Before using Ops Center Protector, you must enter one or more license keys using the user interface. You can obtain perpetual license keys that will give unlimited access to the features of the product by contacting your Hitachi Sales representative and providing the machine ID listed in the Protector License screen. The perpetual license keys are locked to the machine ID, which is locked to the hardware of the machine it is running on.
Note: If the MAC address of the Master nodes network card changes this will invalidate the Protector license. When running on Microsoft Hyper-V it is necessary to configure the Master node to have a Static MAC address so that it is not changed dynamically if the VM changes Host.
A five week trial license is included with Protector, this will give unlimited access to the features of the product with the exception of encrypted repositories.
Note: Upgrading protector will invalidate the trial license.