I do not need a solution (just sharing information)
Hi,
I don't ofter post, but i wanted to share my concerns over the limitations on the licensing model the Capacity Editions versions.
Having previously been on BE 2014 SBS, Upon renewing my support , the distributer decided to Cross Grade my license to the new 2015 Capacity Edition Lite License. ( As SBS is not available)
After a lot of phone calls, a Poor Licensing Document from Symantec ( Tech229205 ) , and finally a tech support case, I can now share the following.
Lets assume you have a 1TB License
Day | Backup Job | Uncompressed Data | Cumulative amount of data backed up |
0 - Install BE 2015 | | | 0TB |
1 | Full Backup | 750GB | 750GB |
2 | Partial Backup | 100GB | 850GB |
3 | Partial Backup | 100GB | 950GB |
4 | Partial Backup | 100GB | 1050GB - JOB FAILS |
5 | Partial Backup | 100GB | 1050GB - JOB FAILS |
6 | Partial Backup | 100GB | 1050GB - JOB FAILS |
So the 1TB Capacity limit applies to the Cumulative amount of data that bas been backed-up, and NOT as I thought to the JOB Size
---------- My Question to Technical support ----------------------
Please confirm the situation in the following example ( the table above) is correct
--------------- official response from technical support--------
Yes you are correct as per the above scenario which you have mention is correct
Note: Backup exec Capacity edition will work based on the uncompressed front-end data of the server , once it crosses 1TB data the backup wouldn't get through
The calculation is made on 30 days calculation on successful full backups
Full backup are considered on capacity calculation.
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I Hope this helps someone else. Capacity Edition is not for me !
If of course the official technical response is incorrect, then please advise
Regards
Chris