Step-1: Get the IT Analytics license key file
A valid license file is required to run the Portal application. If you already have a license file, proceed to the Installation section.
To generate a license key:
- Open the Veritas support portal. (https://support.cohesity.com/s//en_US/)
- Click Licensing and login to the Veritas Entitlement Management System using your Administrator credentials.
- Open the Entitlements tab and use the filters at the top to filter and locate the entitlements granted to your account.
- Click the key icon located against the entitlement ID for which you wish to generate a license key. The Generate License Key page is displayed. Verify your account details for which you plan to generate the license key.
- Select the product version for which you want to generate the key. By default, the latest product version is selected.
- Specify the license quantity that you wish to deploy using the key. By default, the entire available quantity is displayed in the field. You can utilize a partial subset of your entitled licenses with this key and generate a separate key for the remainder.
Note:
If you create a key for less than the entitled quantity and if you wish to increase the quantity of the systems later using the entitlement associated with the key, you must create a new key for the additional systems. On the contrary, to reduce the number of systems associated with a key, you need to assign a new key to the reduced systems and edit the older key.
- Provide the host lock string of the system where IT Analytics will be installed using this key. To get the correct host lock string, run one of these commands on the portal server:
/opt/aptare/utils/VxLicGetHostLock.sh
On Linux, VxLicGetHostLock.sh uses hostname --fqdn commands to get the hostname of the system and uses it to create the host string. Hence, ensure hostname --fqdn returns a fully qualified host name, instead of a short name. For example, the command output must have at least one dot (.) character.
If you have not installed the IT Analytics Portal, you can download the
VxLicGetHostLock.shfrom the Cohesity download center and run the appropriate script depending on the OS of the Portal server. - After running the
VxLicGetHostLock.shfile, you get the following output:Veritas Get Host Lock utility v1.0.0.0 Copyright (c) 2022 Veritas Technologies LLC. All rights reserved. FQDN: xyz.abc.com Host Lock String: [sha512]4aba838e350d3c9471aa5334db5de8ad4a0ff 45e34a6cfaea064f4ca77812acd4c8abc7be6b2d756574b7d6e06ceb9581357 b824f4f70f84b39d938e85ee62b5
While generating the license key on VEMS, use the same host lock string including [sha512].
For example:
[sha512]4aba838e350d3c9471aa5334db5de8ad4a0ff 45e34a6cfaea064f4ca77812acd4c8abc7be6b2d756574b7d6e06ceb9581357 b824f4f70f84b39d938e85ee62b5
- Add comments about to the license key if required for the future reference.
- Click Generate. The Generated Key page is displayed with the new key in the License Key column. You can click the key link and save it locally.