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Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Last Published: 2017-09-25

Product(s): NetBackup (8.1)

About administering NetBackup licenses

NetBackup license keys are added when the software is installed. Licenses can be added later in the License Key dialog box for separately-priced options.

Note:

Restart the NetBackup Administration Console after any license updates.

Note:

Perform a manual catalog backup after the licenses are updated.

An immediate, manual catalog backup prevents stale licenses from being restored in case a catalog restore is necessary before the next scheduled catalog backup.

See Backing up NetBackup catalogs manually.

Perform the following tasks from the NetBackup License Keys dialog box:

Accessing a license.	Accessing licenses for a NetBackup server
Add a new license.	Adding NetBackup licenses
Print a license.	Printing NetBackup licenses
Delete a license.	Deleting NetBackup licenses
View the properties of one license.	Viewing NetBackup license key properties
Export the license list.	Exporting NetBackup licenses

To access NetBackup licenses on a UNIX computer, use either the menu-driven license utility (get_license_key.sh utility) or the bpminlicense command.

See the following topic for instructions:

Starting the NetBackup license utility on a UNIX computer

Accessing licenses for a NetBackup server

Use the following procedure to access licenses for a NetBackup server.

To access licenses for a NetBackup master or a media server

To view the licenses of the current server:
In the NetBackup Administration Console, select Help > License Keys.
To view the licenses of another server:
Select File > Change Server. Click OK to launch a new console. Enter the host name of another server. Enter a user name and password and click Login. In the new console, select Help > License Keys.

Select the license details to view as follows:

Summary of active licensed features	Displays a summary of the active features that are licensed on this server. This view lists each feature and the number of instances of the feature that are licensed.
All registered license keys details	Displays the details of the license keys that are registered on this server. This view lists the following: Each license key The server where the key is registered When the key was registered The features that the key provides

Adding NetBackup licenses

Use the following procedure to add NetBackup licenses to the selected server.

To add a license to a server

In the NetBackup Administration Console, select Help > License Keys.
Click New.
Enter the license key and click Add or OK.
If you added a license on a computer, restart all of the NetBackup utilities and the NetBackup Administration Console.
Perform a manual catalog backup after the licenses are updated.
An immediate, manual catalog backup prevents stale licenses from being restored in case a catalog restore is necessary before the next scheduled catalog backup.
See Backing up NetBackup catalogs manually.

You can add licenses to a different NetBackup server:

Select File > Change Server. Click OK to launch a new console. Enter the host name of another server. Enter a user name and password and click Login. In the new console, select Help > License Keys.

Printing NetBackup licenses

Use the following procedure to print the licenses that are installed on a NetBackup server.

To print a list of NetBackup licenses

In the NetBackup Administration Console, select Help > License Keys.
Click Print.
The printed information includes the following:
- License key
- Name of the host
- Date the key was added
- Name of the product
- Name of the feature
- Whether or not the license is valid
- Expiration date for the license

Deleting NetBackup licenses

Use the following procedure to delete a license that is installed on a NetBackup server.

To delete a license

In the NetBackup Administration Console, select Help > License Keys.
Select the license that you want to delete from the license key list. If the key has more than one feature, all of the features are listed in the dialog box.
Click Delete.
Click OK or Yes to delete the key and all of the features that are associated with the key. The license key cannot be restored.
If you deleted a license, restart all of the NetBackup utilities and the NetBackup Administration Console.

Viewing NetBackup license key properties

Use the following procedure to view the properties of a NetBackup license.

To view the properties of a NetBackup license

In the NetBackup Administration Console, select Help > License Keys.
Double-click on a license.

Exporting NetBackup licenses

Use the following procedure to export NetBackup licenses.

To export NetBackup licenses

In the NetBackup Administration Console, select Help > License Keys.
Click Export.
Enter the path and the file name where you want all licenses to be exported.
Click Save.
The exported file contains a list of each license along with the following information:
- Name of the host
- Date the license was added
- Name of the product
- Name of the feature
- Whether or not the license is valid
- Expiration date for the license

Starting the NetBackup license utility on a UNIX computer

Use the following procedure to start the NetBackup license utility on a computer running UNIX.

To start the NetBackup license utility on a computer running UNIX

From the command line, run /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key
At the prompt, enter one of the following menu selections, then press Enter:
- Type A to add a new license key, then type the license key at the prompt.
- Type D to delete a license from the list, then type the license key at the prompt.
- Type F to list only the licenses that are currently active. Expired licenses do not appear in this listing. Specify a local or a remote host.
- Type L to list all registered licenses - active or inactive. Specify a local or a remote host.
- Type H for help on the License Key Utility.
- Type q to quit the utility.