2.1 Licensing Overview

Micro Focus Storage Manager has four license types:

Table 2-1 Storage Manager License Types

License Type

Target Consumer

Intended Use

Evaluation

Customers

Allows customers to develop and understanding of the power of the product.

Production

Customers

Allows customers to create and run a policy-based infrastructure in production in their environment.

Production + eDirectory to AD Cross-Empire Data Migration

Customers

Allows for the migration of data from a Micro Focus (formerly Novell) file system to a Windows file system and then create and run a policy-based infrastructure in production in their Windows network environment.

Production + AD to AD Cross-Empire Data Migration

Customers

Allows for the migration of data from one Active Directory forest to another and then create and run a policy-based infrastructure in production in their Windows network environment.

The following table includes a comparison of features enabled in evaluation and production license types:

Table 2-2 Enabled Features

Feature

Evaluation License

Production License

Consistency Check Reports

Limited to 100 objects in a report

Yes

Anomaly Reports

Limited to 100 rows in a report

Yes

Trustee Reports

No

Yes

Policy Path Reporter (integrated with Micro Focus File Reporter)

Limited to 100 rows in a report

Yes

Data Migration

No

Yes

Redistribution

No

Yes

Managed Objects

Limited to 100 concurrent objects

Yes

Manage Operations

Check mode can be run for multiple objects simultaneously, but management action can be taken for only one object at a time.

Yes

Action Object Support

No

Yes