1. An XP7 disk array has a physical usable capacity of 50TB.
2. A Permanent license is installed on 11/20/2010 to monitor the 50TB physical usable capacity.
3. Another 100TB physical usable capacity is added on 11/30/2010 and must be monitored for 10 days.
4. As the physical usable capacity is beyond the Permanent licensed capacity, PA enters 60 days grace
period on 11/30/2010.
5. 1000TB-Days Meter based Term license are installed on 12/02/2010. The following fields in the
License screen – License Status section display:
• License Capacity: 50TB, +1000TB-Days
• License Status: Installed
• Term (Days): N/A
• End Date: Never
After 1:00 PM, the above fields are updated to display:
• License Capacity: 50TB, +1000TB-Days
• License Status: Installed
• Term (Days): 10
• End Date: 12/11/2010
6. If 90.5TB is monitored on the same day, PA considers 91TB-Days and again updates the following
fields to reflect the latest data, which is as follows:
• License Capacity: 50TB, +909TB-Days
• License Status: Installed
• Term (Days): 9
• End Date: 12/10/2010
Nine days count from 12/02/2010
If 85.5TB is used during the first half of 12/03/2010 and no additional TB-Days are used for the rest of
the day, PA uses 86TB-Days and considers the 0.5 days as one day. In addition, the following fields
are updated after 1:00 PM to reflect the latest data, which is as follows:
• License Capacity: 50TB, +823TB-Days
• License Status: Installed
• Term (Days): 8
• End Date: 12/09/2010
Eight days count from 12/02/2010
If 100.5TB is used during the second half of 12/04/2010, PA uses 101TB-Days and considers the 0.5
days as one day. In addition, the following fields are updated after 1:00 PM on 12/05/2010 to reflect
the latest data, which is as follows:
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