Enabling and disabling the mirroring license

Enabling the mirroring license

The license code name for the mirroring feature is syncmirror_local. To enable the mirroring license, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: license add xxxxxxx xxxxxxx is the syncmirror_local license code you purchased.
2	Reboot the system.

Step

Action

Enter the following command:

license add xxxxxxx

xxxxxxx is the syncmirror_local license code you purchased.

Reboot the system.

Disabling the mirroring license

You cannot disable the mirroring license if mirrored volumes or mirrored aggregates exist and are online. Before disabling the mirroring license, you must take one of the plexes offline for each mirrored volume or mirrored aggregate and destroy it.

Disabling if you have traditional volumes

To disable the mirroring license, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	For each mirrored volume, decide which plex you want to take offline. Note Every mirrored volume must have one plex taken offline and destroyed before you can disable the mirroring license.
2	Take offline each of the plexes you decided to take offline by entering the following command: vol offline plex-name plex-name is the name of one of the mirrored plexes. Note Only one plex at a time can be taken offline.
3	Destroy the plex you took offline by entering the following command: vol destroy plex-name plex-name is the name of one of the mirrored plexes.
4	Enter the following command: license delete syncmirror_local

Disabling if you have mirrored aggregates

To disable the mirroring license, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	For each mirrored aggregate, decide which plex you want to take offline. Note Every mirrored aggregate must have one plex taken offline and destroyed before you can disable the mirroring license.
2	Take offline each of the FlexVol volumes in the plexes you decided to take offline by entering the following command: vol offline vol-name vol-name is the name of the FlexVol volume. Note Only one FlexVol volume at a time can be taken offline.
3	Remove the FlexVol volumes from the plexes you decided to take offline by entering the following command: vol destroy vol-name vol-name is the name of the FlexVol volume. Note Only one FlexVol volume at a time can be taken offline.
4	Take offline each of the plexes you decided to take offline by entering the following command: aggr offline plex-name plex-name is the name of one of the mirrored plexes. Note Only one plex at a time can be taken offline.
5	Destroy the plex you took offline by entering the following command: aggr destroy plex-name plex-name is the name of one of the mirrored plexes.
6	Enter the following command: license delete syncmirror_local