topic Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit in Firewall and Security Management

License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

Mangesh — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:24:47 GMT

Dear Team,

I want to delete the gateway license which are showing.i have deleted from management server guidbedit, but still showing in cplic print output.

Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

Chris_Atkinson — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:35:40 GMT

Why was guidbedit needed here?

'cplic print -x' should reveal the signature string needed to remove it with 'cplic del'.

Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

Mangesh — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:38:07 GMT

I tried to delete from cli using string but these are the central license which cannot be deleted from cli.

I used dbedit because when i tried to delete it from smartupdate getting error object is jot found.

Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

_Val_ — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:51:44 GMT

You cannot remove a license from a GW by running guidbedit on the management. This is not how it works. Use licensing tools, please

Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

Mangesh — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:10:30 GMT

I used smartupdate but that license is not showing on gateway but showing in cplic print output

Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

Chris_Atkinson — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:48:02 GMT

Which type of license is this Cloudguard / Vsec or other and what error did you see on the CLI?

Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

Mangesh — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:21:18 GMT

This is cluster setup and central license...can u please tell where is this file license file config file located on gateway?

Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

Tal_Paz-Fridman — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:21:48 GMT

Did you also try to see if it is shown in SmartConsole?

Gateways & Servers > Select Security Gateway > License tab at bottom

Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

PhoneBoy — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:29:42 GMT

$CPDIR/conf/cp.license
However, modifying this file directly is not recommended/supported, to the best of my knowledge.
Best to consult with the TAC: https://help.checkpoint.com

Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

the_rock — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:36:35 GMT

If its pnp license, you have to delete it from $CPDIR/conf

cd $CPDIR/conf

rm cp.pnp

Its just trial license (plug and play), so you will probably see warnings about it when running bunch of commands from expert mode, but thats expected.

Best,

Andy

Re: License still showing on gateway after deleting from management guidbedit

the_rock — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:06:58 GMT

@Mangesh

I meant warnings such as below

Andy

GetLicFromFile: Failed to open file: /opt/CPshrd-R81.20/conf/cp.pnp
pnp_init_blades: Failed to get data from PnP file: /opt/CPshrd-R81.20/conf/cp.pnp
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