Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400, System Administrator Manual

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Chapter 7: Managing license keys
This storage system includes base and optional software features for Hitachi Virtual
Storage Platform G200, G400, G600, G800 or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400, F600,
F800 storage systems that must be enabled by installing license keys. This chapter
describes the types of available licenses, license capacity calculation, and instructions for
installing, enabling, disabling, and uninstalling license keys.
Overview
When you install a license key, it is automatically enabled and the timer on the license
starts at that time. To preserve time on a term key license, you can disable it without
uninstalling it. When you need the software, enable the license again.
If you do not install the software before you install the license key software, the software
will install correctly but will be disabled. To enable a license key, install the prerequisite
software, and then enable the key.
License key types
To use software, you must install the license key provided when you purchase that
software.
You can use software with licensed capacity for a term key by installing a term key and
overwriting a permanent key as long as the term key is valid. If the term key expires
when the system is being used, and the capacity needed for the operation is insufficient,
operations that you can perform are limited. In this case, a SIM that indicates the term
key expiration (reference code 7ff7 xx ) is output on the Alerts tab in the Storage Systems
window.
The following table describes the four types of license keys.
Type Description
Effective
term
1
Estimating
licensed
capacity
Permanent For purchase No limit Required
Term For purchase 365 days Required
Temporary For trial use before purchase (try and
buy)
120 days Not required
Emergency For emergency use 30 days Not required
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