About the vxlicinstupgrade utility
The
vxlicinstupgrade utility enables you to perform the following tasks:
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Upgrade to another Veritas InfoScale license
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Update a keyless license to a permanent license
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Manage co-existence of multiple licenses
On executing the
vxlicinstupgrade utility, the following checks are done:
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If the current license is keyless or permanent and if the user is trying to install the keyless or permanent license of the same product.
Example: If the 7.4 Foundation Keyless license key is already installed on a system and the user tries to install another 7.4 Foundation Keyless license key, then
vxlicinstupgrade utility shows an error message:
vxlicinstupgrade WARNING: The input License key and Installed key
are same.
- If the current key is keyless and the newly entered license key file is a permanent license of the same product
Example: If the 7.4 Foundation Keyless license key is already installed on a system and the user tries to install 7.4 Foundation permanent license key file, then the ``vxlicinstupgrade`` utility installs the new license at ``/etc/vx/licenses/lic`` and the 7.4 Foundation Keyless key is deleted.
- The ``vxlicinstupgrade`` utility in Veritas InfoScale does not support managing the text-based license keys used in versions before 7.4.
- If the current key is of a lower version and the user tries to install a higher version license key.
Example: If 7.0 Storage license key is already installed on a system and the user tries to install 7.4 Storage license key file, then the ``vxlicinstupgrade`` utility installs the new license at ``/etc/vx/licenses/lic`` and the 7.0 Storage key is deleted.
Note: When registering license key files manually during upgrade, you have to use thevxlicinstupgradecommand. When registering keys using the installer script, the same procedures are performed automatically.
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