NetBackup IT Analytics Licensing Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.6)
  1. License installation and guidelines
    1. License overview
      1.  
        License Editions
      2.  
        License feature matrix
    2.  
      Understanding licensing restrictions
    3.  
      Get the NetBackup IT Analytics license key file
    4.  
      Install a license
    5. Verify the current license configuration
      1.  
        Run the License Summary report
      2.  
        Help About
      3.  
        View License Details
    6.  
      Consumption criteria of license suites
    7. Storage suite
      1. Capacity Manager
        1.  
          Storage Array Capacity license criteria
        2.  
          Vendor-specific capacity license criteria
        3.  
          EMC Symmetrix Arrays
        4.  
          EMC CLARiiON Arrays
        5.  
          HDS Arrays
        6.  
          NetApp Arrays
      2.  
        Fabric Manager
    8. Protection suite
      1. Backup Manager
        1.  
          Cohesity DataProtect
        2.  
          Commvault Simpana
        3.  
          Dell EMC NetWorker Backup & Recovery
        4.  
          EMC Avamar
        5.  
          Generic backups
        6.  
          HP Data Protector
        7.  
          IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM)
        8.  
          NAKIVO Backup & Replication
        9.  
          Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
        10.  
          Rubrik Cloud Data Management
        11.  
          Veeam Backup & Replication
        12.  
          Veritas Backup Exec
        13.  
          Veritas NetBackup
      2.  
        Virtualization Manager
    9. Complete suite
      1.  
        File Analytics
    10.  
      Overview
    11. Managing licenses
      1.  
        Managing objects collected from centralized systems
      2.  
        Managing directly probed enterprise objects
      3.  
        What happens to historical data?
      4.  
        Processes to manage license counts
      5.  
        Identify counted and excluded objects
      6.  
        Stack multiple licenses
      7.  
        Add license with higher entitlement
      8.  
        Change the license edition
      9.  
        Portal behavior with stacked license suites
      10.  
        Delete Portal license
    12.  
      View the current license
    13.  
      Delete clients
    14.  
      Expand your license configuration
    15.  
      Exclude objects from future data collections
    16. Configure the Data Collector policy to exclude the object
      1.  
        Example of configuring a Data Collector policy to exclude arrays
      2.  
        Add objects to the Object Exclusion Database table
    17.  
      Removing objects from the license count
    18.  
      Deleting objects using the Inventory List view
  2. License management from command line
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Install a license on Microsoft Windows Portal platform
    3.  
      Install a license on Linux Portal platform
    4. Verify the current license configuration
      1.  
        Run report configuration utility
      2.  
        Run license verification utility
    5.  
      Removing a Portal license
  3. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      License install fails with 'License is already issued for another host' error

Managing directly probed enterprise objects

Many enterprise objects are probed directly to collect metadata. For objects that are probed directly, follow these steps to remove them from license counts:

  • Exclude from Collection: If the object was captured during data collection, you will need to exclude it from collection so that future collections do not recapture the object.

    See Exclude objects from future data collections.

    For Backup Manager, you can go directly to the backup software and remove the client from the backup policy, according to the vendor's instructions. In this case, you do not have to delete the object from the database.

  • Remove from License Count: To remove a directly probed object from licensing consideration, you must delete the object via the Object Maintenance tool in the Portal.

    See Removing objects from the license count.

    See Deleting objects using the Inventory List view.