DCT licensing
License overview
This page covers the information shown in the DCT overview page, in addition to expanding on what each tier of licensing offers in terms of features and integrations. This page also covers what to expect for licensing when installing a fresh instance of DCT on version 23.0.0 and above or upgrading DCT from version 22.0.0 and below.
Data Control Tower has three tiers that determine available functionality and enabled use-cases via the DCT UI and API. They are Core, Self Service, and Enterprise, described in detail below.
DCT Enterprise
The full-featured, premium tier designed for large, complex Delphix deployments that require comprehensive data management capabilities. This tier includes the entire suite of DCT features, supporting unlimited engine connections and providing robust automation and control.
DCT for Self Service
Intended for Continuous Data-focused organizations that emphasize advanced developer workflows. This tier supports unlimited Continuous Data connections and delivers core DCT features alongside selected automation tools to enhance productivity.
DCT Core
Available to any customer with an active Continuous Data or Compliance engine license. This tier provides an entry-level experience aimed at smaller Delphix deployments or new users looking to explore DCT’s capabilities. This tier includes a limited feature set with a maximum of two Continuous Data (CD) connections and one Continuous Compliance (CC) connection, offering an accessible way to start managing data with DCT.
Engines dedicated to Hyperscale Compliance workflows will not be counted toward the engine quota under a license.
The table below shows which features and integrations are available for each license tier.
Feature | Description | Core | Self-Service | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of allowed engines connected for Continuous Data (CD) | For registering data virtualization engines onto DCT. | 2 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Number of allowed engines connected for Continuous Compliance (CC) | For registering data masking (compliance) engines onto DCT. | 1 | 1 | Unlimited |
CD user interface | A converged, updated UI to govern all workflows across all Continuous Data Engines. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Read-only CC user interface | DCT provides a read-only user interface for databases, for all connected compliance engines. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Hyperscale compliance user interface | DCT provides the ability to manage hyperscale orchestrator configurations (connected engines, mount points, etc.), in addition to powerful reporting capabilities and the ability to execute hyperscale jobs. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Global access control | DCT's access control system is a granular role and attribute-based system for governing all data/objects within the DCT's connected ecosystem. This coincides with DCT providing the single interface (API, CLI, UI) for all of Delphix. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
DCT tags | DCT's business metadata system that allows any number of key/value pairs to be associated with any object in DCT. Tags are critical for powering attribute-based access control, as well as enabling advanced tag-based filtering for reporting/administration. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Central operations log | Maintain a log of all operations initiated by DCT. This satisfies multiple use cases, including a current running jobs view for end users, to an operations audit log for administrators. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Core CD capabilities | Functionality for operations in Continuous Data like Create Environment, Link dSource, Create Snapshot, Provision, Refresh, Rewind, etc. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Replication | DCT provides the ability to create and manage replication profiles between engines for disaster recovery, selective data distribution, and ransomware use cases. This functionality also has historical logging and monitoring capabilities for central reporting of all replication activity. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Basic Self-Service capabilities | Functionality for Self-Service operations like Refresh, Rewind, Change Timeflow, VDB Lock, Timeline History View, etc. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Advanced Self-Service | Advanced Self-Service operations include Bookmarks, VDB Groups, and VDB Lock. | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Data At Risk report | A high-level governance report that identifies whether a database has sensitive data and if that database has been masked. | ✔️ | ||
DCT-specific insights | Net new reports to Delphix, such as the storage savings, compliance job executions, and activity audit reports, among others. | ✔️ | ||
Compliance job collections | Compliance job collections provide the ability to group compliance jobs together that relate to the same database or file, and to set an execution order for serial and/or parallel running jobs. | ✔️ |
Integration | Description | Core | Self-Service | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DCT toolkit access | The productized successor to the dx and dxm toolkits that provide the ability to run DCT operations from a command line. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Terraform | Integrate Delphix resources into Terraform templates for linking and provisioning data into ephemeral infrastructure. | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
ServiceNow | Integrate Delphix operations into ServiceNow flows from the Delphix "action" catalog. | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
Jenkins | Integrate Delphix operations into Jenkins pipelines. | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Navigate to the Admin tab, then select the License section on the left side. The UI will show restrictions for each license tier, the currently selected tier (DCT Enterprise, in this example), and the current engine counts.
Licenses when installing DCT 23.0.0 and above
DCT licenses will be defaulted to DCT Core at the time of installation. Once installed, administrators will be able to update their license by accessing the License section (under the Admin tab) and selecting DCT for Self-Service or Enterprise.
Licenses when upgrading from DCT 22.0.0 and below
Users looking to upgrade to DCT 23.0.0 or later versions will now have to select their license post-upgrade. Once the upgrade is complete, DCT will default to DCT Enterprise to assure no functionality is lost. Users entitled to a lower tier of DCT must perform a license downgrade, which can be performed in the License section (under the Admin tab)
Downgrades will be blocked if prerequisites (e.g., DCT has more than the number of allowed engine connections for that license tier) are not met. This is to prevent loss of data as disconnecting an engine will remove the metadata associated with that engine.
Changing licenses
Upgrade the license tier via the UI (always possible).
Downgrading the license tier via the UI (only possible if the engine count restriction is satisfied for the target tier).
