Managing licenses

About license codes

A license code is a string of characters that is unique to a particular filer (such as ABCDEFG). You receive license codes for every protocol and option that you purchase. Not all purchased license codes are installed on a filer before it is shipped from the factory; some must be installed after the system is set up. You can purchase license codes to enable additional protocols and options at any time.

License code replacement

If you misplace a license code, you can contact Network Appliance Technical Support or log in to the NOW site at http://now.netapp.com to obtain a copy.

License management tasks

You can perform the following tasks to manage licenses:

Add licenses
Display current license codes
Delete licenses

Enabling a license

To add the license for a protocol or option, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: *license add <code1> <code2> ...* code is the license code provided to you by Network Appliance.

Displaying current license codes

To display licensing information for all your protocols and options, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command without parameters: license Result Data ONTAP displays a list of the licenses that are enabled and their codes.

Disabling a license

To disable a license for a protocol or option, complete the following step.

Note
You cannot disable licenses for the disk sanitization or SnapLock features after you enable them.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: license delete service service is one of the following: cifs snapmirror cluster snapmirror_sync cluster_remote snapmover dafs snaprestore fcp sv_linux_pri http sv_ontap_pri iscsi sv_ontap_sec multistore sv_unix_pri nfs sv_windows_pri smdomino syncmirror_local smsql vld snaplock_enterprise

Step

Action

Enter the following command:

license delete service

service is one of the following:

cifs                    snapmirror

cluster                 snapmirror_sync

cluster_remote          snapmover

dafs                    snaprestore

fcp                     sv_linux_pri

http                    sv_ontap_pri

iscsi                   sv_ontap_sec

multistore              sv_unix_pri

nfs                     sv_windows_pri

smdomino                syncmirror_local

smsql                   vld

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