You use the system license commands to manage feature licenses for the cluster. You use the system feature-usage commands to monitor feature usage.

If you want to… Use this command…

Add one or more licenses

system license add

Examples

The following example adds a list of licenses with the keys AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB to the cluster:

cluster1::> system license add -license-code AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

The following example installs the licenses from the local node "/mroot/etc/lic_file":

cluster1::> system license add -use-license-file true

Display information about installed licenses, for example:

License package name and description
License type (site, license, or demo)
Expiration date, if applicable
The cluster or nodes that a package is licensed for
Customer ID

system license show

Some information is displayed only when you use the –instance parameter.

Display all packages that require licenses and their current license status, including the following:

The package name
The licensed method
The expiration date, if applicable

system license show-status

Example

The following example displays the license status of the cluster:

cluster1::> system license show-status
Status    License              Scope     Detailed Status
--------- -------------------  --------- ----------------------
partially-installed
          CIFS                 node      License missing on: Node2-Cluster1.
          SnapRestore          node      License missing on: Node2-Cluster1.
valid
          FCP                  node      -
          FabricPool           cluster   The system is using 1TB, and can use up to 25TB.
not-installed
          NFS                  -         -
          iSCSI                -         -
          SnapMirror           -         -
          FlexClone            -         -
          SnapVault            -         -
          SnapLock             -         -
          SnapManagerSuite     -         -
          SnapProtectApps      -         -
          V_StorageAttach      -         -
          Insight_Balance      -         -
          OCShift              -         -
          TPM                  -         -
          VE                   -         -
          DP_Optimized         -         -
not-applicable
          Cloud                -         -
          Select               -         -
20 entries were displayed.

Delete the license of a package from the cluster or a node whose serial number you specify

system license delete

Examples

The following example deletes a license named CIFS and serial number 1-81-0000000000000000000123456 from the cluster:

cluster1::> system license delete -serial-number 1-81-0000000000000000000123456 -package CIFS

The following example deletes from the cluster all of the licenses under the installed-license Core Bundle for serial number 123456789:

cluster1::> system license delete { -serial-number 123456789 -installed-license "Core Bundle" }

Display or remove expired or unused licenses

system license clean-up

Examples

The following example simulates and displays the licenses that can be cleaned up:

cluster-1::> system license clean-up -expired -unused

The following licenses were safely deleted:

Serial number: 1-80-000011
Owner: cdancluster-1
Package                   Reason
------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
CIFS                      License has expired

Serial number: 4067154888
Owner: none
Package                   Reason
------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
Cloud                     License has expired

Serial number: 1-81-0000000000000004067154999
Owner: none
Package                   Reason
------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
iSCSI                     License unused by any node in the cluster
The following licenses are either expired or unused but cannot be safely deleted:

Serial number: 4067154778
Owner: node1
Package                   Reason
------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
Cloud                     Feature would be impaired upon removal

Serial number: 4067154779
Owner: node2
Package                   Reason
------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------
Cloud                     System generated license

Display summary of feature usage in the cluster on a per-node basis

system feature-usage show-summary

Display feature usage status in the cluster on a per-node and per-week basis

system feature-usage show-history

Display the status of license entitlement risk for each license package

system license entitlement-risk show

Some information is displayed only when you use the -detail and -instance parameters.

Related information

ONTAP 9.14.1 Commands

Enable new features by adding license keys