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Learn about how the actions you can perform with Astra Control Center differ based on license status, and about how your use of Astra Control Center affects license consumption. |
Astra Control Center requires a license to be installed for the full app data management functionality to be enabled. When you deploy Astra Control Center without a license, a banner is displayed in the web UI, warning that system functionality is limited.
You obtain a license in one of the following ways:
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If you are evaluating Astra Control Center, download the evaluation license file. An evaluation license lets you use Astra Control Center for 90 days from the date you download the license.
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If you already purchased Astra Control Center, generate your NetApp license file (NLF) from the NetApp Support Site. After you purchase the product, you receive a serial number and license, which you use on the Support Site.
For details about licenses needed for ONTAP storage backends, refer to supported storage backends.
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You can add a cluster, add a bucket, and manage a storage backend without a license. |
When you add a new cluster to Astra Control Center, it doesn’t count toward consumed licenses until at least one application running on the cluster is managed by Astra Control Center.
When you start managing an app on a cluster, all of that cluster’s CPU units are included in the Astra Control Center license consumption.