On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 02:07:48PM +0100, tomvo AT absi DOT be wrote:
> Does this mean that there are no technical limits but only legal ones ? 

Correct.  There is no technical license enformcement.

> How are we then warned if the total numbers of clients has surpassed our 
> license limit ? If I understand you correctly, even the software doesn't 
> know it ?

The software doesn't know.  Symantec is working on a new tool - Symantec
License Manager (SliM or something like that) that will allow us to
audit our licenses.  Personally, I'm looking forward to this because
it's a royal pain in the backside now.  Unless you understand your
clients really well, there's not even a way for the NetBackup
administrator to know or figure out if you are compliant or not.
 
> My main reason to ask is to make sure that problems with licenses don't 
> cause sudden backup problems.

Your first issue to make sure you're legally compliant.  Some future
release may enforce licenses, but the current releases don't.

        .../Ed

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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