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Manage ONTAP licenses

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You can use System Manager or the ONTAP CLI to view and manage licenses installed on your system, including viewing the license serial number, checking the status of a license, and removing a license.

View details about a license

Steps

How you view details about a license depends on what version of ONTAP you are using and whether you use System Manager or the ONTAP CLI.

System Manager - ONTAP 9.8 and later

  1. To view details about a specific feature license, select Cluster > Settings.

  2. Under Licenses, select arrow icon.

  3. Select Features.

  4. Locate the licensed feature you want to view and select expand icon to view the license details.

System Manager - ONTAP 9.7 and earlier

  1. Select Configuration > Cluster > Licenses.

  2. In the Licenses window, perform the appropriate action:

  3. Click the Details tab.

CLI

  1. Display details about an installed license:

    system license show

Delete a license

System Manager - ONTAP 9.8 and later

  1. To delete a license, select Cluster > Settings.

  2. Under Licenses, select arrow icon.

  3. Select Features.

  4. Select the licensed feature you want to delete and Delete legacy key.

System Manager - ONTAP 9.7 and earlier

  1. Select Configuration > Cluster > Licenses.

  2. In the Licenses window, perform the appropriate action:

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    Delete a specific license package on a node or a master license

    Click the Details tab.

    Delete a specific license package across all of the nodes in the cluster

    Click the Packages tab.

  3. Select the software license package that you want to delete, and then click Delete.

    You can delete only one license package at a time.

  4. Select the confirmation check box, and then click Delete.

CLI

  1. Delete a license:

    system license delete

    The following example deletes a license named CIFS and serial number 1-81-0000000000000000000123456 from the cluster:

    cluster1::> system license delete -serial-number 1-81-0000000000000000000123456 -package CIFS

    The following example deletes from the cluster all of the licenses under the installed-license Core Bundle for serial number 123456789:

    cluster1::> system license delete { -serial-number 123456789 -installed-license "Core Bundle" }
Related information

ONTAP CLI commands for managing licenses

ONTAP 9 Commands