QoreStor offers a backend capacity licensing model to allow for simple integration with other Quest Data Protection products.

• Standalone license - QoreStor is licensed by the amount of backend capacity required. Standalone licenses are available as either perpetual licenses (with no expiration), or term licenses, which expire after a specified period of time.

Perpetual QoreStor licenses are additive, meaning that if you purchase a 5 TB license now, and a 10 TB license in the future, you will have 15 TB total capacity.

NOTE: Licenses for QoreStor are specific to the QoreStor server. When installing a license, the System ID for your QoreStor server is required. You can obtain the System ID with the command system --show | grep "System ID"

Evaluating QoreStor

QoreStor offers two methods for evaluation:

• Default installation - If no license is installed, QoreStor defaults to a no-cost, 1 TB capacity installation supported by the QoreStor Community. This option requires no license and does not expire. If a license is applied to a server running in this mode, the free 1 TB is not added to the purchased license capacity.
• Full capacity trial - available on the Quest Software Trial site, which provides a 30-day evaluation license for up to 360 TB or 512 TB (if MSP support is enabled) and access to Quest Support. After the evaluation period has expired, the QoreStor server will operate in Manual Intervention mode until a license is applied. To use QoreStor beyond that time frame, you will need to purchase a perpetual standalone license. If a longer trial period is required, please contact Quest Sales.

If you have purchased a standalone license, you can install it using the system --license command, as described in the QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide.

NOTE: When ordering a license, the System ID for your QoreStor server is required. You can obtain the System ID with the command system --show | grep "System ID"