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Set up licensing for BlueXP disaster recovery

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With BlueXP disaster recovery, you can use the service in a free trial or bring your own license.

You can use the following license types:

  • Sign up for a 90-day free trial.

  • Bring your own license (BYOL), which is a NetApp License File (NLF) that you obtain from your NetApp Sales Rep. You can use the license serial number to get the BYOL activated in BlueXP digital wallet.

Note BlueXP disaster recovery charges are based on provisioned capacity of datastores on the source site when there is at least one VM that has a replication plan. Capacity for a failed over datastore is not included in the capacity allowance. For a BYOL, if the data exceeds the allowed capacity, operations in the service are limited until you obtain an additional capacity license or upgrade the license in BlueXP digital wallet.

After you set up your BYOL, you can see the license in the BlueXP digital wallet Data Service Licenses tab.

After the free trial ends or the license expires, you can still do the following in the service:

  • View any resource, such as a workload or replication plan.

  • Delete any resource, such as a workload or replication plan.

  • Run all scheduled operations that were created during the trial period or under the license.

Try it out using a 90-day free trial

You can try BlueXP disaster recovery out by using a 90-day free trial.

Note No capacity limits are enforced during the trial.

You can get a license at any time and you will not be charged until the 90-day trial ends. To continue after the 90-day trial, you'll need to purchase a BYOL license.

During the trial, you have full functionality.

Steps

  1. Access the BlueXP console.

  2. Log in to BlueXP.

  3. From the BlueXP left navigation, select Protection > Disaster recovery.

    If this is your first time logging in to this service, the landing page appears.

    Landing page screenshot for BlueXP disaster recovery

  4. If you haven't already added a Connector for other services, add one.

    To add a Connector, refer to Learn about Connectors.

  5. After you set up a Connector, in the BlueXP disaster recovery landing page, the button to add a Connector changes to a button for starting a free trial. Select Start free trial.

  6. Review the free trial information and select Let's go.

After the trial ends, purchase a BYOL license through NetApp

After the trial ends, you can purchase a license through your NetApp Sales Rep.

Steps

  1. Contact your NetApp Sales Rep to purchase a license.

  2. After you obtain the license, return to BlueXP disaster recovery. Select the View payment methods option in the upper right. Or, in the message that the free trial is expiring, select Subscribe or purchase a license.

    The BlueXP disaster recovery Subscribe or purchase license page

  3. Select Add license to BlueXP. You will be directed to BlueXP digital wallet.

    The BlueXP digital wallet Data Services Licenses tab

  4. In BlueXP digital wallet, from the Data Services Licenses tab, select Add license.

  5. In the Add License page, enter the serial number and NetApp Support Site account information.

    The BlueXP digital wallet Add License page

  6. Select Add License.

End the free trial

You can stop the free trial at any time or you can wait until it expires.

Steps

  1. In BlueXP disaster recovery, at the top right, select Free trial - View details.

  2. In the drop-down details, select End free trial.

    End free trial page

  3. If you want to delete all data, check Delete all data when my trial ends.

    This will delete all schedules, replication plans, resource groups, vCenters, and sites. Audit data, operation logs, and jobs history are retained until the end of the life of the product.

    Note If you end the free trial and not asked to delete data and you don't purchase a license or subscription, 60 days after the free trial ends, BlueXP disaster recovery deletes all of your data.

  4. Type "end trial" in the text box.

  5. Select End.

Bring your own license (BYOL)

If you bring your own license (BYOL), the set up includes purchasing the license, getting the NetApp License File (NLF), and adding the license to BlueXP digital wallet.

Purchase a BlueXP disaster recovery license

If you don't have a BlueXP disaster recovery license, contact us to purchase one.

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Contact NetApp Sales to purchase a license.

    • Click the chat icon in the lower-right of BlueXP to request a license.

Obtain your BlueXP disaster recovery license file

After you've purchased your BlueXP disaster recovery license from your NetApp Sales Rep, you activate the license by entering the BlueXP disaster recovery serial number and NetApp Support Site (NSS) account information.

Before you begin

You'll need to have the following information before you start:

  • BlueXP disaster recovery serial number

    Locate this number from your Sales Order, or contact the account team for this information.

  • BlueXP Account ID

    You can find your BlueXP Account ID by selecting the Account drop-down from the top of BlueXP, and then selecting Manage Account next to your account. Your Account ID is in the Overview tab. For private mode site without internet access, use account-DARKSITE1.

Add BlueXP disaster recovery license to BlueXP digital wallet

After you purchase a BlueXP disaster recovery license for your BlueXP account, you need to add the license to the BlueXP digital wallet.

Steps

  1. From the BlueXP menu, select Governance > Digital wallet > Data Services Licenses.

    The BlueXP digital wallet Data Services Licenses tab

  2. Select Add License.

    NetApp BlueXP digital wallet Add License page

  3. In the Add License page, enter the license information and select Add License:

    • If you have the BlueXP license serial number and know your NSS account, select the Enter Serial Number option and enter that information.

      If your NetApp Support Site account isn't available from the drop-down list, add the NSS account to BlueXP.

    • If you have the BlueXP license file (required when installed in a dark site), select the Upload License File option and follow the prompts to attach the file.

Result

BlueXP digital wallet now shows Disaster recovery with a license.

NetApp BlueXP digital wallet

Update your BlueXP license when it expires

If your licensed term is nearing the expiration date, or if your licensed capacity is reaching the limit, you'll be notified in the BlueXP disaster recovery UI. You can update your BlueXP disaster recovery license before it expires so that there is no interruption in your ability to access your scanned data.

Tip This message also appears in BlueXP digital wallet and in Notifications.
Steps

  1. Select the chat icon in the lower-right of BlueXP to request an extension to your term or additional capacity to your license for the particular serial number. You can also send an email to request an update to your license.

    After you pay for the license and it is registered with the NetApp Support Site, BlueXP automatically updates the license in the BlueXP digital wallet and the Data Services Licenses page will reflect the change in 5 to 10 minutes.

  2. If BlueXP can't automatically update the license (for example, when installed in a dark site), then you'll need to manually upload the license file.

    1. You can obtain the license file from the NetApp Support Site.

    2. Access the BlueXP digital wallet.

    3. Select the Data Services Licenses tab, select the Actions …​ icon for the service serial number you are updating, and select Update License.