Extra License Consumption for UNC Paths Residing on a VM under a Licensed Hypervisor

Symptom

UNC paths residing on VM under a hypervisor consume extra socket license even when license is already applied before to the hypervisor host. This error results in consumption of extra licenses.

Solution

Hypervisor host backup and UNC paths residing on the same hypervisor consume same license. But, on backing up UNC paths residing in any VM that is under the same hypervisor, the UNC paths/shares consume an extra license. This issue occurs only if the VM is not added/imported as a node to the console and also when UNC paths are added with a name other than the name provided while adding the VM to the Console.

Follow these steps:

1. Either add the node (the VM having UNC paths) to the Console and Specify Hypervisor details to the node or import node from hypervisor.
2. Add UNC paths/shares with the same name as the one added in step 1.