Licensing QoreStor
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.
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NOTE: Term licenses are intended for specific customer use cases, i.e., licensing according to yearly billing cycles. A perpetual license is appropriate for most customers.
QoreStor licenses are additive, meaning that if you purchase a 5TB license now, and a 10TB license in the future, you will have 15TB 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, 1TB 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 1TB is not added to the purchased license capacity.
- When installed in Demo mode, the capacity is limited to 100GB.
- Full capacity trial - available on the Quest Software Trial site, which provides a 30-day evaluation license for up to 360TB 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 installed in Demo mode, the capacity is limited to 100GB
- 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" |
Installing a license
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.
- Scroll to the License Information section at the bottom of the page.
- Click Upload License.
- Click Choose File and select the license file. Click Open.
- 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. |
QoreStor installation modes
QoreStor can be installed in one of four installation modes, each with different hardware requirements and expected performance levels.
- Large - This is the mode of installation that will yield the highest capacity and performance. Large mode supports a back-end capacity of up to 360 TB. It also requires that the data and metadata volumes are on separate RAID sets.
- Standard - This is the mode of installation that will suit most environments as it supports a back end capacity of up to 150TB.
- Cloud Optimized - This is a smaller footprint installation designed to maximize cost-effectiveness for operation in cloud environments. The data dictionary size is reduced to reflect the lower backend capacity limit of 43TB.
- Demo - Demo mode is the least hardware-intensive option used for initial evaluation or lightweight testing. Demo mode can easily be installed on a virtual machine running on most workstations. Demo mode is not suitable for any production application and does not allow any license expansion. Demo mode supports a back end capacity of up to 100GB.
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NOTE: For information on available virtual machine configurations, refer to the topic "QoreStor VM Specifications" in Chapter 5. |
System requirements
Installation requirements and platform support information is updated continually in the QoreStor Interoperability Guide. Please refer to that document for up-to-date information.