SnapCenter licenses

SnapCenter requires several licenses to enable data protection operations. The type of SnapCenter licenses you install depends on your storage environment and the features that you want to use.

SnapCenter Standard controller-based licenses
Required if you are using FAS or AFF storage controllers
SnapCenter Standard capacity-based licenses
Required to protect data on ONTAP Select and ONTAP Cloud platforms
ONTAP licenses, one of the following:
- SnapMirror license
- SnapVault license
Additional licenses
Some additional licenses might be required, depending on your platform. Examples of additional licenses are SnapRestore, FlexClone, vSphere Standard, and various protocol-based licenses. The Release Notes contain a complete list of required licenses.

SnapCenter Software Release Notes

Best Practice: It is recommended, but not required, that you also add SnapCenter Standard licenses to secondary destinations. If SnapCenter Standard licenses are not enabled on secondary destinations, you cannot use SnapCenter after performing a failover operation. However, a FlexClone license is required on secondary destinations to perform clone and verification operations.

The installation and setup documentation contains details about managing licenses.

Installing and setting up SnapCenter