HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software v4.6 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96094, June 2010)

• Configured alarms, notifications, reports, charts, and all other functions continue to work. However,
the generated report contain a warning message for license expiry at the beginning of the report.
WARNING: License violation was detected for this array. This report
may not capture performance data about the recent configuration changes
made in the XP disk array. Please purchase the required Performance
Advisor licenses immediately.
• The License screen displays the following changes:
DescriptionScreen elements
Displays the status as Expired.License Status
Displays the capacity as 0.License Capacity (TB)
Displays the following status message:
License has expired. Grace Period has expired on month,
day, year. Please purchase the required Performance
Advisor licenses now to continue using Performance
Advisor on this Array.
Where, month, day, year refers to the date till when the grace period is
valid.
The above status message is also displayed on the Dashboard screen.
Comments
For XP Performance Advisor to continue configuration collection for additional internal raw disk
capacities on the monitored XP arrays, you should install permanent licenses for each of them on XP
Performance Advisor. Contact your HP representative to procure the additional licenses.
Related Topics
See the following related topics:
• “Generating licenses” on page 31
• “Installing licenses” on page 32
Generating licenses at the HPAC license key website
You can generate a permanent license for XP Performance Advisor at the HPAC license key website.
Ensure that you have the registration number for XP Performance Advisor, which is required for
generating a license. To understand how to receive the registration number, see the following section.
Receiving a registration number for XP Performance Advisor
The registration number is a unique identifier which helps you generate a license key for XP Performance
Advisor. To understand what actions you need to take to receive the required registration number for
your XP Performance Advisor installation, refer to the following three categories:
1. Your XP disk array has a frame license for XP Performance Advisor
Verify if you have received the product registration number along with the XP Performance Advisor
v4.6 media kit. Use the registration number to generate a license key file. For more information
on how to generate a license key file, see “Generating licenses” on page 31. This license key
file entitles you to a frame license for XP Performance Advisor. If you have not received the product
registration number with the v4.6 media Kit, follow the steps listed under category 3 (XP disk
array has less than 32 TB of XP Performance Advisor LTUs).
HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software User Guide 29