Software licensing terms some hpe storevirtual vsa licenses and upgrade licenses come with a three or five year term license. We have two 10 tb licenses purchased last year, if we add a 3rd server next year with vsa, it would be impractical to buy this software ever again since we would have two different license. The end of sales for hpe storevirtual 2014 vsa is not yet announced, so no end of support can. Adaptive optimization will not be included for the new 4tb storevirtual vsa license. The new offer, announced november 12, is available with 10 models of proliant and includes a 1tb entitlement for storevirtual vsa that license. Click here to access the hpe storevirtual vsa software worldwide quickspecs in html format. Licensing costs, flexibility, responsive support and overall maturity of the tech is what keeps us as customers. Hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 systems running with term licenses will be supported until the license expires, up to 31 october 2022. Hp vaporizes virtual infrastructure silos with storevirtual based hyperconverged appliance. Hewlett packard enterprise provides flexible deployment options to fit any requirement, including vsa software. Originally rolled out 8 years ago by lefthand networks, hp storevirtual vsa is software that virtualizes and pools the inexpensive local server disks so they can be shared. Hp has also enhanced hp storevirtual storage hypervisor integration and released a new hp storeonce vsa license that cuts backup costs by 86 percent for small and remote sites. License keys enable all features of the hpe storevirtual vsa, including storage clustering, applicationmanaged snapshots and. With hp storevirtual vsa software you can turn any.
Hp news hp makes softwaredefined storage available to. My hpe software center, aligning with all of the activities you can perform here like. Requires 2ghz proc, 3gb ram, 1 virtual network ta688bae hp storevirtual vsa software. Server supported to run hyper v, vsphere or kvm microsoft windows server 2019, 2016, 2012 r2 supported by storevirtual.
Hp offers nocost vsa software with intel xeon processor e5. Server supported to run hyper v, vsphere or kvm microsoft windows server 2019, 2016, 2012 r2 supported by storevirtual os 12. Loaded onto virtualized application servers, storevirtual vsa. Quickspecs hpe storevirtual vsa software standard features page 5 hardware prerequisites hpe storevirtual vsa software requires a vsphere, hyperv or kvm licensed server with the following. Hp bundling storevirtual vsa with new proliant purchases. The eol document for the 2014 noterm license versions was released on 31519. License keys enable all features of the hpe storevirtual vsa. That said, i am also having a licensing issues with hp vsa, lack of support combined with doing the free trial which has no support, its not worth testing production data on because i cant trust hp for even licensing. Hpe storevirtual storage registering and licensing. Hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 software convert 3year and 5. Customers running hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 software with 3year or 5year term licenses are highly encouraged to convert to noterm licenses to continue run their hpe storevirtual vsa solution. Hp news hp makes softwaredefined storage available to the world.
We are interested in shared storage that allows hosts to be easily taken offline for maintenance. Storevirtual lefthand was rocksolid piece of software. Hpe storevirtual vsa software hewlett packard enterprise. Hpe storevirtual 4530 mdl sas storage, based on the lefthand operating system, is a scaleout storage platform that is designed to meet the fluctuating needs of virtualized environments. Hewlettpackard company and is offered in confidence, subject to the terms and conditions of a binding confidential disclosure agreement cda hp requires customers and partners to have signed a cda in order to view this presentation. Hp storevirtual vsa 2014 software 4tb 3 pack 3year stock ltu tc485a 3 licenses for hp storevirtual vsa software up to 4tb capacity per storevirtual vsa up to 3 vsas per cluster. Valid license from hewlett packard enterprise required for possession, use, or copying. Hp storevirtual vsa software eltu electronic vsa software product entitlement installable on either vmware vsphere or microsoft hyperv up to 10 tb capacity licensed per virtual storage appliance vsa includes 3 yr of software support for each license note. Storevirtual vsa delivers softwaredefined storage by virtualizing up to. Hpe free software is now downloadable at this site in a new section named free software. The 3 year term license on vsa consists of a term license for the vsa software and 3 years of technical support. The hpe end user license agreement eula governs the use of hpe software, unless it is subject to a separate agreement between you and hewlett packard enterprise and its subsidiaries.
Critical hpe storevirtual patch 1020800 drive firmware update to hpd8 for mo0400jffcf. Were looking at getting storevirtual vsa for three nodes with about 8 tb total. The 10tb and 50tb license are all inclusive software. Its also dead simple to setup, just run the wizard and your vsa. Hp storevirtual vsa software is a virtual storage appliance that provides complete array functionality of hp storevirtual 4000. Hewlett packard enterprise shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Hp oneview for vmware vcenter, and hp storevirtual vsa technology for simple selfinstallation and management of fully clustered, highly available servers and storage. Hp is bringing software defined storage to the masses by bundling the storevirtual vsa virtual storage appliance with the purchase of new proliant hardware. Software licensing terms license keys enable all features of the hp storevirtual vsa, including storage clustering, managed snapshots, and remote copy. In addition to either the eula or such separate agreement, software.
