Licensing
The features of the DXi6900 are enabled through licensing options, which are available through the remote management console (see License Keys).
Licenses are either factory-installed on the DXi6900, or they are available through a license certificate, which is included with the system.
Factory-Installed Licenses
The following DXi6900 licenses are factory-installed:
- NAS
- VTL
- Backup Application Specific (Path to Tape)
- Data Deduplication
- Replication
- Storage Capacity
- OST
- Data-in-Flight Encryption
NAS
The Network Attached Storage (NAS) license allows NAS shares to be exposed to backup hosts and applications.
VTL
The Virtual Tape Library (VTL) license allows virtual devices such as the media changer and tape drive to be exposed to the attached Fibre Channel hosts.
Backup Application Specific (Path to Tape)
The Backup Application Specific license allows you to export virtual media directly to a maximum of 3 concurrent path-to-tape physical tape drives using Backup Application Specific NDMP or OST Direct to Tape.
The Backup Application Specific option works with the following backup applications:
- Veritas NetBackup 7.1.x and higher — direct-to-tape feature
- Veritas Backup Exec 2010 R3 and higher
- EMC Networker
Note: EMC NetWorker 8.1 and later do not support Backup Application Specific Path to Tape.
- Oracle Secure Backup 10.3
- ASG-Time Navigator
Note: For more information, see the DXi-Series Backup Application Specific Path to Tape Configuration Guide (6-67211).
When the Path to Tape feature is enabled and configured, backup data can be moved directly from the DXi6900 system to a tape library. For a list of supported tape libraries and tape drives for Backup Application Specific, see Table 1 and Table 2.
Table 1: Supported Tape Libraries in Backup Application Specific
|
Vendor |
Tape Library |
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Quantum |
Scalar i40 and i80 |
|
Scalar i500 |
|
|
Scalar i2000 and i6000 |
|
|
Scalar 24 |
|
|
Scalar 50 (PX502) |
|
|
PX500 |
|
|
PX720 |
|
|
Dell |
PV132T |
|
PVT136T |
|
|
ML6000 |
|
|
HP |
ESL E Series |
|
EML Series |
|
|
IBM |
TS3500 |
|
Oracle/STK |
L180 (FC only) |
|
L700 (FC only) |
|
|
SL500 (FC only) |
|
|
SL3000 (FC only) |
Table 2: Supported Tape Drives in Backup Application Specific
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Vendor |
Tape Drive |
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Quantum |
SDLT320, SDLT600, DLT-S4, LTO-2, and LTO-3 |
|
HP |
LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4, LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7. |
|
IBM |
LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4, LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7. |
Data Deduplication
The Data Deduplication license allows the DXi6900 to reduce the size of data stored on the system through the deduplication process (see Data Reduction). (License key is pre-installed on all DXi6900 systems.)
Replication
The Replication license allows the DXi6900 to replicate data to up to two target systems and received replicated data from up to ten source systems. (License key is pre-installed on all DXi6900 systems.)
Storage Capacity
The Storage Capacity license is factory-installed for the installed capacity. Additional capacity requires a certificate license that comes with each Expansion module. This license allows the storage capacity of the DXi6900 to be increased. (License key is pre-installed on all DXi6900 systems.)
OST
The OST license, when enabled, allows a Open Storage Technology (OST) connection. For Veritas users with specific versions of the software, another replication option is available for DXi6900 models through the Veritas OpenStorage (OST) API.
Note: For more information, see the DXi-Series NetBackup and Backup Exec OST Configuration Guide (6-67079).
Data-in-Flight Encryption
The Data-in-Flight Encryption license enables use of AES encryption (128-bit, 256-bit, or TLS with AES 256) when replicating data to another system. (Not available in all regions.)
Note: Data-in-Flight Encryption licenses for the DXi6900-S are not factory installed and available through a license certificate only.
