Exceeding Meter-Based Term Licensed Capacity And Grace Period - HPE XP7 User Manual

◦ License Capacity: 50TB, +125TB-Days
◦ License Status: Installed
◦ Term (Days): N/A
◦ End Date: Never
• After 1:00 PM on 11/30/2010:
◦ License Capacity: 50TB, +100TB-Days
Consider that 25TB-Days are used after installation.
◦ License Status: Installed
◦ Term (Days): 4
◦ End Date: 12/04/2010
If the remaining 100TB-Days are completely used in the first half of 12/04/2010 and any of the following is
not done:
• The physical usable capacity is reduced to within the Permanent licensed capacity limit
• Extra TB-Days installed to monitor the 25TB physical usable capacity
• Another Permanent license installed to monitor the 25TB physical usable capacity
As a result, PA again enters 60 days grace period after 1:00 PM on the same day and 0TB-Days are
available. In addition, it begins reducing (negative count) the installed TB-Days by 25TB and updates the
following fields in the License screen – License Status section daily.
After 1:00 PM on 12/04/2010:
• License Capacity: 50TB, 0TB-Days
• License Status: Capacity Insufficient
• Term (Days): 0
• End Date: Expired
If 100TB-Days are completely used in the second half of 12/04/2010, PA enters 60 days grace period on
the same day but updates the License screen - License Status section only after 1:00 PM on 12/05/2010.
In this case, the License Capacity shows 50TB, – 25TB-Days on 12/05/2010.
Exceeding meter-based term licensed capacity and grace
period
When the existing TB-Days are not sufficient to monitor the additional physical usable capacity,
PA considers it as a capacity violation and enters a grace period of 60 days. During the grace period, PA
begins reducing the installed TB-Days. Within 60 days, if a Permanent license is installed, PA stops
reducing the TB-Days and ends the grace period for that particular XP7 disk array. If appropriate TB-Days
are installed, PA uses part of the units to nullify the negative count and the rest of the units to end the
grace period.
The every day reduction in TB-Days is equal to the additional physical usable capacity because of which
the grace period has started.
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