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  2. NetBackup™ Replication Director Solutions Guide
  3. Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
  4. Using NetApp Data ONTAP 7-mode with Replication Director
  5. Licenses required for NetApp Data ONTAP 7-Mode with Replication Director
NetBackup™ Replication Director Solutions Guide

Licenses required for NetApp Data ONTAP 7-Mode with Replication Director

The following NetApp licenses are required to use Replication Director.

Table: NetApp licenses required for Replication Director*

License

OnCommand Unified Manager

Primary storage system

Secondary storage systems

OnCommand Core Package*

The package includes OnCommand server software (enabled by default) and the NetApp Management Console (install separately).

5.0.2, 5.2 (includes the DataFabric Manager server).*

5.2 and later must be used in 7-mode.

Yes

No

No

NetApp Plug-in 1.1 or 1.1 P1 for Veritas NetBackup

Download from the NetApp Support Site.

Earlier plug-in versions are supported, but they do not support new features.

See Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director.

Yes

No

No

Data ONTAP

Versions can include: 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3.*

All storage systems must be at the same version.

ONTAP versions 8.0.3 and later must be used in 7-mode.

No

Yes

Yes

*See the NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool for the latest information about supported versions.

The NetApp licenses that are required to use Replication Director depends on the replication configuration in use.

Table: NetApp licenses required on storage systems*

License

On primary

Primary to SnapMirror destination

SnapVault destination

SnapVault to SnapMirror destination

Notes

SnapMirror

Only if SnapMirror Source

Yes

Only if SnapMirror source

Yes

Use to create mirrored snapshots. Install the license on both the source and the destination storage systems in a SnapMirror relationship. Enable SnapMirror access between storage systems.

Install and enable the license on both the source and the destination storage systems in a SnapMirror relationship.

Allow access between source and all targets.

SnapVault

Only if SnapVault source

Yes

No

Use to create a SnapVault snapshot copy on the primary or the secondary storage system.

Install and enable the SnapVault license on the SnapVault source and destination storage systems.

Older platforms have separate SnapVault primary licenses for SnapVault primary (source) and secondary (designation) storage systems.

SnapRestore

Data ONTAP 7.3.6P1 and later is required for SnapRestore support on Windows.

Optional for fast FlexVol level restores

No

Yes

Install the SnapRestore license on all the source storage systems to enable fast pointer-based FlexVol-level restores from primary snapshots.

SnapRestore is required on all SnapVault destination storage systems. For the Primary-SnapVault-SnapMirror cascade (PVM) topology, install the license on the SnapMirror destination storage system.

FlexClone

Only for block data or indexing, restore, or tar-formatted backup of NAS data

Only indexing, restore, or tar-formatted backup of NAS data

Install the FlexClone license on the secondary storage system that contains the SnapVault destination volumes. For the Primary-SnapVault-SnapMirror cascade (PVM) topology, install the license on the SnapMirror destination. The FlexClone license is required on any controller that is used for indexing, restoring, or performing a streaming (tar-formatted) backup of NetApp block data.

CIFS

CIFS NAS data only (Windows)

Install the CIFS license on the storage system that is in a SnapMirror or SnapVault relationship that contains the CIFS file systems.

NFS

NFS NAS data only; (UNIX)

Install the NFS license on the storage system that is in a SnapMirror or SnapVault relationship that contains the NFS systems.

iSCSI and FCs

iSCSI and Fibre Channel block data only (SAN)

Install either iSCSI or FC licenses on both the source and the destination storage systems.

See About using NetApp SAN-connected storage with Replication Director.

SnapDrive for Windows

SnapDrive 6.3.1R1, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.5.

Only for Windows block data only

No

Use to automate storage provisioning tasks and to manage data in Windows environments.

Install the SnapDrive license on the local host or on the primary storage system with Microsoft Windows server SAN data. Note that SnapDrive is not required for UNIX or Linux systems on NetApp LUNs.

*See the NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool for the latest information about supported versions.

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