Managing licenses

About license codes

A license code is a string of characters, such as ABCDEFG, that is unique to a particular service. You receive license codes for every protocol and option, or service, that you purchase. Not all purchased license codes are installed on a storage system 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 services at any time.

License code replacement

If you misplace a license code, you can contact technical support to obtain a copy.

License management tasks

You can perform the following tasks to manage licenses:

Add licenses
Display all services, including which licenses have been installed
Delete licenses

Adding a license

To add the license for a service, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: *license add <code1> <code2>...* code is the license code provided to you by your sales person or technical support.

Displaying current license codes

To display licensing information for all services, 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 service, complete the following step.

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

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: license delete service service is one of the list of possible services. Note To display the complete list of services, use the `license` command with no parameters.