If you are installing the product for the first time, the Keyless option is selected by default.

If you are upgrading the product, the wizard retrieves all the license keys that were installed earlier. You can continue to use the 6.0.x or 6.x license keys. However, note that the features available with the 6.0.x or 6.x license keys will only be enabled after the product upgrade. To enable all the available features, specify a 7.1 license key. Feature-based license keys are not available for 7.1.

For example,

If you upgrade from SFW Standard to InfoScale Storage and continue to use the SFW Standard license keys, the following features that are available with InfoScale Storage will not be enabled:

During the product upgrade, you can choose to change the license option to Keyless. After changing the license option to Keyless, you can install all the available product options.

You cannot install the 7.1 license key over the 6.0.x or the 6.x license key and vice-a-versa.

If you use a keyless license option, you must configure Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager within two months of product installation. Failing this, a warning message for non-compliance is displayed periodically.

For more details on configuring Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager, refer to Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager product documentation.

You can install new licenses or remove the existing licenses using the product installer.

In case of InfoScale Foundation, Veritas InfoScale Storage, and InfoScale Enterprise if you remove the licenses, the vxsvc service fails to start and the service recovery options are changed to "Take No Action". To start the service you must enter the license and then manually start the service or change the service recovery option to "Restart the Service".