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)
https://storegrid.net/partner-portal/http://www.vembu.com/storegrid/partner-form.phphttp://www.vembu.com/storegrid/storegrid-pricing.html


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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

1

2

3
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

1

2


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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

1

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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