vembu storegrid - online backup software - licensing
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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?
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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)
4. 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
SQL+Exchange Backups continues to be available at no extra charge.
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Understanding SPEUs with an example
Remote
Replication
Server
Local
Backup
Server
Local
Backup
Server
Clients Clients
OS Assumptions
Any OS
Red Hat LinuxWin 2003 Server
Win 2003 ServerWin 2000 Server Win XPMac OSX
Other Assumptions
Using Advanced
SQL+Exchange Plugin
SPEUs
Required
2
2 2
3
2
1 1
Total SPEUs required: 13
6 SPEUs= 2+2+2 towards licenses
for 2 backup servers & 1 replication
server
7 SPEUs=2+1+1+3 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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The A, B, C of licensing
3 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)
3. 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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2
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http://www.vembu.com/storegrid/partner-form.phphttp://www.vembu.com/storegrid/partner-form.phphttp://www.vembu.com/storegrid/storegrid-pricing.htmlhttp://www.vembu.com/storegrid/storegrid-pricing.html -
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Step B : License the Backup Server
On the StoreGridWebConsole of the BackupServer, go toServer Admin LicenseManagementand click on
Apply License Key toServer
Apply the annual licensekey. You can issue yourown key from the Partner
Zone
Your backup server is nowlicensed for 1 year (withprobably a weeks graceperiod)
Backup
Server
Clients
Clients Clients
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All client licensing is managed from the backupserver, for example:
Remote
Backup
Server
Remote
Replication
Server
Local
Backup
Server
Local
Backup
Server
Clients
Clients Clients
Client licenses
added here in
the form of
MSPEUs
Client licenses
added here in
the form of
MSPEUs
Scenario 1Direct backup to Remote Backup Server
Scenario 2Backup to local server
Replication to remote replication server
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MSPEU?
Please do go through this section!
Amongst other things, it will help answer questions like
What 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, ierequired SPEUs x 12
Why one more currency ?
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Why MSPEUs ?
MSPEUs were introduced to allow easier license management,especially when:
a) a client changes his operating system (from Desktop OS to ServerOS or vice versa)
b) A client discontinues service for one of his installations midwaythrough the year and you wish to reuse the remaining credit onother clients.
The backup server holds a 'bank' of MSPEUs and as clientsconnect to the backup server they use up MSPEUs from theserver's bank - on a monthly basis. MSPEUs ensure that as long
as your server has enough MSPEUs on it, you needn't spend timeand 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 1SPEU) every year.
A StoreGrid client running on a Server OS needs 24 MSPEUs (that's 2SPEUs) 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 followingconfigurations:
a) 10 Desktop OS clients for 12 months
b) 5 Server OS clients for 12 months
c) 6 Desktop OS clients & 2 Server OS clients for 12 months
d) 3 Desktop OS clients & 3 Server OS clients with 1 advanced exchange/SQLpug-in for 12 months
Lets see how
MSPEUs are
added
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Step C : Add Client Licenses (MSPEULicenses) to the Backup Server
Go toServer Admin LicenseManagement
Click on the Add MSPEUs
button
5. Apply the MSPEU license key(its like filling up your serverstank). You can issue your key byyourself from your Partner Zoneaccount
Backup
Server
Clients
Clients Clients
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2
3
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Licensing in action: An Example
Assumptions:
3. You have 50 SPEUs in your Partner Zone account
4. Youre backing up 6 clients (for starters) to your backup server
5. You will replicate your backup server to a replication server
6. The operating systems in use are as detailed in the diagram
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Licensing in Action
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)
3. Use the intuitive calculators in your
Partner Zone account to correctly
estimate SPEU requirements for
your clients. For the 6 clients in this
example
Backup
Server
Clients
Clients Clients
Replication
Server
AnyOS
Linux
WinXP
WinXP
MacOSX
Linux
Win2003Server
Win2003Server
(plus AdvancedSQL+Exchange
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Licensing in Action1. The sample configuration has the
following clients:
3 x Desktop OS (Mac, Win XP)
3 x Server OS (Win Server, Linux)
1 x Advanced SQL+Exchange Plugin
This will require 10 SPEUs
2. 10 SPEUs = 120 MSPEUs
This is what you will add to your backup
server: a 120 MSPEU key
3. 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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