SnapCenter requires several licenses to enable data protection of applications, databases, file systems, and virtual machines. The type of SnapCenter licenses you install depends on your storage environment and the features that you want to use.

License

Where required

SnapCenter Standard controller-based

Required for ETERNUS AX/AC/HX series

SnapCenter Standard license is a controller-based license and is included as part of the Data Protection. If you have the SnapManager Suite license, you also get the SnapCenter Standard license entitlement.

SnapCenter is also offered as part of data protection bundle. If you have purchased AX4100 or later, you should purchase the data protection bundle.

SnapCenter Standard capacity-based

Required with Cloud Volumes ONTAP

If you are a Cloud Volumes ONTAP customer, you need to procure a per TB capacity-based license based on the data managed by SnapCenter.

SnapMirror or SnapVault

ONTAP

Either SnapMirror or SnapVault license is required if replication is enabled in SnapCenter.

SnapRestore

Required to restore and verify backups.

On primary storage systems

Required on SnapVault destination systems to perform remote verification and to restore from a backup.
Required on SnapMirror destination systems to perform remote verification.

FlexClone

Required to clone databases and verification operations.

On primary and secondary storage systems

Required on SnapVault destination systems to create clones from secondary vault backup.
Required on SnapMirror destination systems to create clones from secondary SnapMirror backup.

Protocols

iSCSI or FC license for LUNs
CIFS license for SMB shares
NFS license for NFS type VMDKs
iSCSI or FC license for VMFS type VMDKs

Required on SnapMirror destination systems to serve data if a source volume is unavailable.

SnapCenter Standard licenses (optional)

Secondary destinations

It is recommended, but not required, that you add SnapCenter Standard licenses to secondary destinations. If SnapCenter Standard licenses are not enabled on secondary destinations, you cannot use SnapCenter to backup resources on the secondary destination after performing a failover operation. However, a FlexClone license is required on secondary destinations to perform clone and verification operations.

SnapCenter Advanced and SnapCenter NAS File Services licenses are deprecated, and are no longer available.

You should install one or more SnapCenter licenses. For information on how to add licenses, see Add SnapCenter Standard controller-based licenses or Add SnapCenter Standard capacity-based licenses.

Single Mailbox Recovery (SMBR) licenses

If you are using SnapCenter Plug-in for Exchange to manage Microsoft Exchange Server databases and Single Mailbox Recovery (SMBR), you would need additional license for SMBR which needs to be purchased separately based on user mailbox.

Single Mailbox Recovery has come to the end of availability (EOA) on May 12, 2023. Fujitsu will continue to support customers that have purchased mailbox capacity, maintenance, and support through marketing part numbers introduced on June 24, 2020, for the duration of the support entitlement.

Fujitsu Single Mailbox Recovery is a partner product provided by Ontrack. Ontrack PowerControls offers capabilities that are similar to those of Fujitsu Single Mailbox Recovery. Customers can procure new Ontrack PowerControls software licenses and Ontrack PowerControls maintenance and support renewals from Ontrack (through licensingteam@ontrack.com) for granular mailbox recovery after the May 12, 2023, EOA date.