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Lifecycle planning

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Lifecycle planning assesses your storage assets with current or forecasted low capacity and provides recommendations on data tiering options that meet your business needs.

NetApp Console

Lifecycle planning is accessible through the NetApp Console.

The NetApp Console provides centralized management of NetApp storage and data services across on-premises and cloud environments at enterprise grade. The Console is required to access and use NetApp data services. As a management interface, it enables you to manage many storage resources from one interface. Console administrators can control access to storage and services for all systems within the enterprise.

You don’t need a license or subscription to start using NetApp Console and you only incur charges when you need to deploy Console agents in your cloud to ensure connectivity to your storage systems or NetApp data services. However, some NetApp data services accessible from the Console are licensed or subscription-based.

Learn more about the NetApp Console.

What can you do with Lifecycle planning?

Lifecycle planning can help you accomplish the following goals.

Capacity information

  • Identify storage assets in your environment that are showing low capacity.

  • Review assets for current and forecasted capacity.

Benefits of Lifecycle planning

Lifecycle planning offers the following benefits:

  • Identifies systems that are approaching lifecycle events to help you plan for a technology refresh

  • Offers a trusted advisor's recommendations to address capacity issues in your environment

  • Reduces the time spent in planning for additional storage

Cost

NetApp doesn’t charge you for using Lifecycle planning.

If you decide to tier cold data to cloud storage, you’ll need to check your cloud provider for applicable charges.

Access

You can access this feature either through the NetApp Console (Storage > Lifecycle planning) or through Active IQ Digital Advisor (also known as Digital Advisor) (Dashboard > Planning widget > Tech refresh).