Backups of Commvault infrastructure consume no licence
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Exemption
- Statement
- License Program Guide: data protected purely for operating the Commvault solution does not consume instance or capacity licences, if the backup is configured as part of the component installation; separately deployed agents count normally. CommServe LiveSync for SQL Server needs no Auto Recovery licence. (effective 2026-05-19)
- Applies when
- Standard MediaAgent or CommServe deployment
- Applies to
- CommServe database, deduplication databases, CommServe LiveSync
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