Manager-of-Managers Environment

Centralized Licensing

Deactivating Centralized Licensing

Centralized licensing can be deactivated and changed back to local licensing.

Deactivation

1.

In the Data Protector Manager-of-Managers, click Clients in the

Procedure

 

Context List.

 

2.

In the Scoping Pane, right-click the Cell Manager for which you want

 

 

to deactivate centralized licensing, then click Configure Licensing

 

 

to open the wizard. The types and numbers of licenses available to

 

 

your selected Cell Manager are displayed.

 

3.

Click the Local option to change licensing from remote to local.

 

4.

Click Finish to apply the configuration.

 

5.

Repeat the steps for all Cell Managers for which you want to

 

 

deactivate centralized licensing.

 

6.

Log on to the MoM Manager and mount the following directory:

 

 

On Windows systems <Data_Protector_home>\config\cell

 

 

On UNIX systems /etc/opt/omni/cell

 

7.

Rename the licdistrib.dat file, for example, to licdistrib.old.

The changes will take effect after you stop and restart Data Protector services on the MoM Manager and each Cell Manager where you made the changes. See “Restarting Data Protector Services” on page 364.

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