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 bpsetconfig command 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.
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.
The following procedure shows how to set FLEX as the license type:
Run the bpsetconfig command, from the following location:
On Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd
On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd
For example, if you want to set FLEX as the license type:
On Windows:
bpsetconfig.exe
bpsetconfig>
NETBACKUP_PLATFORM_BASE_COMPLETE_EDITION_FLEX=1
bpsetconfig>^Z
On UNIX:
./bpsetconfig
bpsetconfig>
NETBACKUP_PLATFORM_BASE_COMPLETE_EDITION_FLEX=1
bpsetconfig>^D
Note:
In a multi-master 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.