License requirements

Before you operate Dynamic Provisioning, the Dynamic Provisioning program products must have been installed on the storage system. For this, you will need to purchase the Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) license.

Before you operate Dynamic Tiering, the Dynamic Provisioning, and Dynamic Tiering program products software must be installed on the storage system. For this, you will need to purchase the Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) license and the Dynamic Tiering licence.

You will need the Dynamic Tiering license for the total capacity of the pool for which the tier function is enabled.

If the DP-VOLs of Dynamic Provisioning or Dynamic Tiering are used for the primary volumes and secondary volumes of ShadowImage, TrueCopy, Universal Replicator, Volume Migration, or Thin Image, you will need the ShadowImage, TrueCopy, Universal Replicator, Volume Migration, and Thin Image license for the total pool capacity in use.

If you exceed the licensed capacity, you will be able to use the additional unlicensed capacity for 30 days.

For more information about temporary license capacity, see the Hitachi Command Suite User Guide.

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