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EMC Storage Analytics for VPLEX licensing help
All,
Anyone have any information regarding how Storage Analytic's for VPLEX is licensed?
Example:
Dual Engine VPLEX (Local/Metro) at Site A, Duel Engine VPLEX at Site B (Local/Metro) with a 4GB link between them. We will have VMware spanning the sites.
What I've found so far from reading docu59685_Storage-Analytics-3.2.1-Installation-and-User-Guide.pdf on page 27 I see the reference to the following:
Each storage system requires an adapter instance. All storage system adapter instances
require the EMC Adapter instance for vCenter. Add the EMC Adapter instance for vCenter
first. Then add the adapter instances for each storage system. Adapter instances are
licensed per array. Observe these exceptions and requirements:
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A VNX Unified array can use the same license for VNX File and VNX Block.
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Global Scope is required for VNX Block access.
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For VPLEX Metro, add an adapter instance for only one of the clusters (either one);
this action enables you to monitor both clusters with a single adapter instance.
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For RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, get the RecoverPoint model that is required for
the license.
So this brings me back to how many EMC Storage Analytics for VPLEX licenses do I need? 1 or 2?
If someone has run into this in the past please let me know how you addressed it. Much appreciated.
Jeff
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July 27th, 2015 10:00
Jeff,
Drew is technically correct in that if you have 1 license pointed at 1 side of the VPLEX Metro you will see most (if not all) of the data from both sides of the Metro. This meets the licensing requirement of 1 ESA license per VPLEX Cluster (one side of the Metro). The recommended setup is 2 licenses for VPLEX Metro, 1 per cluster for full visibility at both sites.
I hope that helps.
Thanks,
Cody Garvin
VPLEX Product Manager
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July 23rd, 2015 12:00
A VPLEX Metro configuration requires a single license.
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July 24th, 2015 05:00
Thanks Drew, does that mean one license per side?
Since each side of a VPLEX Metro is a cluster (Dual Engine VPLEX cluster at each side.), thinking that would be one per side in this instance. Thinking of it a bit like a DPS and or Avamar license. One will work, but 2 makes me compliant etc.
Thoughts?
Thank you,
Jeff
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July 25th, 2015 09:00
No, one license for VPLEX Metro. You can have it point to either side and it will collect all objects from both. In the event of a failure, you simply change the adapter instance to point to the other side. Were you to configure 2 instances with 2 different licenses you would simply be double-collecting the objects which is both unnecessary and may require you to have a larger vROps configuration.