Use the chlicense command to change
license settings for clustered system (system) features.
Syntax
chlicense { -remote enclosures | -virtualization number_of_enclosures | -easytier enclosures | -flash enclosures | [ -compression enclosures ] } [ -cloud ]
Parameters
- -remote enclosures
- (Optional) Changes system licensing for the Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or HyperSwap feature. Specify the total number of internal and external
enclosures that you have licensed on your system. You must have an enclosure license for all
enclosures.
- -virtualization enclosures
- (Optional) Changes system licensing for the virtualization feature and specifies the number of
enclosures of external storage that you have been authorized to use.
- -easytier enclosures
- (Optional) Specifies the enclosures on which you can run Easy Tier.
- -flash enclosures
- (Optional) Specifies the total number of internal and external enclosures for the FlashCopy feature.
- -compression enclosures
- (Optional) Changes system licensing for the compression feature.
Only
models that have
installed additional memory module (16 GB DIMM) support compression.
- -cloud enclosures
- (Optional) Specifies number of enclosures for the transparent cloud tiering feature. The value
must be a number.
Description
The chlicense command
changes license settings for the system. Any change that is made is
logged as an event in the license setting log.
The enclosure license already includes virtualization
of internal drives on your system. You can use this command to set
any additional options. The total number of enclosures in your system
must not exceed the total number of licensed enclosures that you have.
The total virtualized capacity (number of external enclosures that
can be configured by the system) can also be modified with this command.
The default is to have no feature licensed, but this does not stop
you from using related functions.
Any error that is placed in the license settings log results in a generic error being placed in
the system error log. The command-line tool return code also notifies you that you are using an
unlicensed feature.
An invocation example for adding a remote copy license
capacity of 5 TB
chlicense -remote 5
The
resulting output:
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An invocation example for enabling Easy Tier
settings
chlicense -easytier 2
The resulting output:
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An invocation example for changing the license on a cloud account
chlicense -cloud 2
The resulting output:
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