Understanding SnapManager license options

You can license SnapManager 3.2 for Microsoft Exchange per Exchange server or on the storage system.

Per-server licensing

A per-server SnapManager license is a 14-character license code for a specific Exchange server.

When you use per-server licensing, no SnapManager license is required on the storage system. Instead, you apply a SnapManager server-side license on the Exchange server. You can specify a server-side license while you are installing SnapManager, or you can defer this activity until after SnapManager has been installed. After SnapManager has been installed, you can apply the license from the About SnapManager dialog box.

Storage system licensing

If a SnapManager license is not enabled on the Exchange server, a seven-character SnapManager license code must be enabled directly on the storage system, using the storage system license add command.

If no server license is detected, SnapManager checks the storage system for a SnapManager license whenever a SnapManager operation is initiated. If the SnapManager license is not enabled on the storage system either, the SnapManager operation fails and an error is written to the Windows event log.

Note
With storage system SnapManager licensing, if you use the SnapMirror® software in conjunction with SnapManager, both SnapMirror and SnapManager must be licensed on both the source and target storage systems.