Restoring Licenses
If your licenses become corrupted, and you have previously created a backup of your licenses, you can perform
this task to restore the licenses to your router.
Before You Begin
You must have created a backup file of your licenses before you can restore them on your router.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
admin
2.
show license backup backup-file
3.
license restore backup-file
DETAILED STEPS
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters administration EXEC mode.admin
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# admin
Step 1
Displays the contents of the backup file. You should verify
the contents of the backup file before you restore your
licenses.
show license backup backup-file
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# show license
backup disk1:/license_back
Step 2
Restores all licenses on the router from a backup file in the
specified location. This can be a local file, or a remote file
on a TFTP or RCP server.
license restore backup-file
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# license restore
disk1:/license_back
Step 3
Examples
This example shows sample output from the license restore command.
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# license restore disk1:/license_back
Info: This command will erase all existing licenses.
Info: It is strongly recommended to backup existing licenses first.
Do you wish to proceed? [yes/no]: y
License command "license restore disk1:/license_back" completed successfully.
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Software Entitlement
Configure Licenses Using Default Licensing