HP P6000 Performance Advisor Software - Manual (Page 89)

Advisor provides the license details, such as the license type and status for a storage system. The
details are shown on the following pages.
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Under the Summary tab (Settings > HP P6000 Performance Advisor Instance > Storage Systems
> Individual storage system), see
“Viewing configured monitoring settings for storage systems”
(page 73) .
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Under the Monitoring tab (Settings > HP P6000 Performance Advisor Instance > Configuration),
see
“Viewing configured monitoring settings for storage systems” (page 73) .
License states
Following are the different license states shown in HP P6000 Performance Advisor for a storage
system:
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Evaluation: If the Instant-on license is active, the license status shows as Evaluation. The
Instant-on period is valid for 60 days, counted from the day of installation.
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Valid: If a permanent or temporary license is installed for the storage system in HP P6000
Command View. The license status shows Valid and the license type shows Permanent or
Temporary depending on the type of license installed. For a Temporary license, the number
of remaining license days is also shown.
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Invalid (not licensed): Following are the two situations:
If a storage system was monitored during the Instant-on period or a temporary license
was installed, and when either of them expired, the data collection stops immediately. ◦
The license status changes to Invalid and the corresponding tool tip shows Not licensed
when you move the pointer over the license status. As the storage system was already
monitored during the Instant-on period, the historical performance data is still available.
◦ If you try to add a storage system for which a license is not installed or invalid, that
storage system record appears disabled in the list of available storage systems.
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Invalid: If the license has expired for a storage system, the following message appears on all
pages in the Storage Systems point of view (Storage Systems > Storage Network > Individual
Storage System) in HP P6000 Performance Advisor, and data collection stops immediately:
The license for the selected storage system has expired. So, you can only view reports and
create historical charts.
Additionally, the following message appears on all pages in the Settings point of view in HP
P6000 Performance Advisor:
The license has expired for the selected storage system. Please verify and update the license.
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Unknown: If HP P6000 Command View is inaccessible.
HP P6000 Performance Advisor updates the license status for all monitored storage systems
during the night by fetching the license data from the HP P6000 Command View instance that
is managing the storage systems. If the instance is inaccessible during this period, an event
is logged in the first attempt and HP P6000 Performance Advisor continues reaching HP P6000
Command View at the same time for the next two consecutive days, after which it stops the
performance data collection for the storage systems. The license status changes to Unknown
for the storage systems.
For Invalid and Unknown license states (except for the one where the storage system cannot be
added), you can only view data in both the Settings and Storage Systems point of view. Additionally,
in the Storage Systems point of view, you can view generated reports and plot charts for historical
data collected for the storage system. However, you will not be able to perform any storage
system-related tasks, such as adding storage systems, configuring monitoring settings for storage
systems, or viewing related performance metrics like threshold summary, key metrics, dashboard
data.
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