Standalone tape drives are free. Only ones in a Library/Autoloader will cost
you.

You pay for each tape drive in a library you "USE" with netbackup.
Whether or not Netbackup checks licensing is up to you to determine.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Aleksandr
Nepomnyashchiy
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:22 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 3.4 Library Based Tape Drives license
Howmany tape drives can be used?


Dear All,

How many tape drives can be used on my server?

I was under impression that you need license for each drive while
get_license_key reports "Feature:        Library Based Tape Drives".


Thank you,
Aleks

root@bh-ap2 ~ # /netbackup/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key


        License Key Utility
        -------------------

        A) Add a License Key
        D) Delete a License Key
        F) List Active License Keys
        L) List Registered License Keys
        H) Help
        q) Quit License Key Utility


Enter a letter: l

Enter the name of the host (default is bh-ap2):

Registered License Keys
=======================

License Key:    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Date Added:     Jul 13, 2002 at 17:37:57
Host:           bh-ap2
Product:        NetBackup DataCenter
Client count:   0
Expires:        No Expiration Date
Feature:        Library Based Tape Drives (Active)

License Key:    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Date Added:     Jul 13, 2002 at 17:34:47
Host:           bh-ap2
Product:        NetBackup DataCenter
Client count:   0
Expires:        No Expiration Date
Feature:        Open Transaction Manager (Active)
Feature:        Intelligent Disaster Recovery (Active)
Feature:        Base NetBackup (Active)

=======================


        License Key Utility
        -------------------

        A) Add a License Key
        D) Delete a License Key
        F) List Active License Keys
        L) List Registered License Keys
        H) Help
        q) Quit License Key Utility


Enter a letter: q
root@bh-ap2 ~ #
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