License requirements

Before you use NetApp Plug-in for Symantec NetBackup, you must install licenses for each of the NetApp components. Your sales or support representative can provide you with license keys that you can use to enable certain features on your storage system.

You must install the following storage system licenses:

• SnapMirror license

  You must install the license key on both the source and destination storage systems in a SnapMirror relationship.

• SnapVault license

  You must install the SnapVault primary license key on the SnapVault primary storage systems and install the SnapVault secondary license key on the SnapVault secondary storage system.

• SnapRestore license

  You must install the SnapRestore license key on all the source storage systems where you want to enable fast, pointer-based FlexVol level restores from primary Snapshot copies. The SnapRestore license is also required on all SnapVault destination storage systems. Additionally, for the Primary-SnapVault-SnapMirror (PVM) topology, you must install the license key on the SnapMirror destination.

• FlexClone license for NAS policies

  You must install the FlexClone license key on the secondary or tertiary storage system that contains the SnapVault destination volumes. Additionally, for the Primary-SnapVault-SnapMirror (PVM) topology, you must install the license key on the SnapMirror destination.

• FlexClone license for SAN policies

  You must install the FlexClone license on the primary or secondary storage system that is used for indexing, restoring, or performing a streaming (tar) backup of block data. For Snapshot copy only topology, the FlexClone license is not required for the primary storage system.

• CIFS license

  You must install the CIFS license key on the storage system that is in a SnapMirror and SnapVault relationship and contains the CIFS files.

• NFS license

  You must install the NFS license key on the storage system that is in a SnapMirror and SnapVault relationship and contains the NFS files.

• SnapDrive license
  You must install the SnapDrive license key either on the local host or on the storage system that is managed by SnapDrive.

  Note: SnapDrive license is required to manage data in a Windows server for storage systems in a SAN environment.
• iSCSI and FC licenses

  You must install either iSCSI or FC license keys in a SAN environment on both the source and destination storage systems.

License keys are provided on a per-system basis and have to be added on each system for features to work correctly.

For more information about NetBackup licenses, see the Symantec NetBackup Replication Director Solutions Guide.