Tools for creating and viewing licensing reports
NetBackup provides the following tools to gather backup data information and create licensing reports.
NetBackup 8.1.2 and later automatically collects and includes information in the NetBackup web UI. The usage report displays trends and details on the NetBackup data that is protected including data size, primary server, license type, and policy type.
For more information, see the NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.
Cohesity NetInsights Console is a SaaS-based unified platform with Cohesity products and features. It helps you to manage your usage and your license entitlements as well as leverages product telemetry and support data to offer software and appliance insights.
The NetInsights Console delivers a cohesive experience and eliminates the need to switch between multiple products.
Usage information is used with Cohesity Usage Insights that is part of the Cohesity NetInsights Console to compare backup size data with your capacity, traditional, and NEVC licensing.
NetBackup supports the following licensing types:
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 with Flexible Licensing*
NetBackup Enterprise Virtual Client Edition
NetBackup Traditional Licensing Model Edition
Alta Data Protection for NetBackup Cloud
Note:
License types marked with an asterisk (*) use capacity licensing.
NetBackup Deployment Insights is a command-line tool that can gather protected data size and create a licensing report. The netbackup_deployment_insights command generates a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to review. In NetBackup 8.1.2 and later, the tool automatically gathers backup size data.
Note:
Starting from 10.3, the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet report extension is changed from xls to xlsx.
It is recommended to use the NetBackup Deployment Insights tool when you manually generate the license reports. You can continue using the nbdeployutil command with the same options. You can then use this utility to:
Run traditional and NEVC licensing reports on an automated schedule.
Run capacity licensing reports on an incremental schedule.
Manually generate reports for traditional or for capacity licensing.
Create custom capacity license reports. For example, for a set of clients or for a business unit.