HP VAN SDN Controller Software Products 4.6 Managing licenses, 4.6.1 Transferring licenses

Figure 34 Enter the License Key

3.To activate the license, click on the Add button shown in Figure 34 (page 59).

The active license is displayed in the table below the Install ID and the Add button is greyed out:

Figure 35 Active License Displayed on License screen

4.6 Managing licenses

4.6.1 Transferring licenses

You can transfer a license from one controller to another. To do so, you must first uninstall all licenses from the controller.

NOTE: Keeping a license on one controller while transferring one or more other licenses from the same controller to another controller is not permitted.

When upgrading to version 2.3, no special effort is required to preserve the licenses. Note that the license transfer mechanism is only required when you want to switch the SDN Controller currently running hardware. You must install the SDN Controller on the new hardware and transfer the licenses to that new hardware before retiring the old hardware.

Before you transfer licenses

Before you transfer licenses, you must first:

•Uninstall all licenses, as described in “Uninstalling licenses to prepare for transfer” (page 60).

•Obtain an Install ID for each destination controller, as described in “Identifying the install ID” (page 53).

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