StorNext Licenses
| License Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Certified Disk | A Certified Disk license allows a Metadata Controller (MDC) to use a specified amount of Quantum-certified disks. For additional information, see StorNext Disk Licensing and Disk Certification. |
| Encryption | An Encryption license is required to create encryption keys and use them in storage manager policies for client-side encryption. |
| StorNext LAN Gateway |
A StorNext LAN Gateway license is a StorNext SAN Client that allows LAN-based client connectivity to a StorNext File System. |
| LAN Client |
StorNext LAN Clients use IP protocols to read and write data to the StorNext File System through Quantum appliances that can operate as a StorNext LAN Gateway. You must have a LAN Client license for each LAN Client you intend to use with StorNext (in addition to any SAN Client licenses). Note: For Quantum appliances that can operate as a StorNext LAN Gateway, LAN Clients are referred to as Gateway Clients, and are not licensed on a "per-seat" basis. See the StorNext LAN Gateway License. |
| Maintenance |
A Maintenance license is associated with the expiration date of your current service contract. A valid Maintenance License is required to enable StorNext software upgrades. This license is a time-based license key that expires on the same date as the maintenance contract. Each time the maintenance contract is extended, a new maintenance license key is generated. Note: License enforcement is based on the date of the software to which you are upgraded, regardless of the current date. For example, if your maintenance license key is valid between January 16th, 2017 and January 16th, 2018, you could upgrade to a software version that is released prior to the expiration date of the maintenance license (and of the associated underlying service contract) expiration date, but not to a version released after January 16th, 2018. See StorNext Licenses for Xcellis, Metadata Appliances and the G300 for information about Maintenance Licenses on StorNext appliances. |
| Object Storage |
The Object Storage license specifies the amount of data that StorNext Storage Manager can place onto a Quantum Lattus object store platform. The Object Storage license must be installed on |
| SAN Client |
A StorNext SAN Client enables a host computer to mount a StorNext file system with direct block-level access to the disk arrays using Fibre Channel or iSCSI connections. The StorNext file system is licensed on a per-client basis. Any machine that directly mounts the file system is considered a client. If you are an Xsan customer, then you can use an unlimited number of Xsan clients when connected to a StorNext MDC. |
| SNSM Wide Area Storage |
The StorNext Storage Manager (SNSM) for Wide Area Storage (WAS) license was used to enable Object Storage access for supported Quantum appliances and WAS-capable MDCs configured for use with Lattus systems. This license is deprecated in StorNext 5 release 5.1. For systems running StorNext 5 release 5.1 or later, see the Object Storage license. The SNSM Wide Area Storage license is installed but not enabled by default as part of StorNext 4.6.x until StorNext 5 release 5.1, and from StorNext 5 release 5.1 forward the Object Storage license for supported Quantum Appliances and MDCs. A license key must be applied through the StorNext GUI in order to enable the license. |
| Storage Manager |
StorNext Storage Manager is licensed based on the capacity of data stored to secondary tiers of storage (Tape or Storage Disk). For StorNext 5 releases 5.4 and later, a Storage Manager manager license provides full access to the base functionality of StorNext Storage Manager. Support for non-Quantum object storage on public or private clouds are licensed using the annual capacity-based subscription model (see the FlexTier™ subscription licenses). For StorNext 5 releases up to and including 5.3.x, a Storage Manager license provides full access to the data management capabilities of Storage Manager. |
| Storage Manager Subscription (FlexTier™) |
New with StorNext 5 release 5.4, the FlexTier™ license allows you to exploit Storage Manager features to cost-effectively manage files stored onto a public or private cloud. The FlexTier™ license utilizes a subscription-based model that permits you to use Storage Manager as a “pay for the capacity you need managed” service. Note: FlexTier™ licenses are purchased and renewed annually. If your FlexTier™ license expires prior to being renewed, or if you exceed the amount of licensed capacity, Storage Manager does not store new files to either a public or private cloud destination. Some Storage Manager media destinations that use perpetual licensing, like tape, AEL, Lattus or SDISK do not appear in the StorNext GUI if a FlexTier™ license is installed. |
| StorNext FX | A StorNext FX license enables a StorNext FX client, or a StorNext SAN client, to connect to a Apple Xsan MDC and mount an Xsan file system with direct block level access to disk arrays via Fibre Channel or iSCSI connectivity. StorNext FX is licensed on a per-client basis. Any machine which directly mounts the file system is considered a client. StorNext FX licenses are applied on the Xsan MDC. |
| Uncertified Disk | An Uncertified Disk license allows a Metadata Controller (MDC) to use a specified amount of non-Quantum-certified disks. For additional information, see StorNext Disk Licensing and Disk Certification. |
Licenses for Features
Note: In StorNext 5 release 5.3 (and later), the Checksum license key is no longer required in order to enable Generation and Validation of checksums within a Policy. Existing checksum license keys will be ignored, and new license should not include checksum licenses keys.
