Replace licenses of previously licensed components

All components must have a valid license. You must replace any invalid or missing licenses with new ones.

If you have configured administrative Domains, licenses can be viewed only in the Shared Domain. When the license is bound to an element (automatically or manually), the license is shown only in the Shared Domain, regardless of the Domain to which the element belongs. Licenses that are not allocated to any Domain can be manually allocated to a particular Domain through their right-click menu.

CAUTION:
If you use Management Server POL code-based licenses for Forcepoint NGFW appliances, verify that the licenses are bound to the correct engine elements. Remember to change the license if you change the appliance hardware.

Invalid or missing licenses can prevent components from working. If you are manually replacing working licenses with new ones, we recommend that you take a backup of the Management Server before you make changes. Then you can easily roll back the changes, if needed.

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Steps

  1. Select Configuration, then browse to Administration.
  2. Select Menu > System Tools > Install Licenses.
  3. Select one or more license files, then click Install.
    • If the licenses only upgrade the software version in a previously installed license (the license identifier does not change), the previous license is replaced with the new one automatically. No further action is needed.
    • An IP-address-bound license is automatically bound to the component with the correct IP address.
    • A POS-bound license is automatically bound to the appliance with the correct POS code.
    Note: If you bind an IP-address-bound license or a POS-bound license to a component that already has a Management Server POL-bound license, the component has two licenses. Replace the Management Server POL-bound license as instructed in the next step.
    The licenses are installed.
  4. To replace a Management Server POL-bound license with an IP-address-bound license or a POS-bound license, follow these steps.
    1. Expand the Licenses branch, then browse to the correct type of license.
    2. Right-click the Management Server POL-bound license that is bound to the element, then select Replace by Static License.
    3. Select the license to bind to the engine.
  5. To replace a Management Server POL-bound license that is not bound to the Management Server with a Management Server POL-bound license that is bound to the Management Server, follow these steps.
    1. Expand the Licenses branch, then browse to the correct type of license.
    2. If there is a previous Management Server POL-bound license bound to the element, right-click the old license, then select Unbind.
    3. Right-click the new license, then select Bind.
    4. Select the engine to bind to the license.
  6. Check the displayed license information and verify that all components you meant to license have the correct new license.
  7. Right-click any old licenses that might still be displayed, then select Delete.
  8. Refresh or install the policy to transfer the license changes to the engine.
    CAUTION:
    After you install or refresh the policy on the engine, the license is permanently bound to the engine and cannot be bound to any other engine. Permanently bound licenses cannot be rebound unless you relicense or delete the engine element that the license is currently bound to. When unbound, a permanently bound license is shown as Retained.