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ESX version licenses for both nodes

vserverdr

Hello to All,

I installed a SIM 9.5P6 2 node cluster -ESX version and once setup completed added some licenses to the cluster, but with this version only shows the second node as licensed and shows the node 1 as not licensed.

For the VMWARE Player version, Netapp provides licenses for both nodes and I get both nodes licensed.

Is this is a bug or know issue?

Thanks

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SeanHatfield

Whats going on here is you've configured the serial numbers pre-boot, but you used one serial number that you have keys for (4034389062), and one serial number that you don't have keys for (4034389061). Reboot test2-01 (4034389061) and change its SYS_SERIAL_NUM to 4082368511, do not change its sysid, and then boot_ontap. When it comes back online it will claim the licenses for 4082368511.

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Ontapforrum

I doubt it's a bug b'cos ONTAP Simulator always provides 2nd Node licenses for both non-esx (vmplayer,vmware workstaion etc.) and esx build.

In the licenses.txt file, there is a separate license for ESX and non-esx build and then there is a common licenses which could be used for both esx or non-esx 2 node simulator cluster.

This is the section I am refering to:

Licenses for the second node in a cluster (Serial Number 4034389062)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use these licenses with the second simulator in a cluster (either the ESX or non-ESX build).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Could you please confirm if you added both set of licenses to the cluster, i.e one given in the esx section and one from non-esx build section?

vserverdr

Hello,

Thanks for takijg the time to reply

I have checked the file and does indeed contains a set of licenses for the ESX Build -in my case 9.5P6 - (Serial Number 4082368511), after I applied them only one node shows its licensed.

If I apply any of the other node 1 or 2 license for the non-ESX build, they install but does not recognize the license for any of the nodes, that is where my problem resides as I only have licenses for one of the node for the ESX build cluster, am I missing something here?

I also notice that the change the SYS_SERIAL_NUM/bootarg.nvram.sysid to something new, it not longer the one from the pdf file.

Ontapforrum

Interesting, could you give us the output of this command:

::> system node show -fields serialnumber

In the file CMode_licenses_9.5.P6.txt

There is section:

Licenses for the second node in a cluster (Serial Number 403438xxxx)
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Use these licenses with the second simulator in a cluster (either the ESX or non-ESX build).

1st Node: 4082368511
2nd Node: 403438xxxx

vserverdr

syste node show -fields serialnumber
(system node show)
node serialnumber
----------------- ------------
XXXXXXX-01 4082368-51-1
XXXXXXX-02 4082368-51-2
2 entries were displayed.

this is the new serial that comes with the simulators now on 9.5P6. I discovered this when setting up the second node once deployed the cluster would show different serial numbers compared. I had to re-deply second node and correct the SNO according to the first node to make it work.

from the license text file, I had to use thjis ones -
Licenses for the ESX build (Serial Number 4082368511)- but licenses 1 node, the other two are supposed to be for non-ESX buils for the provide licenses for 2 nodes.

Licenses for the non-ESX build (Serial Number 4082368507)

Licenses for the second node in a cluster (Serial Number 4034389062)