Obtaining a License

Describes the process of obtaining a consumption-based license from the My HPE Software Center.

To obtain a license:
  1. For new deployments, install the fabric as described in Installation. Or, for existing deployments, create a new fabric as described in Creating a Fabric, or import a fabric as described in Importing a Fabric.
  2. Note the ID of the new fabric. To obtain a license, you must supply the fabric ID. See Displaying the Fabric ID.
  3. After purchasing HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric software, a license key is made available to you through the Access Your Products button in the HPE Subscription Electronic Receipt email that you receive from HPE. This receipt will direct you to MY HPE SOFTWARE CENTER where you can activate your product
  4. Log in to the MY HPE SOFTWARE CENTER with your HPE Passport user ID and password. You should see an Activate EON: page.
  5. In the Qty to Activate field, specify 1.
  6. Click Confirm Selection.
  7. In Step 2: Designate Activatee, click Next.
  8. In Step 3, enter your cluster ID (fabric ID).
  9. Click Activate. The activation process can take several minutes to complete. Eventually, the HPE Ezmeral Data Fab SW Base SaaS page is displayed.
  10. Click the box to accept the license terms and authorizations.
  11. Click the box for Licenses Keys (3).
  12. Click Download. The licenses are downloaded as .DAT files.

You can now add an activation key to your fabric. See Adding an Activation Key.