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Fast Snap system and planning requirements
Before you start working with Fast Snap, review the requirements associated with licensed capacity,
shared memory, volume, data pool, and for general planning and management tasks.
Fast Snap system requirements
The following are requirements for completing Fast Snap tasks:
• . The software is a prerequisite for Fast Snap. On the License Keys window, verify that the license is
installed.
• Fast Snap. On the License Keys window, verify that the Fast Snap license is installed. If it is not
installed, install it. For details, see the HPE XP7 Remote Web Console User Guide .
Fast Snap licensed capacity requirements
Fast Snap requires licensed capacity for the Fast Snap P-VOLs and pools.
Fast Snap uses a portion of the Thin Provisioning licensed capacity for its pool capacity. Make sure you
have enough Thin Provisioning licensed capacity to run both THP and Fast Snap. Use the maintenance
utility to ensure that the license key for the Thin Provisioning program product is installed.
The following table shows the Fast Snap volumes and capacity calculated as the Fast Snap usage. The
total amount of these values must not exceed the Fast Snap licensed capacity.
Intended volumes Intended capacity
Software application Volume type Normal volume or
THP V-VOL
FS P-VOL Normal volume The volume capacity
THP V-VOL The pool capacity used by the
volume
1
Pool-VOL Normal volume
• Fast Snap pool: volume
capacity
• THP pool: volume
capacity
2
Notes:
1. For the volume with capacity saving enabled, FS licensed capacity is the data capacity before
saving.
2. Not including the volumes of pools which are not in use by Fast Snap pairs.
For more information about licenses, see the HPE XP7 Remote Web Console User Guide for your
storage system.
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