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

Protection suite

This license suite comprises of:

  • Backup Manager

  • Virtualization Manager

  • File Analytics (required when adding as a NBU Policy)

The Protection Suite uses Front End Terabyte (FETB) as the meter for license consumption and the below conversion factor is used to convert number of clients to FETB:

1 FETB = 2.5 clients

The consumption criteria for each product of these components is explained in the sections below.

You can also configure Storage backup target policies along with policies under Data protection. Reports related to such Storage backup target are also available for Protection Suite license.