In DP 9.06, there is a change in Capacity License calculations (Total Protected Data) as compared to DP 9.05.
Here is the explanation why the calculated capacity could increase in compare to 9.05 capacity size:
- Calculation was previously based on bar lists (sessions entries), now it is based more on unique “objects” (i.e.: database instances, mount points,…)
- “orphaned” objects were not included into old calculations (i.e.: original backup sessions entries would not exist in IDB anymore– objects copies, consolidation session objects, …)
- i e.: object copies were not included in the calculation, 906 calculation also considers the object copies for calculation
- In worst case, result of old calculation would be 0 (i.e.: when original objects would be exported/un-protected and only copies/consolidations would exist)
2. Other main difference is that with old calculation only objects belonging to the latest sessions were included, now the biggest unique objects (still under protection) are included into calculation
3. Minor differences, which should not affect greatly on the final calculation: interactive session are now also included and completed objects with failures are also consider for calculation
To lower the overall size calculations, following should be considered:
Check and export all obsoleted objects (copies, consolidations, originals) which are not needed anymore/expired/replaced by newer backups (i.e.: if backup of some object in the past was bigger than the latest we will include the older bigger size in calculation).
In summary - most of the capacity increase could be the consequence of considering also the object copies in the calculation.
