Licensing
The IBM® Storage Defender® Data Management Service Licensing system helps customers and partners ensure that Data Management software is being used in accordance with the terms and conditions of the license and the usage is in compliance with the entitlement. The Data Management licensing model gives the flexibility to use certain features or services of the Data Management software, depending on which licenses the customer is entitled to.
All Data Protect clusters must be licensed.
License usage is metered on each Data Protect
cluster and the usage is aggregated in Data Management.
Alerts are triggered or GUI notifications are displayed in one of the following scenarios:
- License usage violation—If the aggregate metered usage is nearing the entitlement or is exceeded the entitlement
- A cluster is set up without a license
- Clusters are not reporting their usage information to Data Management
- The license file on a particular cluster is expired or is about to expire
You must set up licensing on the Data Protect cluster. For more information on setting up licensing on each cluster, follow the instructions below.
You can monitor the license usage and view entitlement details in Data Management. For more information, see View License Usage and Entitlements.