Be aware of the following upgrade-related licensing implications and plan accordingly:
- A Maintenance license with an expiration date newer than the release date of the StorNext software is required to perform a StorNext upgrade.
- The Maintenance license provided by Quantum Technical Support must be put into place prior to the upgrade, or you will not be allowed to proceed with the upgrade. This step is done by importing the
license.datfile on the Configuration > Licenses screen of the StorNext GUI. - You will still be allowed to run StorNext if the Maintenance license expires. However, no future upgrades will be allowed.
- The Maintenance license must remain in place even after expiration to allow the StorNext software to run. Do not remove the Maintenance license.
- If you are ready to upgrade and then notice that the Storage Manager capacity has been exceeded, you must either upgrade your capacity license or free up space in the relevant media. This can be done by removing unneeded data, or possibly through defragmentation of the tape media. See the StorNext 5 User’s Guide for details on tape media defragmentation.
