This article only applies to Ahsay software version 7

Article ID: 5063
Reviewed: 2017-05-02

Product Version:
AhsayOBS: 6.x
OS: All platforms

ATTENTION 1st January, 2022: v7 officially End-of-Life [details]

The client license model has changed in version 7, AhsayOBM / ACB usages are now calculated per device / installation basis. This article describes the steps on how to determine the number of additional AhsayOBM / ACB licenses required.

To determine the number of client licenses required, refer to the following steps:

• AhsayOBS installation on Windows:
  
  
  1. Download the license requirement calculator by Clicking Here.
     
     
  2. Extract the downloaded zip file to the AhsayOBS installation directory %OBS_HOME% (e.g. C:\Program Files\AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS)
     
     
  3. In command prompt, browse to the 'check' directory:
     
     

     >cd %OBS_HOME%\check

  4. Execute the 'ShowV7Usage.bat' batch file:
     
     

     >ShowV7Usage.bat

  5. Open the output usage.xml file found within the same folder with a web browser.
     
     
  6. The output file will display the number of license usages of all backup accounts. Scroll to the end of the file:
     
     

     usage.xml

     ...

     </User>

     <ObmCountV6>103</ObmCountV6>

     <AcbCountV6>14</AcbCountV6>

     <ObmCountV7>126</ObmCountV7>

     <AcbCountV7>14</AcbCountV7>

     </Users>

     Where:
     
     ObmCountV6 : Number of AhsayOBM licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 103)
     AcbCountV6 : Number of AhsayACB licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 14)
     
     ObmCountV7 : Number of AhsayOBM licenses required in version 7 (e.g. 126)
     AcbCountV7 : Number of AhsayACB licenses required in version 7 (e.g. 14)
     
     In the above example, an additional of 23 AhsayOBM device licenses (e.g. 126 - 103 = 23) are required when upgrading your backup server from version 6 to 7.
     
     Note: The numbers used here are for example purposes only.
  
  
  
• AhsayOBS installation on Linux:
  
  
  1. Download the license requirement calculator by Clicking Here.
     
     
  2. Extract the downloaded zip file to the AhsayOBS installation directory $OBS_HOME (e.g. /usr/local/obs)
     
     
  3. Browse to the 'check' directory from the extracted file:
     
     

     >cd $OBS_HOME/check

  4. Execute the 'ShowV7Usage.sh' script file:
     
     

     >./ShowV7Usage.sh

  5. Open the output usage.xml file found within the same folder with a web browser.
     
     
  6. The output file will display the number of license usages of all backup accounts. Scroll to the end of the file:
     
     

     usage.xml

     ...

     </User>

     <ObmCountV6>103</ObmCountV6>

     <AcbCountV6>14</AcbCountV6>

     <ObmCountV7>126</ObmCountV7>

     <AcbCountV7>14</AcbCountV7>

     </Users>

     Where:
     
     ObmCountV6 : Number of AhsayOBM licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 103)
     AcbCountV6 : Number of AhsayACB licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 14)
     
     ObmCountV7 : Number of AhsayOBM licenses required in version 7 (e.g. 126)
     AcbCountV7 : Number of AhsayACB licenses required in version 7 (e.g. 14)
     
     In the above example, an additional of 23 AhsayOBM device licenses (e.g. 126 - 103 = 23) are required when upgrading your backup server from version 6 to 7.
     
     Note: The numbers used here are for example purposes only.
  
  
  
• AhsayOBS installation on AhsayUBS :
  
  
  1. Download the license requirement calculator by Clicking Here, or by running the 'fetch' command.
     
     

     >fetch http://s3.amazonaws.com/ahsay-dn/v7/check-v7-license-required.zip

  2. Extract the downloaded zip file to the AhsayOBS installation directory $OBS_HOME (e.g. /ubs/mnt/esfmfw/obsr/system/obsr)
     
     
  3. Browse to the 'check' directory from the extracted file:
     
     

     >cd $OBS_HOME/check

  4. Execute the 'ShowV7Usage.sh' script file:
     
     

     >./ShowV7Usage.sh

  5. Open the output usage.xml file found within the same folder with a web browser.
     
     
  6. The output file will display the number of license usages of all backup accounts. Scroll to the end of the file:
     
     

     usage.xml

     ...

     </User>

     <ObmCountV6>103</ObmCountV6>

     <AcbCountV6>14</AcbCountV6>

     <ObmCountV7>126</ObmCountV7>

     <AcbCountV7>14</AcbCountV7>

     </Users>

     Where:
     
     ObmCountV6 : Number of AhsayOBM licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 103)
     AcbCountV6 : Number of AhsayACB licenses currently used in version 6 (e.g. 14)
     
     ObmCountV7 : Number of AhsayOBM licenses required in version 7 (e.g. 126)
     AcbCountV7 : Number of AhsayACB licenses required in version 7 (e.g. 14)
     
     In the above example, an additional of 23 AhsayOBM device licenses (e.g. 126 - 103 = 23) are required when upgrading your backup server from version 6 to 7.
     
     Note: The numbers used here are for example purposes only.

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