Updating your expiring Workgroup Server 6.x license for Navigator

Licenses are configured with an expiration date; your workgroup server will no longer start after your license expires. See the steps below on how to retrieve and install a new license.

Step 1:  Obtain your license

Refer to the article, My license is expiring, how do I get a new one?, for information on how to get a new license.

You can open your license file to view the parameters, but do not update it as this will invalidate the license.

Step 2: Install your license

1. The name of your new license file will be AutoPilotWMQ_xyz.lic, where xyz is the name of the workgroup server. Create a backup of this new file for safe keeping.
2. Stop the workgroup server.
3. Your new license will need to be placed in the following directory. This is where your current, expiring license file is located; rename it to back it up.
   

   For UNIX:

   /opt/nastel/apwmq/config/groups

   For Windows:

   C:\nastel\apwmq\config\groups

4. Restart your workgroup server. 

Step 3:  Confirm that your license was properly installed

Logs are created after the workgroup server is started. Check these logs to confirm that the license was successfully installed. Perform the following:

1. Open the following log file:
   

   For UNIX:

   /opt/nastel/apwmq/logs/nsqmgr.log

   For Windows:

   C:\nastel\apwmq\logs\nsqmgr.log

2. If the license was successfully installed, the workgroup server will return the parameters of the license, similar to the following example for Windows:
   

   LICENSING INFORMATION:
   SOURCE(C:\nastel\AutoPilotM6\localhost\AutoPilotWMQ_MQM.lic)
   WORKGROUP(MQM)
   FEATURES(SQLDB)
   WORKGROUP_HOSTS(host)
   CPU_COUNT(14)
   USER_COUNT(10)
   AGENTLESS_CONNECTION_COUNT(250)
   APOD_WMQ_USERS(100)
   MIPS(0)
   EXPIRATION_DATE(Fri Jun 12 00.00.00 2020)