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Service Provider Licensing and Billing for Virtualization

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Virtualization license usage is calculated depending on whether you purchased a capacity-based or entity-based license:

  • VMs protected by VSA with supported applications count to Advanced VMs

  • VMs protected by VSA with non-supported applications count to VM Only + Application Server

  • VMs not protected by VSA with supported applications count to Application Server

  • VMs not protected by VSA with non-supported applications count to Application Server

The following VM protection scenarios appear in the Subclient Peak License report under the indicated license types.

VM Protection

License in Reports

VSA: No other agents present

VM only

  • VSA

  • A separate file system (FS) not through VSA

  • VM only

  • FS only VM

  • VSA

  • A supported app-aware agent like SQL protected through VSA

Advanced VM

  • VSA

  • A supported app-aware agent like SQL protected through VSA

  • A separate FS protection not through VSA

  • Advanced VM

  • FS only VM

  • VSA

  • A supported app-aware agent like SQL that is separately protected (not through VSA)

  • VM only

  • Application server

  • Protected by VSA

  • A supported app-aware agent like SQL that is separately protected (not through VSA)

  • A separate FS protection not through VSA

  • VM only

  • Application server: Both SQL and FS jobs are counted under application server

  • VSA

  • A non-app-aware supported agent like Informix separately protected (not through VSA)

  • VM only

  • Application server

  • VSA

  • A non-app-aware supported agent like Informix separately protected (not through VSA)

  • A separate FS protection not through VSA

  • VM only

  • Application server: Both Informix and FS jobs are counted under application server

  • Not protected by VSA

  • FS

FS-only VM

  • Not protected by VSA

  • Any application protection (supported/unsupported) like SQL or Informix

Application server

  • Not protected by VSA

  • Any application protection (supported/unsupported) like SQL or Informix

  • FS Agent

Application server: Both SQL/Informix and FS jobs are counted under application server

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