Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service — 3-Year Government Subscription (Up to 15 Servers)

Unlock streamlined control over your data protection lifecycle with Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service. This 3-year subscription license is engineered for organizations that demand reliable, tested, and compliant release delivery across up to 15 servers. Tailored for government procurement through the Veritas Government Licensing Program (GLP), this offering blends robust data backup capabilities with rigorous governance, ensuring you deploy updates with confidence and precision. Whether you’re modernizing disaster recovery, consolidating release workflows, or enforcing standardized change management, this subscription puts enterprise-quality release orchestration at your fingertips while preserving peace of mind about security, compliance, and total cost of ownership.

• What it is: A subscription-based Release Management Service designed to coordinate, validate, and deploy backup software updates across up to 15 servers. It centralizes release pipelines, test plans, and approval workflows to ensure consistency, reduce downtime, and minimize risk during updates. This is more than a license—it’s a structured process for safeguarding the integrity of your NetBackup environment as you push new features and security patches into production.
• Government pricing and GLP alignment: Specifically packaged for government buyers through the Veritas Government Licensing Program (GLP). This arrangement helps organizations align licensing with procurement processes, budgeting cycles, and audit requirements while maintaining access to the latest NetBackup enhancements. It’s designed to simplify compliance with public sector standards and accelerate procurement timelines.
• Three-year license with ongoing value: The 3-year term delivers long-term stability, predictable budgeting, and uninterrupted access to release management capabilities. By locking in a multi-year license, agencies and enterprises can avoid annual renewal friction while benefiting from continuous support, feature parity, and security updates without disruption.
• Scale and control—up to 15 servers: Aimed at mid-sized to larger deployments, this license covers a broad set of servers under a single governance umbrella. It enables centralized release planning, standardized testing, and uniform rollout strategies across a defined fleet, ensuring consistent backup performance and easier auditing across multiple sites or departments.
• Front End TB pricing and value proposition: The Price Level (251-500) Front End TB reflects the government pricing tier, delivering cost efficiency for substantial data environments. The combination of scalable coverage, formal release management processes, and GLP pricing makes it a compelling choice for agencies looking to optimize total cost of ownership while maintaining rigorous data protection standards.

Technical Details of Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service

• Licensing model: Subscription license with a defined term of 3 years, providing ongoing access to release management features, updates, and support as part of the program.
• Server coverage: Up to 15 servers are eligible under a single license, enabling centralized governance across a sizable backup environment.
• Platform integration: Designed to work within the Veritas NetBackup ecosystem, leveraging existing backup policies and agents while introducing structured release workflows for updates and patches.
• Delivery method: Electronic software distribution and activation under government licensing terms, with administrative controls suitable for audit-ready environments.
• Pricing tier: Price Level (251-500) Front End TB in line with GLP government pricing structures, offering transparent budgeting for data-heavy deployments.
• Program and compliance: Part of the Veritas Government Licensing Program (GLP), aligning with government procurement standards, security requirements, and reporting needs.
• Support and updates: Comprehensive access to feature updates, security patches, and release management tooling throughout the 3-year term to help maintain compliance and reduce risk.

How to install Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service

• Prepare your environment: Confirm eligibility under the GLP, verify you have up to 15 NetBackup servers ready for integration, and ensure network connectivity to the central release management console. Review licensing terms for the 3-year subscription and plan the deployment window to minimize impact on production workloads.
• Activate the license: Access your GLP-enabled portal, apply the 3-year subscription, and generate activation keys or tokens as required by your deployment model. Validate entitlement on the first sign-in to establish a baseline for governance policies.
• Install the release management agent: Deploy the release management agent components to each of the up to 15 NetBackup servers. This establishes the communication channel between the central release console and individual hosts for orchestration and telemetry collection.
• Configure release pipelines: Create standardized release pipelines that define testing, approval, and deployment steps. Attach validation checks, rollback procedures, and acceptance criteria to ensure updates pass a controlled gate before production rollout.
• Define governance and approvals: Set role-based access controls, approval workflows, and change management policies to meet organizational and regulatory requirements. Align notification settings with on-call schedules to ensure timely communication during releases.
• Schedule and execute releases: Plan updates during approved maintenance windows, trigger the release run, monitor progress in real time, and respond to any alerts or failures with established rollback procedures.
• Audit and reporting: Use built-in dashboards and logs to document each release step, approvals, and outcomes. Generate audit-ready reports to support compliance reviews and procurement demonstrations.

Frequently asked questions

• What is Veritas NetBackup Release Management Service? It is a subscription-based toolset and process framework that coordinates testing, approval, and deployment of NetBackup software updates across up to 15 servers, helping ensure consistent, compliant, and low-risk releases.
• Who should consider this license? Government agencies and large organizations that need formal release governance, GLP-aligned pricing, and scalable protection for multiple NetBackup servers over an extended 3-year term.
• What does the 3-year term include? Ongoing access to release management features, regular updates and patches, and support during the entire subscription period, with predictable budgeting and less renewal overhead.
• How does GLP pricing benefit my agency? GLP pricing is designed to align with government procurement processes, enabling easier budgeting, compliance, and auditability while leveraging Veritas’ enterprise licensing framework.
• Can I scale beyond 15 servers? The current license covers up to 15 servers. If you anticipate growth, you can discuss multi-license arrangements or future expansions with your Veritas representative as part of GLP offerings.
• What kinds of updates are released through this service? The service facilitates tested and validated NetBackup updates, security patches, feature enhancements, and policy-driven release rollouts to minimize risk and maximize uptime.