HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.3 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96322, August 2011)

To install these licenses on Performance Advisor, see the Hewlett-Packard Authorization Center (HPAC)
website: http://webkey.external.hp.com
Permanent licenses
Permanent licenses are primary licenses that you generate and install on P9000 Performance Advisor
to monitor an XP or a P9000 disk array. Permanent licenses are for an unlimited duration, perpetual,
and unique to an XP or a P9000 disk array. After generating a Permanent license, the P9000
Performance Advisor LTU and the registration number are bound to the following:
• The XP or the P9000 disk array serial number
• The XP or the P9000 disk array type
• The internal raw disk capacity or the usable capacity for which the license is generated
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.
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 P9000 Performance Advisor to monitor.
• For a P9000 disk array, you can generate and install one of the following based on your require-
ment:
• 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 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 P9000 Performance Advisor License To USE (LTU) purchased. For more
information on generating licenses, see “Generating licenses at the HPAC license key web-
site” on page 36.
If you have not received the product entitlement certificate, provide the required details in the
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 P9000 Performance Advisor License
Entitlement Request text file is available after you install or upgrade to P9000 Performance
Advisor.
• The internal raw disk capacity of 64 TB and greater for an XP disk array is considered as an un-
limited frame license (unlimited internal raw disk capacity) by P9000 Performance Advisor. It
implies that additional licenses need not be generated for P9000 Performance Advisor to monitor
disk capacities at 64 TB and beyond. This is applicable only for the XP disk arrays.
The unlimited frame license concept is not applicable for the P9000 disk arrays. You must purchase
the additional licenses if you increase the usable capacity, so that P9000 Performance Advisor
can continue monitoring 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 Performance Advisor
to monitor the additional usable capacity of 20 TB.
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