Symantec 7 manual About the deduplication license key, Licensing NetBackup deduplication

42Installing deduplication

About the deduplication license key

About the deduplication license key

NetBackup deduplication is licensed separately from base NetBackup.

The NetBackup Deduplication Option license key enables both NetBackup Media Server Deduplication and NetBackup Client Deduplication. The license is a front-end capacity license. It is based on the size of the data to be backed up, not on the size of the deduplicated data.

You may have a single license key that activates both NetBackup and optional features. Alternatively, you may have one license key that activates NetBackup and another key that activates deduplication.

If you remove the NetBackup Deduplication Option license key or if it expires, you cannot create new deduplication disk pools. you also cannot create the storage units that reference NetBackup deduplication pools.

NetBackup does not delete the disk pools or the storage units that reference the disk pools. You can use them again if you enter a valid license key.

Licensing NetBackup deduplication

If you installed the license key when you installed or upgraded NetBackup, you do not need to perform this procedure.

Enter the license key on the NetBackup master server. The following procedure describes how to use the NetBackup Administration Console to enter the license key.

To license NetBackup deduplication

1To add a license to a specific server, on the File menu select Change Server and then select the server.

2In the NetBackup License Keys dialog box, click New.

3In the AddaNewLicenseKey dialog box, enter the license key and click Add or OK.

4Click Close.

5Restart all the NetBackup services and daemons.

Replacing the deduplication storage server host computer

If you replace the deduplication storage server host computer, use these instructions to install NetBackup and reconfigure the deduplication storage server.