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 |
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MAPs | The management software restricts the | Number of MAPs |
| number of hardware elements it manages |
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| through the use of managed access points |
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| (MAPs) for hardware. A MAP is the sum of |
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| all storage access ports of all hardware |
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| elements that the management server |
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| manages. See Table 16 on page 148 for |
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| more information. |
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Back Up Size | The management server determines | Gigabytes (GB) |
| licensing for Backup Manager through |
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| gigabytes (GB). The management server |
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| compares the number of gigabytes for |
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| Backup Manager with what you are |
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| backing up. If you are backing up more |
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| than your license allowed, you are warned |
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| the next time you log onto the management |
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| server. |
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Raw NetApp | The Raw NetApp Capacity is the total disk | Terabytes (TB) |
Capacity | capacity (unformatted capacity) of all |
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| discovered NetApp filers. |
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