Setting the licensing type for scheduled reports
After install or upgrade, or if you change the license type, you must set the license type for a scheduled run of the nbdeployutil utility. Use the NetBackup web UI to set a license type. You must set the license type so that the nbdeployutil can generate a JSON file that NetBackup telemetry uses to send usage information to Usage Insights.
Note:
You can no longer use the bpsetconfig command to set the licensing type.
For more information about setting a license type from the NetBackup web UI, refer to the NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.
The following license types are available:
NETBACKUP_PLATFORM_BASE_COMPLETE_EDITION
NETBACKUP_PLATFORM_BASE_LIMITED_EDITION
NETBACKUP_PLATFORM_BASE_BIG_DATA_WORKLOAD_EDITION
NETBACKUP_PLATFORM_BASE_NDMP_EDITION
NETBACKUP_PLATFORM_BASE_COMPLETE_EDITION_FLEX
NETBACKUP_ENTERPRISE_VIRTUAL_CLIENT_EDITION
NETBACKUP_TRADITIONAL_LICENSING_MODEL_EDITION
For NetBackup 8.3 and later, you have to set the licensing type using to avail the benefit of Flexible licensing. For NetBackup 8.2 and earlier, Flexible licensing is available when you set Complete Edition as the license type using .
If you do not set a licensing type, the following type is selected:
For more information about Flexible licensing, refer to the NetBackup Licensing Guide.
To set NetBackup Platform Base Complete Edition Flex as the license type
- Open a web browser and go to the following URL:
- https://primaryserver/webui/login
The primaryserver is the host name or IP address of the NetBackup primary server that you want to sign in to.
- Enter your credentials and click Sign in.
- On the left, click Usage.
- Click Usage reporting settings.
- The default license type or the license types that you set are displayed.
- Click Edit and select NetBackup Platform Base Complete Edition Flex.
- Click Save.
Note:
In a multi-primary scenario, it is recommended that the proxy servers always use the NetBackup 8.3 version to get the maximum benefit of flexible licensing.
If you have NetBackup 8.3 and earlier clients, ensure that you install the client-side Emergency Engineering Binary (EEB) from the Veritas Support site to get the enhanced benefit of flexible licensing. You can also see the Veritas Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) website and refer to the NetBackup Emergency Engineering Binary Guide.