Upgrade with migration to R81.20 and license

[DR_74]

Hi,

I am planning an upgrade from R81.10 to R81.20 and we decided to build a new VM for that purpose.

Therefore we need to use the Upgrade with Migration procedure.

When reading the documentation , it is mentionned to add a license before importing the "old" database on the new Management server (in our case we will use the same IP address in a dedicated network not connected to production):

Make sure a valid license is installed:
cplic print

If it is not already installed, then install a valid license now.

But the license should be included in the backup no?

Regards

[Lesley]

If there is no IP change you can use the same license you have on the current / old system. You can download it from usercenter and place it on the new system. 

[the_rock]

I dont believe its part of backup, but it is part of migrate server. But honestly, if I were you, I would just slap on eval license for the time being and then make sure correct license is moved over, easy peasy.

Andy

[DR_74]

Yes, this is what I was thinking of.

The license should be included when exporting with migrate server?

[the_rock]

Correct! So whats imported is license, even if IP does not exist on the OS level on the new machine, but hostname and IP stay the same.

Makes sense?

Andy