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.
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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.
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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" |
You can view QoreStor license configuration information through the QoreStor GUI or the command line interface.
To view the current license configuration in the GUI
- In the navigation menu, click System to expand the menu, then click License.
- Information about the configured license is displayed.
To view the current license configuration via the command line, use the command
system --show [--license] [--verbose]
You can add a license to QoreStor through either the QoreStor GUI or the command line interface.
To install a license:
- In the navigation menu, click System to expand the menu, then click License.
- Click Upload License.
- Click Upload License and select the license file.
- Click Apply.
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NOTE: You may also install a QoreStor license from the command line interface using the command: system --license [--show] [--verbose] [--validate] [--file <path>] [--add] [--file <path>]
Refer to the QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide for more information. |
NetVault Plus Data Copy licenses are term licenses for QoreStor installations with limited protocol support. Data Copy licenses can only be installed on QoreStor systems that have RDA protocol support, but do not support CIFS, NFS, Object (S3), OST, or VTL (NDMP, ISCSI) connections. Data Copy licenses are functionally identical to QoreStor term licenses. These licenses are specific to an individual QoreStor server (based on system ID) and they have defined expiry dates.
Preparing QoreStor for a NetVault Plus Data Copy License
Prerequisite:
Before installing a Data Copy license ensure that the QoreStor is placed in Data-Copy mode.
To place a QoreStor in Data-Copy mode,
To place a QoreStor as a superuser, execute the following command:
/opt/qorestor/bin/data-copy-mode --
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NOTE:The above command will not enable Data-Copy mode if there are existing CIFS, NFS, OST, NDMP, iSCSI, or Object (S3) connections. These connections will need to be removed before Data Copy mode can be enabled.
As part of enabling Data-Copy mode, the command will remove support for the above protocols and restart QoreStor services. |
To verify that QoreStoris in Data-Copy mode, use the system --show command to display the status of Data-Copy mode:
# system --show
System Name : qorestor-example-1
Current Time : Fri Apr 12 11:19:03 2024 PDT
System ID : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Product Name : QoreStor
Version : 7.4.0
Build : 219
Repository location : /QSdata/ocaroot
Metadata location : /QSmetadata/qs_metadata
Dictionary type : Cloud-Optimized
Data-Copy mode : Enabled
Anomaly Detection : Disabled
Anomaly Detection Interval(min) : 30
Anomaly Detection Metric : os-auth,ui-auth,proto-auth
System State : Operational Mode
Reason : Filesystem is fully operational for I/O.
Configuration Server : RUNNING Apr 12 10:40:12
Filesystem Server : RUNNING Apr 12 10:40:12
Health Monitor : RUNNING Apr 12 10:40:07
Filesystem Checker : STOPPED
SecureConnect Server : RUNNING Apr 12 10:40:11
UI : RUNNING Apr 12 10:40:12
Policy Manager Daemon : RUNNING Apr 12 10:41:24
Disaster Recovery Daemon : STOPPED
Anomaly Detection Service : RUNNING Apr 12 10:40:12
Installing a NetVault Plus Data Copy License
Refer the above section for the steps to install a Data Copy license.
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NOTE: Data Copy licenses can only be installed on QoreStor systems that are already in Data-Copy mode. Conversely, QoreStor perpetual or term licenses cannot be installed on QoreStorsystems that are in Data-Copy mode. |
