NetWorker: Source Capacity Licensing - How to calculate source capacity

Summary: This article explains how to calculate source capacity.

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Instructions

The latest versions of NetWorker allow for automatic estimation of the NetWorker capacity being backed up.
The command-line tool nsrcapinfo generates an estimate of the total data protected in a NetWorker datazone. The capacity estimate measures the maximum full backup for each application type and each client in the datazone, which is defined as the client's capacity. The sum of each individual client's capacity provides a capacity estimate for the entire datazone. Data is measured as the largest aggregate full or synthetic full backup (full plus incremental) performed for all protected data by NetWorker over 60 days. The quantity of pre-deduplicated data is in the calculation.

 

For more information, see the nsrcapinfo section of the NetWorker Command Reference, and NetWorker Licensing guides: https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/product/networker/docs

 

nsrcapinfo
nsrcapinfo example 

nsrcapinfo summary report example:
example nsrcapinfo -r summary -o nsrcap.csv  

nsrcapinfo report example 

nsrcapinfo client report example:

nsrcapinfo client report command nsrcapinfo -r clients -o nsrcap_nsrclients.csv  

nsrcapinfo client report example 

Calculation example:

For one client:

Sunday          - full backup   - 0.9 TB

Monday          - Incremental backup   - 0.1 TB

Tuesday         - Incremental backup - 0.1 TB

Wednesday       - Incremental backup - 0.1 TB

Thursday        - Incremental backup - 0.1 TB <- some data is removed from the client system on this day.

Friday          - Incremental backup - 0.1 TB

Saturday        - Incremental backup - 0.1 TB

Sunday          -  full backup -   0.8 TB


The total source capacity for this client is 0.9 TB, which is the largest full backup within 60 days. Add this figure for all clients in your datazone and you have the total source capacity for the datazone.

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Article Properties
Article Number: 000029555
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 17 Apr 2026
Version:  7
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