ESX server.
- In the case you have spec. databases like EXCH or SQL installed in a
VM or you just want to make the backups out of the VM to achieve a
better restore granularity, you need to install the NetWorker client
portion and the application specific module like NM-EXCH or the newer
NMM (NetWorker Module f. MS Apps.) into the VM to achieve a DB aware and
consistent backup of that databases.
To come to the point, the Virtual Edition Client (VEC) is only needed if
you install NetWorker pieces (Clients or ASMs) in the VMs and don't want
to pay for each Client Connection or ASM individually for every VM. In
pre 7.4 releases befor the VEC license modell introduction, this was a
big disadvantage of using NetWorker in (any) virtualized environment. As
you can see in the attached Licensing Guide explanation, this licensing
modell is not only good for VMs in a VMware environment, but also in MS
Hiper-V, Solaris containers, zones etc.
regards -attila
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NetWorker Virtual Edition Client
Licensing
• Per physical host hosting virtual machines (or Guest Operating Systems).
• One license per physical host allows file system backups of unlimited
number of VMs on that
host.
Notes
• This new product model works with NetWorker 7.4 SP3 and later versions
only.
• A single NetWorker Virtual Edition Client per physical host will
enable unlimited virtual
machines to be backed up. With this new virtual client on the host,
users can install
NetWorker client code for filesystem backup in each VM of the physical
host as needed
without the need for more licenses or enablers.
• Part number for NetWorker Virtual Edition Client – 456-100-676.
• This simplified licensing model will work for VMware environments as
well as other server
virtualization technologies, in particular, IBM LPars, Solaris Zones and
Microsoft Hyper-V.
For details on which virtualization technologies are suppored by
NetWorker, see the
Information Protection Software Compatibility Guide on PowerLink.
• This model is applicable for VMware environments where you have
applications running
on Virtual Machines and therefore cannot leverage VCB (VMware
Consolidated Backup).
Currently, VCB allows file system backups only, not applications.
• For application consistent backups, a NetWorker Virtual Edition Client
and the appropriate
NetWorker Application module is needed for each of the individual
Virtual Machines. One
license is required for each application type (SQL, Exchange,
SharePoint, Oracle, SAP
etc.) used within all of the virtual machines on a single physical
server. There are no
changes to model codes for NetWorker Modules, so use existing codes and
license
enablers.
• For users using VMotion, each ESX server that hosts the source VM or
destination VM
will require the virtual client and the appropriate application module
license.
• If users want to cluster their ESX Servers using VMware Distributed
Resource Scheduler (DRS)
and VMware HA, they need to purchase NetWorker Virtual Edition Client
for each ESX Server
in their ESX Cluster Farm. They also need to purchase the appropriate
number of module
licenses depending upon the applications running in their farm.
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Data Protection Architect Tel: (+49 89) 46 008 2534
Sun Microsystems GmbH Fax: (+49 89) 46 008 2583
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James Pratt schrieb:
Hi, we purchased 16 of these virtual cals, on the presumption that yes,
one would be needed per ESX host. (This is what our EMC rep told us as
well!?)
However, I've also noticed via nsrlic that only 1 virtual cal ever seems
to be in use - could it be that the lics' are only used temporarily when
doing the actual VCB itself, and then released afterwards?
We are on 7.5.1 on windows 32-bit, and am quite sure we have setup the
virtualization piece in NW properly, since all our vcb's work. I'm
thinking of removing 15 of the 16 cals and see what happens ... :\
(If only 1 virtual cal *is* required "in the grand scheme", I guess we
certainly got ripped off! ... :(
Thanks,
Jamie
-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Kevin Malone
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:32 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] NetWorker Virtual Edition Client
details:
Networker server is Windows server 2003 64 bit running version 7.4.4.
We have a 6 server VMware cluster and are interested in using the
virtual edition client to free up some client licenses. We use VMWare
Consolidated backup to backup our virtual servers from a storage node.
I have installed one temporary license of the Virtual Edition Client on
our Networker server. When I do a nsrlic from the command line, I see
that the virtual server clients no longer show up as "clients" and
therefore, the licenses they were using are now "free".
My question is to anyone who is using this client...we were told that we
needed one Virtual Client License PER ESX SERVER. From what I am
seeing, this one Virtual Edition license is allowing all of our clients
with properties defined to use VCB on the proxy backup.
Is there anyone using this Virtual Edition Client with 7.4.4 using VCB
with a VMware cluster that explain why I you need one Virtual Client
License PER ESX SERVER? I guess I am missing something.
Kevin
Kevin Malone
Network Administrator
Salisbury University
Information Technology FH297
kcmalone AT salisbury DOT edu
410-543-6298
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