Symantec NetBackup - Chapter 10 Licensing OpenStorage; About the OpenStorage license key

Licensing OpenStorage
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About the OpenStorage license key
■ Licensing OpenStorage
About the OpenStorage license key
OpenStorage is a feature that is licensed separately from base NetBackup. The
NetBackup OpenStorage Disk Option license activates OpenStorage.
Enter the license key on the master server and on each media server that connects
to the disk appliance. If you use the direct to tape feature, also enter the license
key on each NetBackup media server that you use for direct to tape. Those media
servers also must have the NetBackup for NDMP software installed. The license
key that activates OpenStorage also activates the NDMP software on the media
servers.
You may have a single license key that activates both NetBackup and the
OpenStorage Disk Option. Alternatively, you may have one license key that
activates NetBackup and another key that activates the OpenStorage Disk Option.
See “Licensing OpenStorage” on page 80.
The license key only enables OpenStorage functionality in NetBackup. You must
purchase a storage vendor’s product and install the storage vendor’s NetBackup
plug-in.
If you remove the OpenStorage Disk Option license key or if it expires, the following
restrictions apply:
■ You cannot create the disk pools or the storage units that use the disk pools.
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