HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

License management in installation and upgrade scenarios
“License management during installation or upgrade” (page 68) provides the different license
management scenarios.
Table 11 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
When you install HP XP7 Performance Advisor v6.1 for
the first time
license (trial license) is provided with every instance of HP
XP7 Performance Advisor. It is valid for a period of 120
days from the day you install HP XP7 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, P9000 or XP7 disk
array, and install the license key on HP XP7 Performance
Advisor.
HP XP7 Performance Advisor continues to be in that state
after the upgrade, until the Instant-on period expires or you
When you upgrade HP XP7 Performance Advisor from
v5.5 or later versions to v6.1, and HP XP7 Performance
Advisor was in the Instant-on period generate a Permanent license for the monitored XP, P9000
or the XP7 disk arrays.
HP XP7 Performance Advisor continues to be in that state
after the upgrade, until the grace period expires or you
When you upgrade HP XP7 Performance Advisor from
v5.5 or later versions to v6.1, and HP XP7 Performance
Advisor was in the grace period generate a Permanent license for the monitored XP, P9000
or the XP7 disk arrays.
HP XP7 Performance Advisor continues to be in that state
until you generate a Permanent license for the monitored
XP, P9000 or the XP7 disk arrays.
When you upgrade HP XP7 Performance Advisor from
v5.5 or later versions to v6.1, and the following are
detected:
• License violation for one or more monitored XP, P9000
or XP7 disk arrays
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor is already in the license
expiry violation duration
HP XP7 Performance Advisor continues to be in that state
until the grace period expires or you generate a Permanent
license for the monitored XP, P9000 or XP7 disk arrays.
When you upgrade HP XP7 Performance Advisor from
v5.5 or later versions to v6.1, and the following are
detected:
• License violation for one or more monitored XP, P9000
or XP7 disk arrays
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor is already in the grace
period
Configuration collections are not allowed after the upgrade
process is completed.
When you upgrade HP XP7 Performance Advisor from
v5.5 or later versions to v6.1, and the following are
detected:
• License violation for one or more monitored XP, P9000
or XP7 disk arrays
• The grace period has already expired
68 Installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor