Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Getting Started Guide
- Product overview
- Preparing the initial deployment
- Deploying and configuring the appliance
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance media server
- How to deploy and configure a NetBackup Virtual Appliance combined master and media server
- Post initial configuration procedures
- Introduction to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu
- Appendix A. Limitations and Operational Notes
- Appendix B. New features, enhancements, and changes
Adding a permanent license key if an evaluation license key expires
If your evaluation license key expires, you may encounter problems with your appliance. You can avoid future issues if you add a permanent license key before the evaluation key expires.
Note:
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance requires a specific license key. When you add the permanent license key, make sure that it is correct for NetBackup Virtual Appliance.
The following list identifies some symptoms that you may encounter if the evaluation key has expired and if you have not added a permanent key:
A fully configured NetBackup Virtual Appliance stops working.
You may even observe the following issues with an appliance that does not have permanent keys installed:
System self-test fails.
Backup and restore jobs fail.
The user interface does not load.
You can locate your permanent license key from the Licensing Portal on the MyVeritas website. For more information on the Licensing Portal, see the MyVeritas Licensing Portal Guide on the Support website.
To install a permanent license key on a NetBackup Virtual Appliance with an expired evaluation key
- Log on to the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu as an administrator.
Note:
If the appliance has not already been configured or if you have not changed the default password, use admin as the user name and P@ssw0rd as the password.
- Enter Main_Menu > Manage > License > Add.
- Enter a valid evaluation or production license key when prompted for a NetBackup license key.
Caution:
The NetBackup Virtual Appliance requires a specific license key, and the appliance services do not function if the correct key is not installed. Make sure that the license key that you add is correct for NetBackup Virtual Appliance.
- Enter n when prompted to add an additional license key.
- Stop the NetBackup processes.
Main_Menu > Support > Processes > NetBackup Stop
- Start NetBackup processes.
Main_Menu > Support > Processes > NetBackup Start
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