Adding and removing storage licenses
You can use the NetBackup Flex Scale UI or the REST APIs to add and remove storage licenses.
To manage storage licenses:
- Sign in to the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management console UI.
See About the NetBackup Flex Scale infrastructure management UI.
- Click Settings > Licensing management.
- To add a storage license, click Add license, on the Add storage licenses page click Choose file, and browse to the location of the
.slflicense file and select it. Alternatively, you can also drag and drop the license file directly on the page.The page shows the licensed capacity that will be available after the license is added and also indicates if you comply with the licensing model. You can select multiple license files; the licensed capacity reflects the cumulative licensed capacity that will be available.
- Click Add to configure the license into the cluster.
A notification is displayed on the top of the page. To monitor the progress and view the task details click View Details. The ongoing and completed tasks for the add license operation are also displayed in Recent activity.
The Storage Licenses tab shows the used, licensed, and supported storage.
- To remove a particular storage license, in the license row, from the Actions menu (vertical ellipsis) 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 that are 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, the FQDN, or the short host name that you specified for the management server during the cluster configuration. For more details about the APIs, see the NetBackup Flex Scale APIs on SORT.