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You must install the cumulative feature license provided to you by Infoblox Sales & Support for the Controller to fully operate with all Collectors in the deployment. This license must contain the aggregate count of device licenses and feature entitlements that are provided for all Collectors expected to work with the OC Controller system.
When you receive the Controller appliance and physically install it, it does not automatically contain the licenses that are provided for the Collector appliancesthe licensed features and entitlements present on the Collectors, nor can those entitlements be transferred to the Controller. When you first set up the appliances that you are designating as Collectors in an OC deployment, they are simply operating as standalone NetMRI appliances. Each are separately licensed. The Controller has its own cumulative license file. You install that license in this step, followed by step 2a, re-running configure server a second time on on the Controller appliance.
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To install the Operations Center license
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for a NetMRI physical appliance, generate a license on your own using the license generate administrative shell command. For more information, see license generate command.
To install the Operations Center license for a NetMRI virtual appliance, do the following:
- Obtain the Operations Center license through the Infoblox Support Portal at http://support.infoblox.com.
- Upload the license file provided through the Infoblox Support Portal into the admin account's s /Backup directory directory using WinSCP or a similar program.
- Log into the admin shell and , enter the the
license <NameOfLicenseFile>command command, and press Enter.
admin-na206.corp100.com> com> license <license_file_name.gpg>
The server restarts without rebooting the appliance. The server resumes operation after several minutes of processing.
Step 2a: Re-Run Configure Server
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- Log in to the Standby Operations Center command line via SSH using the admin/admin system credentials.
- Execute the following Admin Shell CLI commands on a newly installed or reset Standby Operations Center instance:
- Define the management port IP configuration for the Standby Operations Center:
admin-na206.corp100.
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com> configure server
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- Install the license for the Standby Operations Center:
- For a physical appliance, generate a license by running the license generate command.
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- For more information, see license generate command.
- For a virtual appliance, run admin-na206.corp100.
- For more information, see license generate command.
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- com> license <license filename>.gpg
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- Define server settings for the Standby Operations Center
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- :
admin-na206.corp100.
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com> configure server
Define server settings for the Standby Operations Center. Make a note of your settings for Step 6 of this Procedure.
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- Define the management port IP configuration for the replacement collector:
admin-na240.corp100.com> configure server - Install the license for the replacement collector:
- For a physical appliance, generate a license by running the license generate command. For more information, see license generate command.
- For a virtual appliance, run admin-na240.corp100.
- com> license <license filename>.gpg.
- For a physical appliance, generate a license by running the license generate command. For more information, see license generate command.
- Define server settings for the replacement collector:
admin-na240.corp100.com> configure server - Register the replacement collector to the Operations Center IP Address, and define the Operations Center Network to which the collector belongs.
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