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Migrating the License Server from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8

Offline Environments     Online Environments

If you have an existing HP Anyware License Server on RHEL 7 and wish to upgrade the underlying server to RHEL 8, you must first create a new machine and transfer the licenses to it. DO NOT upgrade the operating system in place.

  1. On the existing RHEL 7 machine, record the number of activated licenses using the pcoip-list-licenses command, replacing <password> with your HP Anyware License Server password:

    sudo pcoip-list-license

    Note the number of licenses returned by this command. This number will be used to verify the migration in the last step.

  2. Depending on your deployment, create an online or an offline RHEL 8 machine.

  3. Do one of the following:

  4. Return the licenses on the RHEL 7 machine. Follow these instructions for offline deployments. If you have an online deployment, follow these instructions.

    The command will provide the number of licenses returned; note this value.

  5. On the new RHEL 8 machine, activate the same number of licenses that were returned in the previous step, using the instructions for offline deployments or online deployments. When following these instructions, use the number returned in the previous step for <license count>.

  6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each of your activation codes, until all licenses have been returned from the old machine and re-activated on the new one.

  7. On the new machine, verify that all the licenses have been successfully activated with the pcoip-list-licenses command, replacing <password> with your HP Anyware License Server password:

    sudo pcoip-list-license

    The value returned by this command should match the total number of licenses returned on the old license server.