Chapter 6. Activating Licenses; Obtaining Activation Codes - IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Introduction And Planning Manual

Chapter 6. Activating licenses

Activate your licenses after installation is complete.
After you have completed your DS6000 series installation, your first step is to
activate your licenses by performing the following actions:
v Obtain your feature activation codes.
v Apply the activation codes to your storage unit. You can apply the activation
The initial enablement of any optional DS6000 licensed function is a concurrent
activity (assuming the appropriate level of microcode is installed on the machine for
the given function).
Note: The following activating activities are disruptive and require a machine IML.

Obtaining activation codes

To obtain your feature activation codes for the licensed features for each storage
unit, you must connect to the IBM Disk Storage Feature Activation (DSFA) Web
site.
Before connecting to the site, ensure that you have the following items:
v The IBM License Function Authorization documents. If you are activating codes
v A diskette for downloading your activation codes into a file if you cannot access
1. Start the DS Storage Manager application.
2. In the navigation panel select Real-time Manager → Manage Hardware, then
3. In the storage unit main page select the storage unit, click Properties in the
4. Click the General tab, and the general properties display in the panel. Gather
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codes by importing a file that you download from the IBM Disk Storage Feature
Activation (DSFA) Web site.
v Removal of a DS6000 licensed function to deactivate the function.
v A lateral change or reduction in the license scope. A lateral change is
defined as changing the license scope from fixed-block (FB) to count key
data (CKD) or from CKD to FB. A reduction is defined as changing the
license scope from all physical capacity (ALL) to only FB or only CKD
capacity.
for a new storage unit, these documents are included in the shipment of the
storage unit. If you are activating codes for an existing storage unit, IBM sends
these documents to you in an envelope.
the IBM TotalStorage DS Storage Manager from the system that you are using to
access the DSFA Web site. Instead of using a diskette, you can also write down
the activation codes and then go over to the system that runs the DS Storage
Manager and manually enter them.
select Storage Units.
Select Action drop-down list, and then click Go. The properties page displays
for the storage unit.
the following information about your storage unit. You must enter this
information at the IBM Web site in the next step of this task. You can use the
following table to document this information.
v From the MTMS field, note the machine's serial number, and the model
number. The Machine Type - Model Number - Serial Number (MTMS) is a
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