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The Lyve Cloud Release Notes provide information about the latest Lyve Cloud feature release. Information that doesn’t apply to the release will be archived.
February 03, 2023
Registering for Lyve Cloud using a credit card, AKA Lyve Cloud Self-Service
Customers can use a credit card to use Lyve Cloud Self-Service and register for a Lyve Cloud account. The account is charged based on their usage. The invoice is generated, and the credit card is charged on the first of every month for the previous month’s actual usage.
During registration, the customer completes a form using the following link: https://signup.lyvecloud.seagate.com/product/250TB
The requested information from the customer includes:
For more information, see Registering Lyve Cloud using a credit card.Registering Lyve Cloud using a credit card
Credit Card Authorization
The customer specifies payment information while registering for Lyve Cloud, and the credit card is authorized.
Customers are offered a free 30-day trial. Customers are charged a pro-rated fee for the calendar month in which the trial ends. The pro-rated fee is based on the number of days the account is active, between the day after the trial ends and the end of the month.
Billing and Charging
Customers are committing to a minimum usage of 250TB monthly, and the bill for a full month of use is 250 TB/month * $9 / TB = $2,250/month.
The customer bill generates, and the credit card is charged for the previous month's usage on the first day of every month.
For more information, see Understanding billing for customers signing up with Credit Card and Calculating Payment.Understanding billing for customers signing up with Credit CardCalculating payment
For more information, see Cancel Lyve Cloud service.Cancel Lyve Cloud service
February 03, 2023
Lyve Cloud Data Mover is a file copy utility that can replicate on-premises file systems to Lyve Cloud and back to on-premise. For more information, see Lyve Cloud Data Mover.
You must download the OVA files for Data Mover Portal and Data Mover Worker from the Lyve Cloud console. For more information, see Install Data Mover Portal and Install Data Mover Worker.
January 15, 2023
Lyve Cloud Account API is a set of methods for Lyve Cloud programmatic management. It can be accessed via https://api.lyvecloud.seagate.com/v2. The account API credentials can be generated only by account administrators. For more information, see Using Account API.
The APIs provide programmatic access to the Lyve Cloud to perform administrative tasks. The API uses a JSON structure and may include Boolean, Number, and String data types. The following are included in this initial release.
For more information, see Lyve Cloud Account API.
October 12, 2022
August 13, 2022
The Sub-accounts feature allows you to maintain a multi-level account structure and replaces the partner portal. The sub-accounts is available for Managed Service Providers (MSP) and Resellers. If you are not an MSP or Reseller and still want to use sub-accounts, contact the Lyve Cloud support team at support.lyvecloud@seagate.com.
Lyve Cloud provisions the master account, and the master account provisions Sub-accounts. These Sub-accounts are managed by and connected to the master account. Each sub-account can provision and manage its storage, users, and account settings. For more information, see Administrator's Guide - Sub-Account Management.
The service account expiration enhances the security of the service account. You can now set the expiration duration for a service account. When a service account expires, the secret credentials associated also expire. For more information, see Service account settings.
You can Clone to create a duplicate Service Account, where it creates new access and secret keys.
January 15, 2022