5 Managing Licenses

To learn more about licensing, see the following topics:

About the License” on page 147

Importing a License File” on page 150

Viewing Cumulative Licenses” on page 151

Viewing a Specific License” on page 151

Deleting a License” on page 152

About the License

The management server restricts the number elements it manages through its license. It is important you keep your license up to date with the requirements of your network. The management server has several different types of license restrictions, as shown in Table 15 on page 147.

Table 15 License Requirements

Type of Restriction

Description

Unit of Measurement

 

 

 

MAPs

The management software restricts the

Number of MAPs

 

number of hardware elements it manages

 

 

through the use of managed access points

 

 

(MAPs) for hardware. A MAP is the sum of

 

 

all storage access ports of all hardware

 

 

elements that the management server

 

 

manages. See Table 16 on page 148 for

 

 

more information.

 

 

 

 

Back Up Size

The management server determines

Gigabytes (GB)

 

licensing for Backup Manager through

 

 

gigabytes (GB). The management server

 

 

compares the number of gigabytes for

 

 

Backup Manager with what you are

 

 

backing up. If you are backing up more

 

 

than your license allowed, you are warned

 

 

the next time you log onto the management

 

 

server.

 

 

 

 

Raw NetApp

The Raw NetApp Capacity is the total disk

Terabytes (TB)

Capacity

capacity (unformatted capacity) of all

 

 

discovered NetApp filers.

 

 

 

 

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