Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] license numbers

2005-06-24 02:00:13
Subject: [Veritas-bu] license numbers
From: brounb AT adi-limited DOT com (Broun, Bevan)
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:00:13 +0000
Hi Greg

You can export or save the license information to a plain text file, this
is done via the license key manager in the gui.

However, this is of almost no use since NetBackup licensing is crazy.

A client license key may be for one or more clients but this is not
recorded in netbackup anywhere. All you get is "Feature: Additional clients
(Active)" but you have no way of telling how many clients are on a
particular key. You must refer back to the pdf or paper version of the
license.

I have a single server key which has "quantity = 2". So I must put the same
key on two different netbackup servers. I have a single key for 8 clients
and some of those clients are on one netbackup server, some on another, so
I must put the same client license key on both servers again.

Worse - give veritas the key and they wont be able to tell you what they
are for. You have to give the the purchase order number - more info from
paper/pdf copy.

BB