License Management, Capacity Usage Threshold Reached

Contents


1   Alarm Description

The alarm is raised when the application is possibly unable to use additional instances of the licensed feature.

Table 1    License Management, Capacity Usage Threshold Reached Alarm Causes

Alarm Cause

Description

Fault Reason

Fault Location

Impact

The application is possibly unable to use additional instances of the licensed feature

The number of reserved tokens in a capacity license approaches the value of attribute licensedCapacityLimit or are above the value of attribute capacityAlarmThreshold

The requested capacity has exceeded the value of attribute capacityAlarmThreshold or licensedCapacityLimit

License server

The requested capacity is possibly unavailable

2   Procedure

2.1   Handle Alarm License Management, Autonomous Mode Activated

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Navigate to the Lm Managed Object (MO), for example:

    >dn ManagedElement=NODE06ST,SystemFunctions=1,Lm=1

  2. View attribute capacityAlarmHysteresis value:

    (Lm=1)>show capacityAlarmHysteresis

    The following is an example output:

    capacityAlarmHysteresis=6
  3. View attribute capacityAlarmThreshold value:

    (Lm=1)>show capacityAlarmThreshold

    The following is an example output:

    capacityAlarmThreshold=85
  4. View Capacity Key information, refer to View License Information.
  5. Provide License Management configuration and license information for capacity planning:

2.2   Adjust License Management Configuration

Steps

  1. Is it required to set a new value for attribute capacityAlarmHysteresis?

    Yes: Continue with the next step.

    No: Proceed with Step 6.

  2. Enter Config mode:

    (Lm=1)>configure

  3. Set a new value for attribute capacityAlarmHysteresis, for example:

    (config-Lm=1)>capacityAlarmHysteresis=8

  4. Commit the change:

    (config-Lm=1)>commit

  5. Verify the change:

    (Lm=1)>show capacityAlarmHysteresis

    The following is an example output:

    capacityAlarmHysteresis=8
  6. Is it required to set a new value for attribute capacityAlarmThreshold?

    Yes: Continue with the next step.

    No: Proceed with Step 11.

  7. Enter Config mode:

    (Lm=1)>configure

  8. Set a new value for attribute capacityAlarmThreshold, for example:

    (config-Lm=1)>capacityAlarmThreshold=90

  9. Commit the change:

    (config-Lm=1)>commit

  10. Verify the change:

    (Lm=1)>show capacityAlarmThreshold

    The following is an example output:

    capacityAlarmThreshold=90
  11. Is the alarm cleared?

    Yes: Continue with the next step.

    No: Proceed with Section 2.3 Install New Capacity License.

  12. Job is completed.

2.3   Install New Capacity License

Steps

  1. Contact the Ericsson supplier to order a new license with higher capacity.
  2. Install the new license key file, refer to Install License Key File.
  3. Is the alarm cleared?

    Yes: Proceed with Step 6.

    No: Continue with the next step.

  4. Perform data collection, refer to Data Collection Guideline.
  5. Consult the next level of maintenance support. Further actions are outside the scope of this instruction.
  6. Job is completed.