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How to obtain an evaluation copy of IBM Cloud Storage Solutions for i

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How do I get a try-and-buy (evaluation) copy of Cloud Storage Solutions for i?

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Cloud Storage Solutions is available for a 70-day trial and can be downloaded from the Entitlement System Support (ESS) web site along with other keyed Licensed Program Products (LPPs) for IBM i.

 

The following are detailed steps on how to access ESS and navigate to get the trial version: 

 

- On https://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ess/, sign in with an IBM ID
- "Register IBM Customer Number" on the left menu, and enter a seven-digit hardware serial where any Power software (AIX or IBM i) is entitled. Click on "Submit".
- Then take "IBM i evaluation and NLV download" on the left menu, and enter the same machine serial and click on the right arrow ">".
- Select 5770SS1 V7RxM0 (7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 also work)
- Scroll down and click on "Continue".
- At the top of the screen, you"ll see this
- Scroll down until you see the IBM Cloud Storage Solution for i option 
- Click on "Continue", then follow the steps for license acceptance and then download
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Modified date:
07 January 2020

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