Storevirtual vsa software defined storage solutions hpe. Go to the hpe software for licensing website to register and generate the license key. Anyone signed up for the free hp vsa license recently. Hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 software 4tb 3 pack eltu. Vsa perpetual licensing no longer we may probably not renew if this trend continues when our support term expires.
The customer must have applied for and obtained the required licensing. You in fact can no longer get support renewals for the older vsa. Hp storevirtual vsa software is a virtual storage appliance that provides complete array functionality of hp storevirtual 4000 storage on top of vmware vsphere or microsoft hyperv. Hp news hp enables rapid adoption and deployment of. Hp storevirtual vsa software, based on the lefthand operating system, helps customers gain the benefits of a fully featured array without dedicated external storage. This service includes installation of hpe storevirtual vsa software and. All software from hpe is provided according to license restrictions. Im not sure exactly when, but hp changed the licensing portal from poetic to a new portal named my hp licensing portal. Some software requires a valid warranty, current hewlett packard enterprise support contract, or a license. This will launch the a further self extractor so that you can either deploy the hp storevirtual vsa via an ovf or connect directlty to an esxi host or vcenter using hp s software.
During the podcast i asked a number of questions, one of which is the potential to use hp storevirtual vsa with hp. Loaded onto virtualized application servers, storevirtual vsa creates a virtual storage array inside each server, alongside applications. Withan hp storevirtual vsa license, customers can easily adopt sds bydeploying resilient shared storage for less cost and physicalfootprint than dedicated storage hardware. Hp news hp vaporizes virtual infrastructure silos with. Its hardwareagnostic and hypervisorindependent, with support for vmware vsphere, microsoft hyperv and linux kvm. Eol for the storevirtual vsa is 11012018 this is for the vsa ive attached a snippet from our annual suppot renenwal although this gives a date of april 2018 the eralier date was. We have two 10 tb licenses purchased last year, if we add a 3rd server next year with vsa, it would be impractical to buy this software ever again since we would have two different license plans to think about. End user license agreement eula, hpe software licensing. Hp storevirtual vsa software data sheet us english. With a comprehensive feature set, the storevirtual vsa. License keys enable all features of the hp storevirtual vsa, including storage clustering, managed snapshots, and remote copy.
At the moment the choices are down to hp storevirtual vsa and hp msa2040. Transitions must be made before the hpe storevirtual vsa 2014 skus reach the obso date outlined above. The full 10 tb capacity of each vsa is available with the standard license key. Eol for the storevirtual vsa is 11012018 this is for the vsa ive attached a snippet from our annual suppot renenwal although this gives a date of april 2018 the eralier date was given by one of the consultants on the web site chat. When registering storage systems for advanced feature licenses, user must have users entitlement order number, found on users license entitlement certificate or in a physical storage systems hardware report under warranty information, and submit to the website the appropriate storage system feature keys to obtain the license. Enables superefficient configurations in terms of power, cooling, and space requirements. Data sheet hp storevirtual vsa software hp storevirtual update service via hp proactive select menu. Hpe storevirtual is a leader in virtual software defined storage. Hp storevirtual vsa software hewlett packard enterprise. A fully programmable, highly modular, linuxbased network operation system that is core of arista cloud networking solutions for enterprise data centres and cloud networks. Essentially they have taken esxi, hp storevirtual vsa, oneview for vcenter and automated the setup process using oneview instant on. Keys are required for each individual vsa instance. Term license for 3year or 5year with matching hp support.
Hello i have a licensing question that i hope someone can help me with. At the end of the 3 year term, the license expires as well as the support. The information contained in this presentation is hp. If you arent using the storevirtual vsa 2014 license using an older lefthand vsa or p4000 vsa license, it is highly recommended that you upgrade to the newer vsa 2014 license as the older one can no longer up upgraded to new os versions. This data sheet is governed by the hewlett packard enterprise current standard sales terms. All of the information looked exactly the same, however you could not rehost hp storevirtual. With an hp storevirtual vsa license, customers can easily adopt sds by. Transitions must be made before the hpe storevirtual vsa. Hp storevirtual vsa vs msa2040 data storage spiceworks. By downloading, you agree to the terms and conditions of the hewlett packard enterprise software license agreement.
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