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Ashwin Sharma P
Ashwin Sharma P

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SAP Basis snippets #5

#sap #sapbasis #telnet #license

Installing license via telnet

Today we will see the steps to install license using telnet.

Login to telnet

telnet localhost 5<instance no.>08
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It asks for your username and password. Give your java administrator username and password.

Now type the below command to add the licensing menu.

add licensing
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To know the hardware id of your sap system, give the below command.

mshardwareid
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The below command displays the SID.

mssystemid
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Download the license .txt file and place it in your host.

To install a license, we use the command.

install_license -file <path where the license file is placed>
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The below command lists out the installed licenses.

LIST_LICENSES
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For deleting we use the command delete_license. But we have to pass an additional parameter along with this.

To delete all the licenses, we use the command.

delete_license -all
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To delete a license of particular index as returned by LIST_LICENSES command, we use the command.

delete_license <index number>
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