Meter Based Term Licenses - HPE XP7 User Manual

• The XP or XP7 disk array serial number.
• The XP or XP7 disk array type.
• The internal raw disk capacity or the physical 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. PA considers it
as a license capacity violation and initiates a grace period of 60 days for that XP or XP7 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 HPE XP7 Performance Advisor to monitor.
• For an XP7 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 PA registration number to generate a Permanent frame license.
This registration number is included in the product entitlement certificate that is provided with
every PA License To USE (LTU) purchased. For more information on generating licenses, see
Generate licenses at the HPEAC license key website on page 60.
If you have not received the product entitlement certificate, provide the required details in the
HPE XP7 Performance Advisor License Entitlement Request text file available in
the C:\%HPSS_HOME%\data\keys folder. Send an email to HPE at licensing.ams@hpe.com
with the completed document as a file attachment. The HPE XP7 Performance Advisor
License Entitlement Request text file is available after you install or upgrade to PA.
• The internal raw disk capacity of 64TB and greater for an XP disk array is considered as an
unlimited frame license (unlimited internal raw disk capacity) by PA. It implies that additional
licenses need not be generated for PA to monitor disk capacities at 64TB and beyond. This is
applicable only for the XP (24K or 20K) disk arrays. Frame license is now applicable for the
P9500 and XP7 disk arrays. Therefore, if you purchase a frame license of 64PB, 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 P9500 and XP7 disk arrays only.
Meter based Term licenses are secondary licenses that you generate at the HPEAC website and install
as add-on licenses in PA to monitor additional physical 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:
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