HP Data Protector MOM Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide

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2. Setting up centralized licensing
If you are consolidating existing Data Protector cells into a MoM environment, send a request to
the HP Password Delivery Center to move the licenses from the existing Cell Managers to the new
MoM Manager.
1. Log on to the MoM Manager and create the licdistrib.dat file:
On Windows Server 2008:
Data_Protector_program_data\Config\server\cell\licdistrib.dat
On other Windows systems:
Data_Protector_home\Config\server\cell\licdistrib.dat
On UNIX systems: /etc/opt/omni/server/cell/licdistrib.dat
2. Log on to each Cell Manager in the MoM environment and create the lic_server file with
the name of the MoM Manager:
On Windows Server 2008:
Data_Protector_program_data\Config\server\cell\lic_server
On other Windows systems: Data_Protector_home\Config\server\cell\lic_server
On UNIX systems: /etc/opt/omni/server/cell/lic_server
3. Stop and restart Data Protector services on each Cell Manager on which you have made
changes.
4. In the MoM, click Clients in the Context List.
5. In the Scoping Pane, right-click the Cell Manager that has the licensing information you want
to change, and then click Configure Licensing to open the wizard. The types and numbers of
licenses available to your selected Cell Manager are displayed.
6. Click the Remote option to change the licensing from local to remote. The Used columns
change to Allocated.
7. Modify the license configuration. Only the Allocated column is available during the
modification process.
To release (give up) a license type, thus increasing the number of available licenses, reduce
its corresponding number in the Allocated column.
To assign a license type, increase its corresponding number in the Allocated column.
8. Click Finish to apply the configuration.
9. Repeat the steps for all Cell Managers for which you want to set up the centralized licensing.
10. Stop and restart the Data Protector processes using the omnisv -stop and omnisv -start
commands from the Data_Protector_home\bin (Windows) or /opt/omni/sbin (UNIX)
directory.
If the Cell Manager is configured on MC/ServiceGuard, run the cmhaltpkg pkg_name command
to stop, and the cmrunpkg -n node_name pkg_name to start the Data Protector package, where
pkg_name is the name of the Data Protector cluster package.
The changes take effect after you stop and restart the Data Protector services on each Cell
Manager on which you have made changes.
Data Protector checks the license configuration with the MoM Manager every hour. In the case of
communication problems or the MoM Manager being unavailable, the licensing status is kept for
72 hours. If the problems are not resolved within this 72-hour period, local licenses are used.
3. Example of moving licenses
If you have not configured centralized licensing, you cannot move licenses between cells without
the approval of the HP Password Delivery Center. This is, however, possible in the MoM
environment with configured centralized licensing, where the MoM administrator allocates
licenses as needed. In the example below, the clients from one cell are moved to another. This
results in the need to move the licenses.
Enterprise environment before the reorganization