HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v6.0 User Guide

After installing a Permanent license, if you increase the internal raw disk capacity or the usable
capacity beyond the Permanent licensed capacity, the existing Permanent license cannot be used.
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor considers it as a license capacity violation and initiates a grace
period of 60 days for that XP or the P9000 disk array. To end the grace period:
• For an XP disk array, generate and install additional Permanent license for the internal raw
disk capacity that you want HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor to monitor.
• For a P9000 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.
IMPORTANT:
• It is mandatory that you have the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor registration number to
generate a Permanent frame license. This registration number is included in the product
entitlement certificate that is provided with every HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor License
To USE (LTU) purchased. For more information on generating licenses, see “Generating licenses
at the HPAC license key website” (page 29).
If you have not received the product entitlement certificate, provide the required details in the
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor License Entitlement Request text file
available in the C:\HPSS\data\keys folder. Send an email to HP at
[e-mail] with the completed document as a file attachment. The HP
XP P9000 Performance Advisor License Entitlement Request text file is
available after you install or upgrade to HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor.
• The internal raw disk capacity of 64 TB and greater for an XP disk array is considered as an
unlimited frame license (unlimited internal raw disk capacity) by HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor. It implies that additional licenses need not be generated for HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor to monitor disk capacities at 64 TB and beyond. This is applicable only for the XP
disk arrays.
Frame license is now applicable for the P9500 disk arrays. Therefore, if you purchase a frame
license of 65535TB, you get an unlimited license capacity. You need not purchase additional
licenses if the usable capacity of the array increases, P9500 Performance Advisor will continue
monitoring those arrays.
Meter Based Term licenses
NOTE: Meter based Term licenses are applicable for P9000 disk arrays only.
Meter based Term licenses are secondary licenses that you generate at the HPAC website and
install as add-on licenses in HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor to monitor additional usable
capacities. 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 monitor. To calculate the total TB-Days of Meter
based Term license that you require, use the following formula:
Usable capacity * Duration (number of days)= TB-Days Meter based Term
license
22 Managing licenses for XP and P9000 disk arrays