topic Re: can we get a license for &gt;2 nodes - not for production in Simulator Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30497#M242 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am curious about this also. I have three 2-node clusters and am looking at merging 2 of them into a 4-node cluster. Would like to be able to make a 4-node sim cluster, not sure why this would be a big deal... </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:33:02 GMT dmundhenk 2013-04-19T19:33:02Z can we get a license for >2 nodes - not for production https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30492#M241 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>All, I have a need for a 4-node cluster for training purposes and to support a customer engagement in my home lab.&nbsp; I know the supplied license is limited to two nodes, but was wondering if I could get a special license (maybe privately outside this forum) to accommodate this special request.</P><P>Another thing I would like to do is set up peer clusters, but I don't think I can do that with the same 2-node licenses (one per peer cluster)</P><P></P><P>If this is not the appropriate place to ask, can someone please direct me to the correct person?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:05:44 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30492#M241 stephen2 2025-06-05T06:05:44Z Re: can we get a license for >2 nodes - not for production https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30497#M242 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am curious about this also. I have three 2-node clusters and am looking at merging 2 of them into a 4-node cluster. Would like to be able to make a 4-node sim cluster, not sure why this would be a big deal... </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:33:02 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30497#M242 dmundhenk 2013-04-19T19:33:02Z Re: can we get a license for >2 nodes - not for production https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30502#M243 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Vsims are limited to 2-nodes as documented in the guide.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:16:56 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30502#M243 tardie 2013-04-24T23:16:56Z Re: can we get a license for >2 nodes - not for production https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30506#M244 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You cannot "merge" two clusters together, clustered ONTAP doesn't work that way.</P><P>- You could unjoin the nodes from the cluster one node at a time (basically destroying the cluster), initialize the nodes, then joining them to another cluster one at a time. Of course the simulators are limited to a 2-node cluster.</P><P>- create a peer relationship between two clusters and replicate between the clusters using SnapMirror.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:25:51 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30506#M244 tardie 2013-04-24T23:25:51Z Re: can we get a license for >2 nodes - not for production https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30510#M245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I realize this - I'm planning to migrate the existing data from cluster B to cluster A, cutover the users (talking about a 'real' production environment here) then destroy cluster B. Then I will have to move the cluster interconnects for B to the A switches, and then I can join the B nodes to the A cluster, end state = cluster A only with 4 nodes.</P><P></P><P>The reason I was asking about the Simulator 2-node limit, is because it would be *really nice* to be able to simulate a process like that before doing it for real.&nbsp; The 2-node limit seems very silly to me, for something that can scale up to 24 nodes.... <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":confused_face:">😕</span></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:22:11 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/can-we-get-a-license-for-gt-2-nodes-not-for-production/m-p/30510#M245 dmundhenk 2013-04-25T14:22:11Z