With the sheer volume of data that can be present in the Veritas IBR/LAMP reports, in addition to any potential custom clauses from your agreement, it can be difficult to get a clear grasp of your current entitlement.

This can be further exacerbated by any historic cross grades, upgrades, license transitions and the Symantec divestiture which may result in the loss of visibility of some legacy purchases.

The aim of our Veritas contract review service is to provide you with:

• A clear baseline of current license entitlement, support levels and legacy licenses
• Potential areas for further investigation
• Potential consolidation opportunities
• Any contractual ambiguities that should be clarified
• License restrictions beyond the license metric and quantities that need to be adhered to

To fully understand your compliance with Veritas, it is necessary to periodically review the estate.

The frequency of this review should be determined through the amount of planned infrastructure migrations, as the Veritas data backup and recovery portfolio is inherently linked to architecture configuration.

Through our Veritas ELP service, we will help you understand your environment by guiding you through the data collection process and providing an in-depth report:

• Detailing the license compliance of your estate
• Optimizing the allocation of licenses owned (e.g. tier-based metrics vs core-based metrics in mixed environments)
• Identifying any potential savings opportunities or risk mitigation activities

This service is designed to ensure you have the right amount of licenses for your environment, helping you to minimize annual spend.

With Veritas’ active audit program, performed either directly or through third party auditors (such as the ‘Big Four’ auditing firms), you should be prepared by ensuring that you understand the compliance of your Veritas estate at all times.

The process itself may be overwhelming with the volume of data requests and documents issued; our service aims to help you through this process by:

• Clarifying the requests and the key data points so you are fully comfortable in sharing any requested data and at your own pace
• Supporting the data collection and provision to ensure only the mandatory data sets are shared in line with the scope and security protocols
• Validating entitlement records in line with internal documentation
• Verifying any findings and claims made