Quantum vmPRO 4000 User's Guide download pdf (Page 27)

Chapter 2: vmPRO Setup and Configuration

vmPRO Licensing

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13. Click Save to save all configuration updates, and then click Next to display the final page of the wizard.

The final page provides next steps to take in using your vmPRO appliance.

14. Click Finish to exit the wizard.

vmPRO Licensing

Quantum vmPRO uses capacity-based licenses as its main licensing format. Target-based licenses are

available to customers who purchase a Quantum vmPRO 4000 product bundle or customers of the

Quantum Service Provider program.

Capacity-Based License

A capacity-based license is enforced based upon the total allocated capacity of all virtual machines (VMs)

exported to a single vmPRO appliance.

When you configure your vmPRO appliance, you can retrieve your capacity-based license from the

vmPRO support site. Upon retrieval, your license is automatically added to your vmPRO appliance. You can

then set a capacity warning threshold, which triggers your vmPRO appliance to generate an alert when you

are nearing your license's capacity.

DeterminingMaximumAllocatedCapacity

VMware provides the information your vmPRO appliance needs to determine the maximum allocated size of

each VM that has been selected for export. Even though the VM may only be using a percent of its allocated

capacity, the vmPRO appliance uses the maximum allocated capacity for its calculations.

Example

A VM has a maximum allocated capacity of 250 GB, but it is only using 115 GB. The vmPRO appliance

still uses the 250 GB for its capacity-based licensing calculations.

Because an exported VM's maximum allocated size counts toward your capacity license, we advise that you

do not export a VM until you want to include it in your backups.

To better estimate your capacity needs, we recommend calculating your capacity requirements using

VMware, Windows, or the vmPRO GUI. See Calculating Capacity Requirements for vmPRO Licensing.

Note:If you have configured your vmPRO to support UploadareporttoQuantumsupportsite

everyday (see Configuring Reports, Alerts, and Autosupport for a vmPRO Appliance), Quantum can

tell you what capacity you are actually using.

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