The user cannot start the Volume - message says license expired
Article ID: 100025393
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Description
Error Message
Jul 8 22:46:55
Cause
ELM licenses were only used prior to version 3.5. There was a requirement in either 4.0 or 4.1 to upgrade to the SIG type of license. The ELM license is numeric while the SIG license is alphanumeric. ELM licenses had a finite expiration date and were good for years but they DID expire. Also, both systems had expired demo licenses. Suspect that the ELM licenses finally expired causing the license error messages.
Resolution
Recommendation is to:
1. Ensure that the systems have a permanent SIG type license. Example: 8EZH-3PPR-YD3N-NI6P-PZ4N-P33P-836P-PP
2. With the above license in place, the following is optional:
a. Remove the ELM licenses in /etc/vx/elm.
b. Remove any old expired demo licenses in /etc/vx/licenses/lic. The file names can be reconciled from the vxlicrep output by adding the .vxlic extension.
Issue/Introduction
