Adding or removing storage licenses
You can use the NetBackup Flex Scale UI or the REST APIs to add or remove storage licenses.
Perform the following steps to manage NetBackup Flex Scale storage licenses in your cluster using the infrastructure management console UI.
To manage storage licenses
- Sign in to the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management console UI.
- From the navigation menu on the left, click Settings and then click Licensing.
The Storage Licenses tab displays all the licenses that currently exist in the cluster configuration.
- To add a storage license, click Add license, and on the Add storage licenses page click Choose file and browse and select a license file. Alternatively, you can also drag and drop the license file directly on the page.
The page shows the licensed capacity that will be available for use after the license is added and also indicates if you comply with the licensing model. You can select multiple license files; the license capacity reflects the total licensed capacity that will be available.
- Click Add to configure the license into the cluster.
A notification is displayed on top of the page. To monitor the progress and view task details click View Details. Details about the license such as the license type, capacity, status, and the duration for which Veritas Support services are included are listed. If you added multiple licenses, the details of all the added licenses are listed.
- To remove a particular storage license, in the license row, click on the vertical ellipsis button on the right side of the UI and then select Delete.
- When prompted for confirmation, click Delete. To monitor the progress of the delete operation, click View details.
- Once the operation completes, verify that the license you removed does not appear in the list of licenses displayed on the Storage Licenses tab.
You can use REST APIs to upload, add, and delete storage licenses in the cluster. You can find the REST APIs at https://ManagementServerIPorFQDN:14161/swagger/infra/v1.0/ where ManagementServerIPorFQDN is the public IP address or FQDN that you specified for the NetBackup Flex Scale management server and API gateway during the cluster configuration. For more details about the APIs, see the NetBackup Flex Scale APIs on SORT.