HP StoreOnce VSA Deployment and Configuration Guide (TC458-96024)

Licensing
For StoreOnce VSA a single license key enables the appliance and the StoreOnce Catalyst,
Replication and Security features. At deployment an instant-on license is automatically applied that
is valid for 60 days. During this 60 day period a purchased license must be applied. If not, at the
end of the 60–day period the configured backup targets become read-only. All backups written
are accessible but additional backups cannot be written. The read-write status is restored as soon
as the purchased license is applied. There are no time constraints on when the purchased license
may be applied. The purchased license is a 3-year user license.
The StoreOnce VSA GUI advises how many days are left until the license expires; this is updated
daily. The following example is from the Events page of the StoreOnce VSA GUI.
On expiry of an instant-on license after 60 days, the following message is displayed in the Events
page on the StoreOnce VSA GUI, “StoreOnce Instant-on license expired.”
In order to redeem the unique license for your HP StoreOnce VSA you require the Entitlement Order
Number (EON) on the email or letter received when you purchased StoreOnce VSA and the
appliance Serial Number. This appliance Serial Number is unique to the HP StoreOnce VSA and
is created during the installation process.
StoreOnce serial numbers
When redeeming licenses for the StoreOnce VSA, the HP licensing portal will ask for a UUID (a
unique identifier with which a license is generated). The Serial Number is the UUID for the StoreOnce
VSA. and you can locate the number using the StoreOnce GUI. The number you should use is the
Serial Number (highlighted in the example below) that can be found on the Status page of the
GUI.
Licensing 15