Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service — 1 Year Subscription (Up to 15 Servers) — Academic ALP

The Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service offers a centralized, automated workflow for planning, testing, and deploying backup and recovery policy changes across your NetBackup environment. This 1-year subscription license is designed for academic institutions through the Veritas Academic Licensing Program (ALP), providing predictable access to Release Management capabilities for up to 15 servers. With this license, IT teams gain a structured, auditable process to manage changes to backup configurations, reduce risk of misconfigurations, and accelerate the delivery of reliable data protection across campus systems.

• Unified release workflow for NetBackup environments — Create, test, approve, and deploy backup policy updates in a single, auditable workflow. Release Management streamlines change control, minimizes downtime during policy updates, and ensures consistency across all servers. By centralizing release activities, your team can track who approved each change, when it was deployed, and what impact it had on backups and restores, delivering governance and transparency that auditors demand.
• Academic pricing and easy procurement — This subscription license is offered under Veritas ALP, delivering accessible pricing for qualifying educational institutions. The ALP framework simplifies purchasing, renewals, and license management, helping IT departments plan budgets with confidence while still protecting critical data assets. Institutions can align licensing with academic calendars and research cycles, ensuring continuity of protection throughout the year.
• Scalable protection for up to 15 servers — The license covers deployment across up to 15 NetBackup servers, making it ideal for mid-sized campuses, departments, and research labs. Release Management scales with your environment, enabling you to coordinate policy changes from a central console without sacrificing performance or control on individual servers. This scalability helps institutions grow their data protection footprint while maintaining clear oversight of each server’s backup configurations.
• 1-year license with renewal options — The license term is 12 months from activation, providing a fixed window to implement release-management best practices, refine policies, and quantify the impact of changes on backup windows and recovery objectives. Renewal options under ALP ensure continued access to Release Management features, with the possibility of adjustments to server coverage or feature sets as your campus needs evolve.
• Seamless integration with NetBackup and policy governance — Designed to complement Veritas NetBackup, Release Management integrates with existing backup policies, catalogs, and schedules. It supports governance through change-tracking, rollback capabilities, and comprehensive reporting, so administrators can verify that policy updates align with compliance requirements and operational objectives.

Technical Details of Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service

• License Type: Subscription license providing annual access to Release Management Service for NetBackup.
• Deployment Scope: Up to 15 servers under a single subscription.
• License Term: 1 Year from activation date, renewable under ALP terms.
• Pricing Category: Academic pricing available via Veritas Academic Licensing Program (ALP).
• Included Features: Release planning, testing workflows, deployment automation, change tracking, and audit-ready reports for backup policy updates.

How to install Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service

Note: This service is licensing and governance software that integrates with your NetBackup deployment. Follow these steps to activate, connect, and configure Release Management within your academic environment.

• Step 1 — Prepare your environment: Ensure your NetBackup infrastructure is up to date and that you have administrative access to the NetBackup master servers and the Release Management console. Confirm the number of servers to be covered under the 15-server license and identify policy owners and approvers for change workflows.
• Step 2 — Acquire and assign the license: Obtain the Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service subscription through the academic procurement channel, then activate the license in the Veritas licensing portal. Associate the license with the NetBackup deployment and verify that the server count aligns with the 15-server limit.
• Step 3 — Deploy Release Management components: Install or configure the Release Management server and connect it to the NetBackup environment. This may involve installing a lightweight management agent on eligible servers and configuring endpoints to enable policy release, testing, and deployment automation.
• Step 4 — Configure release workflows and roles: Define your release lifecycle, including stages (planning, testing, approval, deployment), roles (policy owner, reviewer, approver), and audit requirements. Create templates for common backup policy changes to accelerate routine updates while preserving governance.
• Step 5 — Connect to NetBackup resources and test changes: Establish connections to backup policies, schedules, and catalogs. Run a pilot release on a non-critical policy to validate that changes are properly staged, tested, and deployed without disrupting ongoing protection.
• Step 6 — Monitor, report, and renew: Use built-in dashboards and reports to monitor release progress, understand risk, and demonstrate compliance. Plan renewals before the 12-month term expires to ensure uninterrupted access to Release Management features.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: What does the Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service license cover? A: It covers a 1-year subscription to use the Release Management Service for up to 15 NetBackup servers, including policy release planning, testing workflows, deployment automation, change tracking, and audit-ready reporting. Renewals are available under the same ALP terms.
• Q: Who is eligible to purchase under ALP? A: Academic pricing is available through Veritas Academic Licensing Program for eligible educational institutions, research organizations, and accredited campuses.
• Q: Can the number of servers be increased beyond 15? A: Server capacity can be expanded by procuring additional licenses or upgrading to a higher tier, in accordance with Veritas licensing policies and ALP guidelines.
• Q: How do I activate the license after purchase? A: Activation typically occurs through the Veritas licensing portal or your authorized academic procurement channel, after which the Release Management Service is provisioned for the specified servers.
• Q: What kind of support is included with the ALP license? A: Support levels depend on your ALP agreement and institutional contracts; standard Veritas support options apply for licensed deployments.
• Q: Is this license suitable for on-premises, cloud, or hybrid NetBackup setups? A: The Release Management Service is designed to manage NetBackup policies across typical on-premises deployments and integrated hybrid environments, in line with Veritas guidance for NetBackup integration.