Backup Software License Modes

Backup software is distributed on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM include binaries and electronic versions of Backup documentation.

You can use the software products in one of three software license modes:

• Evaluation mode

• Enabled mode

• Authorized mode

Evaluation mode software is distributed on a free, trial basis for 30 days. You can use and evaluate the software without entering an enabler code for 30 days after you install the software on your machine. If you decide that you want to continue to use Backup, you must purchase the appropriate enabler code for all the features you want to keep. If you do not enter the proper enabler codes before the evaluation period ends, the Backup software does not allow further backups or configuration to take place. You can still, however, recover any data that was written to a Backup device during the 30-day evaluation.

If you already have a Backup product installed and enabled, and you want to evaluate additional product features, you must enter a special evaluation enabler for each feature. You do not need to enter the special evaluation enabler codes if you are also evaluating Backup. Refer to the Solstice Backup Installation and Release Notes for the evaluation enabler codes for this release of Backup. When you enter the special evaluation enabler codes, you can evaluate and use the software for 45 days.

Enabled mode requires a code that is included with the purchased product on an Enabler Certificate. The code that enables the Backup Server is referred to as a base enabler. Enabler codes are generic to the product release and are entered on the Backup server. Enabled mode enables you to use Backup for 45 days beginning the day you enter the enabler code. After you enter the enabler code for the product, you must register the product to continue to use the software after the 45 days expire. Refer to the Solstice Backup Installation and Release Notes for instructions about how to print the required product registration document. Your product registration information contains the host ID of the Backup server machine, which the Licensing Center incorporates into a unique authorization code to bind the license agreement to a specific machine. If you do not register the product and then obtain and enter the authorization code during the 45-day enabled period, the Backup software does not allow further backups or configuration to take place.You can still recover previously backed-up data after the software expires.

Authorized mode begins when you enter the authorization code provided by the Licensing Center is entered. After you enter the authorization code for your Sun products, the software is available for permanent use for the given machine. If you need to transfer the software to another machine (or transfer the machine to another IP address), you must get a Host Transfer Affidavit from the Licensing Center and submit the form to Sun. If you do not receive new authorization codes after you move the Backup software, the software disables itself in 15 days.

You must remove the server software from the machine you transferred from or shutdown the nsrd daemon. If you start the nsrd daemon on another machine with the same base enabler, you will receive a copy violation error message and the software is disabled.