Eval license for Isilon 7.2 and 7.1

Side-Note once you're on OneFS 8.1.x and above, you can simply enable your own eval keys at the CLI with:

isi license add --evaluation SnapShotIQ

as an example.  But once you do, you likely cannot renew them without a proper key.  I do this frequently in Isilon simulators to test something specific.

~Chris

And that tidbit of information, just confirmed by checking my own CLI, has just made my day:

"Isilon OneFS v8.1.0.2

isilon1-1# isi license list

OneFS License ID: -

Valid Signature: No

Module                Licensed node count  Actual node count  Status     Expiration date

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SMARTQUOTAS           1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

SNAPSHOTIQ            1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

SMARTCONNECT_ADVANCED 1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

SYNCIQ                1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

SMARTPOOLS            1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

SMARTLOCK             1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

HDFS                  1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

SMARTDEDUPE           1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

CLOUDPOOLS            1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

SWIFT                 1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

HARDENING             1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

ONEFS                 1 Nodes              1 Nodes            Evaluation -

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total: 12"

Even better, IRC the self-activated demo keys for 8.1 on simulator/virtual nodes are permanent.

(unlike with 8.1 physical nodes)

-- Peter

But the evaluation option is not available with Isilon 7.2 and 7.1. Is there a way to do the similar thing of using evaluation license with 7.2 and 7.1 like how we do for 8.1??

Why does that matter?  Use 8.0 / 8.1 instead.

The last release of OneFS 7.2.x is over 12 months old, (7.2.1.6) [rel on 4/24/2017]. EOPS (End of Primary Support) for that release is in just 7 months on 1/31/2019.

The last release of OneFS 7.1.x has already gone EOSL.  It's not supported any more. (and not even listed on the support.emc.com Service Life list or spreadsheet.)

~Chris

Thanks for the information.