About "Evaluation mode"

The product has an "evaluation mode" that you can use and evaluate before purchasing a license.
"Evaluation mode" is automatically set when the license file does not exist or the license has expired and is invalid.

You can check whether the program is currently running in "evaluation mode" by checking the message at the time of starting the program, the screen display after starting, and so on. "Evaluation mode" has some restrictions as described below.

Restrictions on Evaluation mode

Erase Program

Program Identification of Evaluation mode Restrintions of Evaluation mode Boot up Erase Program ・ Disk drives will not be erased. The write process is replaced by the read process. Therefore, the processing speed may be slightly faster than writing. * Especially in the case of RAID configuration, the processing time may change significantly. ・ Secure erase/Sanitize cannot be performed. ・ HDD log is not written. ・ The read verification process after the erase process will result in error because it has not actually been erased. ・ The following cannot be executed in the "utility" menu displayed by ALT + F5.    "Secure erase processing test"    "Erase HDD password"    "HPA removal" Windows Erase Program(gppro4.exe) ・ Disk drives will not be erased. The write process is replaced by the read process. Therefore, the processing speed may be slightly faster than writing. ・ HDD log is not written. ・ The read verification process after the erase process will result in error because it has not actually been erased.

Tools/Utilities, Data

Program Identification of Evaluation Mode Restrintions of Evaluation mode Startup Environment Creation Tool (gpset4.exe) "Boot up Erase Program" executed from HDD, USB flash drive, CD image, created/set by this program will run as "Evaluation Mode". So disk drives will not be erased. for "Network Boot" configuration When press "Execute [Host]", following message appears. when license file "license.gp4" does not exist.   when valid license file "license.gp4" exists, but it is "Single user license". If you use a network boot host to perform network boot and download the erase program, the number of times is limited to two. If this is done twice, the network boot server function will stop and subsequent network boots will no longer be possible. USB stick Boot configuration tool (gpusbst4.exe)   "Boot up Erase Program" executed from USB flash drive, set by this program will run as "Evaluation Mode". So disk drives will not be erased. Utilities for Administrator (gputil4.exe) --- No evaluation mode. Data for "Startup Environment Creation Tool" (gpdata.pac) --- No evaluation mode. Network boot Data file for "Startup Environment Creation Tool" (gpdatahost.pac) --- No evaluation mode.

Network Boot Host

Program Identification of Evaluation mode / Restrintions of Evaluation mode Network Boot Host When license is valid, but using "Single user license". When evaluation mode, this message appears. [Evaluation mode] message appears on the top of the menu. If you use a network boot host to perform network boot and download the erase program, the number of times to perform network boot is limited to two. If this is done twice, the network boot server function will stop and subsequent network boots will no longer be possible. The following message is shown on the top of the menu, when one of menu item is executed.