NetBackup IT Analytics Licensing Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.5)
  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

Run license verification utility

Typically, you will run this utility after you install the license key.

This utility connects to the database and then compares the counts and names of the licensed components with the values contained within the installed license key. For an evaluation license, the report will show the date/time that the license key will expire--that is, when the software will no longer function.

Log in as a user with super-user privileges and use the following utility to check the licensed components that are currently enabled in your environment.

Windows:

C:\opt\aptare\utils\verifyLicense.bat

Linux:

/opt/aptare/utils/verifyLicense.sh

The most important part of this report is the last section titled: VERIFYING LICENSE AGAINST CONFIGURATION. If this section is blank, there are no license violations and you have correctly installed the license and, in addition, the number of licensed components within the product matches the installed license key.

The LICENSE DETAILS portion of this report shows the specific capabilities that are associated with the license that was purchased for your environment.

Sample output:
================= LICENSE DETAILS ==================

Main Portal License:

Path to license: c:\opt\aptare\portalconf\licenses
License Issued on Jan 12, 2021 12:00:00AM IST
Product Edition: STANDARD

Licensed Modules:
        Backup Manager is licensed
        Capacity Manager is licensed
Features:
Max SAN capacity (TB): 300
Backup Manager Capacity: 300

Max SAN Ports: Unlimited
Max File Analytics Utilization (TB): Unlimited
Number of allowed vm servers: Unlimited

Activation State: The license is active.
=================== REPORT COMPLETE ====================