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After the deployment finishes, the APEX Protection Storage instance will include an evaluation license. This preinstalled license does not include the Retention Lock Compliance option (RL-C). To configure RL-C, the system will require you to activate a subscription. The subscription bundle will include both the Retention Lock Governance and the Retention Lock Compliance license.