Licensing Overview StoreGrid Service Provider Edition

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Licensing OverviewStoreGrid Service Provider
Edition
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What is an SPEU?
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Understanding the Licensing Currency SPEUs

• SPEU is short for Service Provider edition Unit.
  An SPEU is like a coupon.
• Partners using the SP Edition to offer backup
  services will first need to purchase SPEUs
• Purchased SPEUs will be credited to the partners
  account at the Vembu StoreGrid Partner Zone and
  partners can use their SPEU balance to issue
  licenses as required
• Links
• SPEU purchase page SPEU calculator you will
  need the Partner Access Code (PAC) Click here if
  you havent got the Partner Access Code (PAC)
  yet.
• Partner Zone (you will be given a Partner ID
  password after your first SPEU purchase)(we use
  a private certificate on this page your browser
  may throw up a security warning you can safely
  ignore this warning and accept the certificate)

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What do SPEUs do?

• A StoreGrid installation on a Desktop OS needs 1
  SPEU to license it for 1 year (inclusive of all
  updates, upgrades, bug fixes, etc).
• Desktop OS are Windows 2000, XP, Vista Mac OS
  X.
• A StoreGrid installation on a Server OS needs 2
  SPEUs to license it for 1 year (inclusive of all
  updates, upgrades, bug fixes, etc).
• Server OS are Windows 2000 Server, 2003 Server,
  Small Business Server, Linux, FreeBSD.
• Irrespective of which operating system it is
  running on, a Replication Server needs 2 SPEUs to
  license it for 1 year (inclusive of all updates,
  upgrades, bug fixes, etc)
• The Advanced Plugin for SQL / Exchange requires 1
  extra SPEU. Hence, for example, a Windows Server
  2003 machine with advanced SQL Exchange backup
  functionality will require 3 SPEUs to license it
  for 1 year. The Basic Plugin supporting
  SQLExchange Backups continues to be available at
  no extra charge.

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Understanding SPEUs with an example
OS Assumptions
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Other Assumptions
Any OS
SPEUs Required
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• Total SPEUs required 13
• 6 SPEUs 222 towards licenses for 2 backup
  servers 1 replication server
• 7 SPEUs2113 towards supporting required
  clients as described in example
• The 7 SPEUs will be added to the server in the
  form of an MSPEU license (more details on this
  coming up)

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Win 2003 Server
Red Hat Linux
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Win 2003 Server
Win 2000 Server
Win XP
Mac OSX
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Clients
Clients
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Using Advanced SQLExchange Plugin
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The A, B, C of licensing3 easy steps
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Step A Get SPEUs !

• Purchase SPEUs from http//www.vembu.com/storegrid
  /storegrid-pricing.html Enter the Partner Access
  Code (click here if you havent got the code)The
  purchase page includes a calculator to help you
  assess your requirements.
• Your account at the Partner Zone will be credited
  with the purchased SPEUs (if this is your first
  SPEU purchase, we will create your account and
  send you the details within 1 business day)
• For example, if youd purchased 50 SPEUs, your
  account will display 50 SPEUs
• You can license your backup server, replication
  server and clients by utilizing these SPEUs
• When your account is running low on SPEUs, simply
  buy some more and credit your account accordingly

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Step B License the Backup Server

• On the StoreGrid WebConsole of the Backup Server,
  go toServer Admin ? License Managementand click
  onApply License Key to Server
• Apply the annual license key. You can issue your
  own key from the Partner Zone
• Your backup server is now licensed for 1 year
  (with probably a weeks grace period)

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All client licensing is managed from the backup
server, for example
Scenario 2 Backup to local serverReplication to
remote replication server
Scenario 1 Direct backup to Remote Backup Server
Client licenses added here in the form of MSPEUs
Client licenses added here in the form of MSPEUs
Clients
Clients
Clients
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MSPEU?

• Please do go through this section!
• Amongst other things, it will help answer
  questions likeWhat if my client
  discontinues?What if he changes OS?etc

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What are MSPEUs?

• MSPEU Monthly SPEU
• 1 SPEU 12 MSPEUs(because there are 12 months
  in a year ? )
• StoreGrids working currency is still SPEUs
• Licenses for clients are now added to the server
  as MSPEUs, ie required SPEUs x 12
• Why one more currency ?

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Why MSPEUs ?

• MSPEUs were introduced to allow easier license
  management, especially when
• a client changes his operating system (from
  Desktop OS to Server OS or vice versa)
• A client discontinues service for one of his
  installations midway through the year and you
  wish to reuse the remaining credit on other
  clients.
• The backup server holds a 'bank' of MSPEUs and as
  clients connect to the backup server they use up
  MSPEUs from the server's bank - on a monthly
  basis. MSPEUs ensure that as long as your server
  has enough MSPEUs on it, you needn't spend time
  and effort worrying about client licensing.

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Nothings really changed!

• A StoreGrid client running on a Desktop OS needs
  12 MSPEUs (that's 1 SPEU) every year.
• A StoreGrid client running on a Server OS needs
  24 MSPEUs (that's 2 SPEUs) every year.
• Clients using the 'advanced exchange SQL
  plugin' will use 12 additional MSPEUs (that's 1
  SPEU) every year.
• For Example A licensed backup server holding 120
  MSPEUs (which is, in effect, 10 SPEUs) can deploy
  clients in any one of the following
  configurations
• 10 Desktop OS clients for 12 months
• 5 Server OS clients for 12 months
• 6 Desktop OS clients 2 Server OS clients for 12
  months
• 3 Desktop OS clients 3 Server OS clients with 1
  advanced exchange/SQL pug-in for 12 months

Lets see how MSPEUs are added
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Step C Add Client Licenses (MSPEU Licenses) to
the Backup Server

• Go to Server Admin ? License Management
• Click on the Add MSPEUs button
• Apply the MSPEU license key (its like filling up
  your servers tank). You can issue your key by
  yourself from your Partner Zone account

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Licensing in action An Example

• Assumptions
• You have 50 SPEUs in your Partner Zone account
• Youre backing up 6 clients (for starters) to
  your backup server
• You will replicate your backup server to a
  replication server
• The operating systems in use are as detailed in
  the diagram

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Licensing in Action
Any OS

• Use 2 SPEUs to generate an annual license key for
  the Replication server apply this key on the
  replication server(SPEU balance is 48)
• Use 2 SPEUs to generate an annual license key for
  the Backup server apply this key on the backup
  server(SPEU balance is 46)
• Use the intuitive calculators in your Partner
  Zone account to correctly estimate SPEU
  requirements for your clients. For the 6 clients
  in this example

Linux
Clients
WinXP
WinXP
MacOSX
Linux
Clients
Clients
Win2003 Server
Win2003 Server (plus Advanced SQLExchange
Plugin)
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Licensing in Action

• The sample configuration has the following
  clients
• 3 x Desktop OS (Mac, Win XP)
• 3 x Server OS (Win Server, Linux)
• 1 x Advanced SQLExchange Plugin
• This will require 10 SPEUs
• 10 SPEUs 120 MSPEUs
• This is what you will add to your backup server
  a 120 MSPEU key
• When you have additional client requirements,
  simply generate additional MSPEU keys and keep
  adding them to your backup server(s) to continue
  offering uninterrupted backup services!

MSPEUs licenses are generated in the name of the
backup server to which they are added
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Thats It !Thanks for taking the timeto
understand StoreGrid

• Happy Backing Up.
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  bu.com
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