License requirements

Before you can use Dynamic Provisioning, the Dynamic Provisioning program products must be installed on the storage system. For this, purchase the Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) license.

Before you can use Dynamic Tiering, the Dynamic Provisioning, and Dynamic Tiering program products must be installed on the storage system. For this, purchase the Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) license and the Dynamic Tiering license.

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

For Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, and active flash, the same license capacity as the pool capacity is required. If you are using a pool comprised of pool-VOLs from the accelerated compression-enabled parity group, you must purchase the license for physical capacity.

For Dynamic Tiering and active flash, the same license capacity as the pool capacity is required. If you are using a pool comprised of pool-VOLs from the accelerated compression-enabled parity group, you must purchase the license for physical capacity.

For active flash, the same license capacity as the pool capacity is required. If you are using a pool comprised of pool-VOLs from the accelerated compression-enabled parity group, you must purchase the license for physical capacity.

You do not need to purchase an additional license to use active flash, but you do need to have purchased the Dynamic Provisioning and Dynamic Tiering licenses and the Dynamic Provisioning, and Dynamic Tiering program products must be installed on the storage system.

If the DP-VOLs of Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash are used for the primary volumes and secondary volumes of ShadowImage, TrueCopy, Universal Replicator, Volume Migration, global-active device, or Thin Image, you need the ShadowImage, TrueCopy, Universal Replicator, Volume Migration, global-active device, and Thin Image license for the total pool capacity in use. If you are using a pool comprised of pool-VOLs assigned from the accelerated compression-enabled parity group, you must purchase the license for physical capacity.

If you exceed the licensed capacity, you can use use the additional unlicensed capacity for 30 days.

For more information about temporary license capacity, see the System Administrator Guide for Virtual Storage Platform Gx00 and Fx00 Models.