APTARE IT Analytics Licensing Guide

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Product(s): APTARE IT Analytics (10.5)
  1. License installation and guidelines
    1.  
      License overview
    2.  
      Understanding licensing restrictions
    3.  
      Requesting a license key file
    4.  
      Install a license
    5. Verify the current license configuration
      1.  
        Run the License Summary report
      2.  
        Help About
      3.  
        View License Details
    6. Criteria to determine license limits
      1. Capacity Manager
        1.  
          Storage Array Capacity license criteria
        2.  
          Vendor-specific capacity license criteria
        3.  
          EMC Symmetrix Arrays
        4.  
          EMC CLARiiON Arrays
        5.  
          HDS Arrays
        6.  
          NetApp Arrays
      2. Backup Manager
        1.  
          Cohesity DataProtect
        2.  
          Commvault Simpana
        3.  
          EMC Avamar
        4.  
          EMC NetWorker
        5.  
          Generic backups
        6.  
          HP Data Protector
        7.  
          IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM)
        8.  
          NAKIVO Backup & Replication
        9.  
          Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
        10.  
          Rubrik Cloud Data Management
        11.  
          Veeam Backup & Replication
        12.  
          Veritas Backup Exec
        13.  
          Veritas NetBackup
      3.  
        Fabric Manager
      4.  
        Replication Manager
      5.  
        Virtualization Manager
      6.  
        File Analytics
    7. Managing licenses
      1.  
        Managing objects collected from centralized systems
      2.  
        Managing directly probed enterprise objects
      3.  
        What happens to historical data?
      4.  
        Processes to manage license counts
      5.  
        Identify counted and excluded objects
    8.  
      View the current license
    9.  
      Delete clients
    10.  
      Expand your license configuration
    11.  
      Exclude objects from future data collections
    12. Configure the Data Collector policy to exclude the object
      1.  
        Example of configuring a Data Collector policy to exclude arrays
      2.  
        Add objects to the Object Exclusion Database table
    13.  
      Removing objects from the license count
    14.  
      Deleting objects using the Inventory List view
  2. License key utility
    1.  
      License key utility
    2.  
      License key procedure
  3. License management from command line
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Install a license on Microsoft Windows Portal platform
    3.  
      Install a license on Linux Portal platform
    4. Verify the current license configuration
      1.  
        Run report configuration utility
      2.  
        Run license verification utility
    5.  
      Removing a Portal license
  4. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      License install fails with 'License is already issued for another host' error

Install a license on Microsoft Windows Portal platform

Use the procedures listed in this section to install the Portal license.

  1. Receive the License File

    • Save the new license file on your Portal server and then complete all of the following steps.

  2. Ensure that the Oracle Processes are Running

    • C:\opt\aptare\utils\startoracle.bat

  3. Run the Installation Script

    Open a DOS command prompt window by entering:

    Start > Run > cmd

    Run the license installer utility: C:\opt\aptare\utils\installLicense.bat

    Enter the complete path to the license key file you saved on your server when prompted for the name of the license file. Overwrite an existing license if you are prompted to do so. A sample dialog is shown below:

    Enter the name of the license file you wish to install [portal.license] : C:\opt\aptare\mycompany.license
Verifying license...
Copying license...
License installed
SystemConfig. File Name is c:\opt\aptare\portalconf\portal.properties
DbPool.initilised().Entering. 25 2
GenericPool.setMaxObjectCount(). Entering 0 0 25 GenericPool.initializePool(). Entering 0 25
New JDBC connection pool established
DbHandle.init(). Initialized the DbPool.

    Verify that the services are running by viewing the Services panel:

  4. Verify the License Installation

    Go to the procedure in the following section.

    See Run license verification utility.

  1. Ensure that the Oracle Processes are Running

    • C:\opt\aptare\utils\startoracle.bat

  2. Run the Installation Script

    Open a DOS command prompt window by entering:

    Start > Run > cmd

    Run the license installer utility:

    Enter the complete path to the license key file you saved on your server when prompted for the name of the license file. A sample dialog is shown below:

    Enter the name of the license file you wish to install [*.slf] : 
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Slic\
A3351334429_QTY200_APTARE_ITA_10_6_COMPLETE_STANDARD_DR_LIC_NNL_4756411672.slf
Verifying license...
License installed

    Verify that the services are running by viewing the Services panel:

  3. Verify the License Installation

    Go to the procedure in the following section.

    See Run license verification utility.