About NetBackup licensing models
Table: NetBackup licensing models describes the NetBackup licensing models.
Table: NetBackup licensing models
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Capacity licensing | Capacity licensing is based on the total amount of data that NetBackup protects on the client or agent. The nbdeployutil utility securely communicates with the master server to gather the protected data sizes and generate reports. The report includes details for the last 90 days per the license agreement and only includes details for full backups and user-directed backups (including expired backups). The capacity licensing report includes details about the mechanism that is used to calculate data size, based on the policy type. When this model is used, NetBackup automatically gathers the information through the accurate licensing method or obtains information from the backup image header. | ||
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NetBackup automatically uses this data-gathering method if the policy type supports accurate licensing. Each supported policy type uses a unique mechanism at backup time to calculate the size of the data that the policy protects. This information is gathered and then stored in the NetBackup database.
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If a policy type is not yet supported for the accurate licensing method, this method is used. This method is also used for NetBackup 8.0 and earlier clients. | |||
Traditional licensing | The traditional licensing model is based on the total number of protected clients in a NetBackup environment or on the total storage capacity. This model counts the number of clients and servers, and then compares this information against licensed options. | ||