Each cluster member that can run backups consumes a licence
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Counting
- Statement
- License Program Guide: Commvault counts each operating instance from which a backup can run (for example each Exchange DAG member server); nodes in restore-only mode consume nothing; a shared cluster resource is always non-virtual and counts as an OI or against capacity. (effective 2026-05-19)
- Applies when
- Protecting Exchange DAG, SQL AG, Oracle RAC and failover clusters
- Applies to
- OI and VOI licences