When you force license updates, the licensing service downloads licenses from the DTI server, removes existing licenses if there are conflicts, and installs the downloaded licenses in their place. The licenses are installed even if they are less functional or of a shorter duration than the existing licenses, would change licensed features, or would cause a feature to become temporarily unlicensed.
Caution
Carefully consider the implications of forcing license updates before you perform this procedure.
Go to CLI configuration mode.
hostname > enable hostname # configure terminal
Download the licenses and replace existing licenses with them if there are conflicts. The system clearly indicates which licenses were replaced.
hostname (config) # fenet license update forceSave your changes.
hostname (config) # write memory
Examples
The licensing service replaced an existing license with one that it downloaded:
hostname (config) # fenet license update force Added license(s) from fenet LK2-CONTENT_UPDATES-33XX-0X0X-0000-X000-X000-X00X-0XXX-J00 Deleted installed license(s) (superceded by license(s) shown above): LK2-CONTENT_UPDATES-42XX-44XX-H888-X00X-000R-XX22-XYZ-0The licensing service installed a license that did not exist on the appliance:
hostname (config) # fenet license update force Added license(s) from fenet LK2-FIREEYE-SUPPORT-000X-XX00-0000-X000-X000-X00X-0XXX-X00X No license(s) deletedAll licenses were already installed and did not conflict with downloaded licenses:
hostname (config) # fenet license update force All licenses fetched from fenet have already been installed