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[Veritas-bu] Veritas licensing transfer dramas

2004-12-22 18:53:56
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Veritas licensing transfer dramas
From: brounb AT adi-limited DOT com (Broun, Bevan)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:53:56 +0000
Hi all

Im hoping someone might be able to tell me how a license transfers from one
netbackup server to another might work and advise on best path forward. Our
software supplier cannot provide answers via veritas - it goes to the too
hard basket.

We have an overly complicated setup that Im trying to consolidate. It will
appear a bit strange to most here no doubt - there were restrictions when
it was built.

We have two netbackup servers at one site. Both are version 4.5 but we are
licensed to upgrade to the latest version 5 via maintence.

The first server is Solaris running Bussiness server with 4 clients. This
server has the most data (the backup server is the main file server). It
also has the best tape library, a compaq/hp MSL5026 with 2 drives. To
operate the library a veritas I needed 
Feature :Additional Drives/Robotics (Active)
for Bussiness server.

The second server is windows 2k with 4.5 data center. It has many small
clients and uses a 8 slot/single drive tape libary that doesnt support a
bar code reader.

Both netbackup servers have other functions beside backup.

I want one dedicated netbackup server using the MSL5026 library. I want
this to be on Intel - I prefer linux.

My original plan was to migrate all licenes to a new linux based dedicated
backup server and attach the MSL5026 tape library to this. I imagined
migrating the data center license and then a bit of credit from the
bussiness server. I have not been able to get quotes for this.

Now Im thinking just upgrade windows data center to the latest version 5.1
and then move it onto a dedicated box (Im a unix guy and would have
preferred a linux base :-(. No license transfers needed.
Then I need just to buy a few additional client licenses.

Question: Will data center support the dual drive library without
additional licensing or do I need to add something similar to "Feature
:Additional Drives/Robotics" to the system?

Question: Do the client license keys for version 5 move between server
platforms, say netbackup ent server on windows to netbackup ent server on
linux? 

Thanks all

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