HP Serviceguard for Linux Advanced Version 12.00.00 Release Notes, May 2014
4.1 Obtaining a permanent license
Before your 90 days instant-on license expires, you must obtain and validate the permanent license
to continue to use Serviceguard for Linux 12.00.00 beyond the 90 days grace period.
To obtain a permanent license:
1. Go to http://www.hp.com/software/licensing.
2. Locate the section “Activation” and click on Activate.
3. Enter Entitlement Order Number.
4. Click on Search Entitlements.
• Here are the licenses listed that have not yet been activated.
• If all entitlements have been activated under EON, nothing will appear here.
5. Check the box that belongs to products you want to activate and click Activate.
6. Confirm “Company Name” and “User Name” entries, click “Next”.
7. Fill in required product dependent fields.
8. Confirmation Information appears, enter email address and any relevant notes, Click “Finish”.
9. Once the registration is completed you will receive a license certificate in your email box.
You must retain the email message because this is the valid proof of purchase documentation
you may need for future reference or support requests.
IMPORTANT: Ensure that you save the file and make a note of its path. (See the example in
Validating the permanent license.)
4.2 Renewing the permanent license
After you have obtained the permanent license, follow these steps to renew the license:
NOTE: You must renew or apply the license on each node.
1. Ensure that $SGCONF/AutoPass/LicFile.txt exists.
NOTE: HP recommends that you back up the $SGCONF/AutoPass/LicFile.txt before
renewing the license.
2. Place the permanent license key in a file on the system.
3. Renew the license:
#cmsetlicense -i <absolute path of the license file>
On successful license renewal, it displays the following message:
License is successfully installed
For more information, see cmsetlicense(1m) manpage.
Example
To verify if the license is valid:
1. Copy the license file:
cp $SGCONF/AutoPass/LicFile.txt $SGCONF/AutoPass/LicFile.txt.sav
2. Run the cmsetlicense command:
cmsetlicense -i /test/mySGlicense
The mySGlicense file contains the license information.
3. Run the cmgetlicense command:
cmgetlicense -f line
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