SnapManager licensing options

SnapManager supports two licensing options: Per Server and Per Storage system licensing.

A Per Server SnapManager license is a 14-character license code for a specific Exchange server. When you use Per Server licensing, you do not require a SnapManager license on the storage system. Instead, you apply a SnapManager server-side license on every Exchange server. You can specify a server-side license while you are installing SnapManager, or you can defer this activity until you have completed SnapManager installation. After you install SnapManager, you can apply the license from Help > About SnapManager.

If a SnapManager license is not enabled on the Exchange server, you must enable a 7-character SnapManager Per Storage system license code directly on the storage system, using the license add command. If no server license is detected, SnapManager checks the storage system for a SnapManager license whenever a SnapManager operation starts. If the SnapManager license is not enabled on the storage system either, the SnapManager operation fails and logs an error in the Windows event log.

• Applying a SnapManager license to the Exchange server
  You can add a Per Server license to your Exchange server. When you use Per Server licensing, you do not require a SnapManager license on the storage system. Instead, you apply a SnapManager server-side license on the Exchange server.
• Applying a Per Storage System license to the storage system
  You can add Per Storage System license to your storage system. If a SnapManager operation starts and no server license is detected, SnapManager checks the storage system for a SnapManager license. If the SnapManager license is not enabled on the storage system either, the SnapManager operation fails and logs an error in the Windows event log.