HP StorageWorks P9000 Application Performance Extender Software User Guide (5697-0984, September 2012)

Figure 3 shows the proactive license tracking screen. Data collection discovers all the P9500 arrays
which need to be monitored. You have to select a particular array and enter the notification e-mail
id in the License Settings screen before adding any new valid license. Once the grace period starts,
the notification mails are sent depending on the notification interval set in the settings.ini file.
Permanent License
Permanent licenses are primary licenses that you generate and install on P9000 Application
Performance Extender to control a P9500 disk array. Permanent licenses are for an unlimited duration,
perpetual, and unique to a P9500 disk array. After generating a license for a P9500 disk array, the
P9000 Application Performance Extender LTU and the registration number are bound to the following:
• The P9500 disk array serial number
• The P9500 disk array type
• The usable capacity for which the license is generated
After installing a Permanent license, if you increase the usable capacity beyond the Permanent licensed
capacity, the existing Permanent license cannot be used. P9000 Application Performance Extender
considers it as a license capacity violation and initiates a grace period of 60 days for that P9500
disk array. To end the grace period:
For a P9500 disk array, you can generate and install one of the following based on your requirement:
• A Permanent license.
• A Meter based Term license, which is a secondary license that works only if a Permanent license
is already installed. For more information, see “Meter Based Term license” on page 32
IMPORTANT:
• It is mandatory that you have the P9500 Application Performance Extender registration number
to generate a permanent frame license. This registration number is included in the product entitle-
ment certificate that is provided with every P9000 Application Performance Extender License To
USE (LTU) purchased.
• The unlimited frame license concept is not applicable for the P9500 disk arrays. You must purchase
the additional licenses if you increase the usable capacity, so that P9000 Application Performance
Extender can continue controlling those arrays. For example, if you increase the usable capacity
on a P9500 disk array from 50 TB to 70 TB, you must purchase licenses for P9000 Application
Performance Extender to monitor the additional usable capacity of 20 TB.
Meter Based Term license
Meter based Term licenses are secondary licenses that you generate at the HPAC website and install
as add-on licenses on P9000 Application Performance Extender. Meter based Term licenses cannot
work independently and always need to be installed on a Permanent license. They are not a
replacement to the Permanent license.
A Meter based Term license is generated in TB-Days for the usable capacity that you want to monitor
and the duration for which you want to control. To calculate the total TB-Days of Meter based Term
license that you require, use the following formula:
(Usable capacity - aggregate permanent license) * Duration (number of
days)= TB-Days Meter based Term license
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