Installation

How can I update my new license on my Splunk instance?

isabellechristo
New Member

hello

I have installed a new license because mine was expired and it is like I am working with the old one.

My new license is valid , how can I have my new license in splunk ?

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nikita_p
Contributor

Hi @isabellechristophe,
How many hard warnings does your license master shows?
If there are more than 5 warnings then you will have to contact person who sold splunk license and if your splunk version is higher than 6.5.0 you can also ask for no-enforcement key with it's help your splunk service won't stop even if you have crossed 5 hard warnings for your license.

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lukas_loder
Communicator

Because you got more then 5 warnings your Splunk instance got locked.
Please contact the person who sold you the new licence and ask for a Reset Key

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lfedak_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hi @ isabellechristophe , Please use the "add comment" field instead of posting comments as answers to this question. Thanks!

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isabellechristo
New Member

warning count 8

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isabellechristo
New Member

Error in 'litsearch' command > You splunk license expired

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lukas_loder
Communicator

try to go to settings > Licensing
At the end you should see "Warning count"
What's the number there?

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nickhills
Ultra Champion

Are you running a distributed environment, or a single Splunk server?
If distributed, on which server did you update the licence?

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niketn
Legend

@isabellechristophe, there are couple of ways to load license in Splunk:
1) Browse to License File and upload.
2) Copy paste XML directly from new License.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Installalicense
Which one are you trying? Are you aware of any Splunk Error/s while uploading new license?

You can also reach out to Splunk Sale point of contact for you or Splunk Support with any help required with License update issue.

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isabellechristo
New Member

I did 1rst one ( Browse to License File and Upload )

no error appear, and my license seems available but if I want to launch a search it said me an error

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nickhills
Ultra Champion

What is the error?

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lukas_loder
Communicator

have you had more then 5 days over the limit before you installed the new licence? so you had more then 5 violations?
Then you need a reset key.

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isabellechristo
New Member

I don't know how I can reset key . could you please explain me

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lukas_loder
Communicator

reset key --> from the person/partner you got your new licence

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nickhills
Ultra Champion

If you tell us what the error says, we can guide your further.

If my comment helps, please give it a thumbs up!
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