For the IT infrastructure manager the TCO (Total Cost Ownership) of specific tool must be calculated carefully to avoid the improvidence budget. Veritas Netbackup is an enterprise scale tool which requires huge budget if an organization used it.
To help the IT infrastructure manager in calculating the budget for his Netbackup Veritas need, how much money spent for buying the license, Veritas has provided the tools and the way to calculate transparently. There are two licensing models applied, namely : traditional licensing model and capacity licensing model.
NetBackup licensing models
NetBackup uses two licensing models:
The traditional licensing model is based on the total number of protected clients in a NetBackup environment or on the total storage capacity.
The Capacity Licensing Model
Capacity licensing is based on the total amount of data that NetBackup protects on the client (or agent). When the capacity licensing model is used, NetBackup automatically gathers the information using the backup image header.
With the existing capacity licensing model, protected data is gathered using backup image header and then stored in the NetBackup catalog. Capacity information is gathered and a report is generated. The user then reconciles the information in the report with the actual capacity in use.
How capacity licensing uses Front-end Terabytes
The licensing fees for the use of NetBackup are based on the total number of Front-End Terabytes (FETBs) protected by NetBackup. Front-End Terabyte Calculation is a way of determining the total terabytes of data NetBackup protects. One FETB is 1 TB of protected data. The data can either be on clients or devices where the software is installed or where the software is used to provide backup functionality.
The nbdeployutil utility uses image headers in the NetBackup catalog to determine the terabytes of data that NetBackup protects. Any partial terabyte of data is rounded up to the next whole terabyte. The final total is the sum of the FETBs for each client or policy combination that the analyzer examines. The utility measures the actual data protected.
nbdeployutil utility options
The nbdeployutil utility is used to gather data and analyze licensing data, and then present the results in a spreadsheet as a report. The utility can be used to report on both the traditional or the capacity licensing model. The utility can be run automatically according to a customizable incremental schedule (for capacity reports only) or manually (for traditional and capacity reports).
Incremental capacity licensing reports run automatically.
In NetBackup 8.0, nbdeployutil supports incremental reporting. NetBackup triggers nbdeployutil to run based on a specified schedule, incrementally gather data, and generate capacity based licensing reports for the past 90 days. There are no scheduled reports in traditional licensing.
Note :
If you upgrade from an older version of nbdeployutil with incremental reporting to NetBackup 8.0 or later version, the operating system-based scheduler or Cron job is removed. NetBackup triggers nbdeployutil to run at a specified schedule, incrementally gather data, and generate capacity based licensing reports for the past 90 days.
Traditional or capacity licensing reports run manually
Run the nbdeployutil utility to gather data for a local master server, a remote master server, or a subset of clients. nbdeployutil can be run manually to generate a report for either the capacity or the traditional reporting model.
The utility generates the report in multiple steps. Data is gathered in the first step, and then analyzed and presented.
The utility is located in the following directory:
On Windows: Install_dir\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\
On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/
The performance of the nbdeployutil utility is dependent on the system running it as well as the size of the NetBackup catalog. The --gather command only executes as quickly as the bpimagelist command can run for 90 days' worth of images. The speed of report generation is dependent on the number of images and fragments. The operating system running the command also affects the utility's performance.
Depending on the environment, the nbdeployutil utility can take from several seconds to several minutes to run the --gather or the --report parameters.
Source: veritas.com
To help the IT infrastructure manager in calculating the budget for his Netbackup Veritas need, how much money spent for buying the license, Veritas has provided the tools and the way to calculate transparently. There are two licensing models applied, namely : traditional licensing model and capacity licensing model.
NetBackup licensing models
NetBackup uses two licensing models:
- The traditional licensing model counts the number of clients and servers, and then compares this information against licensed options.
- The capacity licensing model calculates how much data at source is protected.
The traditional licensing model is based on the total number of protected clients in a NetBackup environment or on the total storage capacity.
The Capacity Licensing Model
Capacity licensing is based on the total amount of data that NetBackup protects on the client (or agent). When the capacity licensing model is used, NetBackup automatically gathers the information using the backup image header.
With the existing capacity licensing model, protected data is gathered using backup image header and then stored in the NetBackup catalog. Capacity information is gathered and a report is generated. The user then reconciles the information in the report with the actual capacity in use.
How capacity licensing uses Front-end Terabytes
The licensing fees for the use of NetBackup are based on the total number of Front-End Terabytes (FETBs) protected by NetBackup. Front-End Terabyte Calculation is a way of determining the total terabytes of data NetBackup protects. One FETB is 1 TB of protected data. The data can either be on clients or devices where the software is installed or where the software is used to provide backup functionality.
The nbdeployutil utility uses image headers in the NetBackup catalog to determine the terabytes of data that NetBackup protects. Any partial terabyte of data is rounded up to the next whole terabyte. The final total is the sum of the FETBs for each client or policy combination that the analyzer examines. The utility measures the actual data protected.
nbdeployutil utility options
The nbdeployutil utility is used to gather data and analyze licensing data, and then present the results in a spreadsheet as a report. The utility can be used to report on both the traditional or the capacity licensing model. The utility can be run automatically according to a customizable incremental schedule (for capacity reports only) or manually (for traditional and capacity reports).
Incremental capacity licensing reports run automatically.
In NetBackup 8.0, nbdeployutil supports incremental reporting. NetBackup triggers nbdeployutil to run based on a specified schedule, incrementally gather data, and generate capacity based licensing reports for the past 90 days. There are no scheduled reports in traditional licensing.
Note :
If you upgrade from an older version of nbdeployutil with incremental reporting to NetBackup 8.0 or later version, the operating system-based scheduler or Cron job is removed. NetBackup triggers nbdeployutil to run at a specified schedule, incrementally gather data, and generate capacity based licensing reports for the past 90 days.
Traditional or capacity licensing reports run manually
Run the nbdeployutil utility to gather data for a local master server, a remote master server, or a subset of clients. nbdeployutil can be run manually to generate a report for either the capacity or the traditional reporting model.
The utility generates the report in multiple steps. Data is gathered in the first step, and then analyzed and presented.
The utility is located in the following directory:
On Windows: Install_dir\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\
On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/
The performance of the nbdeployutil utility is dependent on the system running it as well as the size of the NetBackup catalog. The --gather command only executes as quickly as the bpimagelist command can run for 90 days' worth of images. The speed of report generation is dependent on the number of images and fragments. The operating system running the command also affects the utility's performance.
Depending on the environment, the nbdeployutil utility can take from several seconds to several minutes to run the --gather or the --report parameters.
Source: veritas.com
