Figure 6: VLS Licensing Example

Usable native capacity of a virtual tape library (VTL) is the size on disk of the virtual tape library consumed by all protected HP Data Protector backups as reported by the VTL.

A total of five B7038AA Advanced Backup to Disk licenses are required to allow HP Data Protector software to utilize all 5TB in the example depicted in Figure 6.

Note

Virtual Tape Libraries can be upgraded using capacity-kits to extend the VTL’s usable native capacity. Further backups to the virtual tape library (VTL) in the example in Figure 6 will exceed the total licensed Advanced Backup to Disk capacity therefore additional licenses will be required. Proper capacity planning is mandatory to not exceed the total licensed capacity.

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