HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.4 User Guide (T1789-96328, April 2012)

So, usable capacity = Internal LDEVs (External Volumes + Virtual Volumes)
Table 1 License management during installation or upgrade
License managementInstallation or upgrade
You are provided an Instant-on license, which is
automatically enabled after installation. The Instant-on
license (trial license) is provided with every instance of
P9000 Performance Advisor. It is valid for a period of
120 days from the day you install P9000 Performance
Advisor, after which a grace period of 60 days is
provided.
During the 120 days tenure or the 60 days grace period,
you must generate a Permanent license at the HPAC
license key website for each monitored XP or P9000 disk
array, and install the license key on P9000 Performance
Advisor.
When you install P9000 Performance Advisor v5.4
for the first time
P9000 Performance Advisor continues to be in that state
after the upgrade, until the Instant-on period expires or
you generate a Permanent license for the monitored XP
or the P9000 disk arrays.
When you upgrade P9000 Performance Advisor
from v5.2 or later to v5.4, and P9000 Performance
Advisor was in the Instant-on period
P9000 Performance Advisor continues to be in that state
after the upgrade, until the grace period expires or you
generate a Permanent license for the monitored XP or the
P9000 disk arrays.
When you upgrade P9000 Performance Advisor
from v5.2 or later to v5.4, and P9000 Performance
Advisor was in the grace period
P9000 Performance Advisor continues to be in that state
until you generate a Permanent license for the monitored
XP or the P9000 disk arrays.
When you upgrade P9000 Performance Advisor
from v5.2 or later to v5.4, and the following are
detected:
License violation for one or more monitored XP
or P9000 disk arrays
P9000 Performance Advisor is already in the
license expiry violation duration
P9000 Performance Advisor continues to be in that state
until the grace period expires or you generate a
Permanent license for the monitored XP or P9000 disk
arrays.
When you upgrade P9000 Performance Advisor
from v5.2 or later to v5.4, and the following are
detected:
License violation for one or more monitored XP
or P9000 disk arrays
P9000 Performance Advisor is already in the
grace period
Configuration collections are not allowed after the
upgrade process is completed.
When you upgrade P9000 Performance Advisor
from v5.2 or later to v5.4, and the following are
detected:
License violation for one or more monitored XP
or P9000 disk arrays
The grace period has already expired
Managing licenses for XP and P9000 disk arrays22