| Feature License | Description |
|---|---|
| Alternate Store Location | An Alternate Store Location license is required for the automated copying of files from a main instance of StorNext to a remote instance of StorNext. For additional information, see the section "Alternate Store Location" in the StorNext 5 User's Guide. |
| Deduplication | A deduplication license is required if you want to use the StorNext Data Deduplication (blockpool) feature. This license is available for either File System only or Storage Manager environments. Deduplication is licensed per terabyte (TB) of the blockpool. |
| Distributed Data Mover (DDM) |
A DDM license is required to retrieve data using additional servers besides the system functioning as a StorNext metadata controller (MDC). This license is available only for Storage Manager environments, and is required for each DDM host. Note: Each DDM host also requires one File System SAN Client license, in addition to the DDM license. |
| Dynamic Application Environment (DAE) |
A Dynamic Application Environment (DAE) license allows virtual machine (VM) environments to be installed on the system. DAE-supported applications can be installed and run in the VM operating system. DAE-supported systems:
Note: While multiple DAE VMs may be installed (or imported) and configured for use on the system, only one (1) VM can be operating a time. Note: aiWARE for Xcellis systems host a VM environment which is similar to, but different from a DAE VM. While not recommended, aiWARE for Xcellis Embedded systems can be licensed simultaneously for both aiWARE and DAE. However, only a DAE VM or the aiWARE VM can be operational at a single time. When a DAE VM is running, the aiWARE VM docker is prevented from running. Likewise, when the aiWARE VM is running, a DAE VM is prevented from running.
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| Failover (HA) |
A Failover HA (High Availability) license enables automated failover from the primary server node to the secondary server node, in the event of a primary server node failure. |
| NAS |
A NAS license is used to enable Network File Sharing (NFS) and Server Message Block (SMB) sharing of StorNext file systems using Quantum-supplied NFS and SMB software. Additional Resources
For Appliance Controller configuration, see the Appliance Controller Documentation Center at www.quantum.com/accdocs. |
| Partial File Retrieval (PFR) | A StorNext Partial File Retrieval (PFR) license enables you to quickly retrieve and utilize segments of large media files— rather than the entire file—based on timecode parameters. PFR licenses are not included in the license.dat file. PFR uses a different licensing and installation process, as described in the StorNext PFR 1.2 Users Guide. |
| Replication |
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| Storage Disk | You must have a Storage Disk (SDISK) license to be able to configure and use StorNext storage disks. This license enables the SDISK feature, but data written still counts toward the per TB capacity of the Storage Manager. |
| Vaulting |
A Vault Option license allows you to move seldom-used media from a Quantum or supported third-party library to a manual archive vault, freeing room for media in the managed archives. If a vault option license is purchased, any data that is stored in a vault does not apply to the Storage Manager capacity license. |
Information Contained within a License File
Table 1 illustrates the type of information contained within a license file.
Note: The Authorization String license value includes a prefix applicable to the type of license. In the example below, it is server.
Table 2 provides a conversion table illustrating the type of license and its equivalent prefix as shown in the Authorization String license value.
