HPE Storage Users Group

Hi

We have a 7400 system with virtual copy license, but when we expand the system with more disk dries, do we then need more virtual copy licenses?
If so, how can I check how many disk drives are licensed for virtual copy?

-inex

In the past when we did hardware upgrades, they provided a new license key to go with the new hardware.

From the IMC, when I view my software, the only one that visually appears to report a capacity value is the thin provisioning.

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Thanks.

Looks like I have installed iicense for all pd.

-inex

System is licensed for 128 disks.

License features currently enabled:
Adaptive Optimization
Dynamic Optimization
InForm Suite
Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter
Peer Motion
Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere
Remote Copy
System Reporter
System Tuner
Thin Conversion
Thin Copy Reclamation
Thin Persistence
Thin Provisioning (10240000G)
Transparent Failover
Virtual Copy
VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows

You may still need to pay for Vcopy (and all other installed licenses) on new disk purchases but shouldn't need to update the key except for the Thin one. The new model introduced caps, after which you just buy the disks and no extra licenses but I'm not sure what the caps are on the 7xxx series.

Non thin licensing is based on magazines, a magazine is classed as 4 disks in a 10000 series and 1 disk in a 7000 series. As part of the upgrade quote, additional licenses are automatically added up to the arrays software cap. If you have 128 disks now (of any type) then you will be licensed for 128 Virtual copy licenses, if you aren't licensed for the correct number of magazines the system will nag you with alerts.

Both the 7000 and 10000 series systems have a software license cap that is roughly a third of their maximum physical disk capacity, although the just announced 7200 capacity increase changes that slightly see below.

7200 at launch = Cap of 48 disks = 1/3 of 144 disks
7400 at launch = Cap of 168 disks = 1/3 of 480 disks

7200 as of 3.1.3 now supports 240 disks but the software cap remains the same at 48 disks.

Basically you pay licensing up to the cap, so if you have 128 disks on a 7400 you need to license the next 40 disks you add in order to reach the 7400's cap of 168 disks. Beyond that point you no longer have to license capacity increases, just add the hardware and support costs beyond that point. If your system reports back to HP via the Service Processor then licensing is automatically tracked and added to upgrades as appropriate up to the cap.

BTW Thin licensing is now unlimited and included as part of the base Inform OS suite license.

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