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Paying for sync relationships after your free trial ends

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There are two ways to pay for sync relationships after your 14-day free trial ends. The first option is to subscribe from AWS or Azure to pay-as-you-go or to pay annually. The second option is to purchase licenses directly from NetApp.

You can subscribe from either the AWS Marketplace or the Azure Marketplace. You can't subscribe from both.

You have the option to use licenses from NetApp with a Marketplace subscription. For example, if you have 25 sync relationships, you can pay for the first 20 sync relationships using a license and then pay-as-you-go from AWS or Azure with the remaining 5 sync relationships.

If you don't immediately pay after your free trial ends, you won't be able to create any additional relationships. Existing relationships are not deleted, but you cannot make any changes to them until you subscribe or enter a license.

Licenses should be managed through BlueXP copy and sync or the applicable website and not through a digital wallet.

Subscribing from AWS

AWS enables you to pay-as-you-go or to pay annually.

Steps to pay-as-you-go
  1. Select Sync > Licensing.

  2. Select AWS

  3. Select Subscribe and then select Continue.

  4. Subscribe from the AWS Marketplace, and then log back in to the BlueXP copy and sync service to complete the registration.

    The following video shows the process:

Steps to pay annually
  1. Go to the AWS Marketplace page.

  2. Select Continue to Subscribe.

  3. Select your contract options and then select Create contract.

Subscribing from Azure

Azure enables you to pay-as-you-go or to pay annually.

What you'll need

An Azure user account that has Contributor or Owner permissions in the relevant subscription.

Steps
  1. Select Sync > Licensing.

  2. Select Azure.

  3. Select Subscribe and then select Continue.

  4. In the Azure portal, select Create, select your options, and then select Subscribe.

    Select Monthly to pay by the hour, or Yearly to pay for a year up front.

  5. When deployment is complete, select the name of the SaaS resource in the notification pop-up.

  6. Select Configure Account to return to BlueXP copy and sync.

    The following video shows the process:

Purchasing licenses from NetApp and adding them to BlueXP copy and sync

To pay for your sync relationships up front, you must purchase one or more licenses and add them to the BlueXP copy and sync service.

What you'll need

You'll need the serial number for your license and the user name and password for the NetApp Support Site account that the license is associated with.

Steps
  1. Purchase a license by contacting NetApp.

  2. In BlueXP, select Sync > Licensing.

  3. Select Add License and add the required information:

    1. Enter the serial number.

    2. Select the NetApp Support Site account that is associated with the license that you're adding:

      • If your account was already added to BlueXP, select it from the drop-down list.

      • If your account wasn't added yet, select Add NSS Credentials, enter the user name and password, select Register, and then select it from the drop-down list.

    3. Select Add.

Updating a license

If you extended a BlueXP copy and sync license that you purchased from NetApp, the new expiration date won't update automatically in BlueXP copy and sync. You need to add the license again to refresh the expiration date. Licenses should be managed through BlueXP copy and sync or the applicable website and not through a digital wallet.

Steps
  1. In BlueXP, select Sync > Licensing.

  2. Select Add License and add the required information:

    1. Enter the serial number.

    2. Select the NetApp Support Site account that is associated with the license that you're adding.

    3. Select Add.

Result

BlueXP copy and sync updates the existing license with the new expiration date.