cplic upgrade

Description

Upgrades licenses in the license repository with licenses in the specified license file.

Note - You get this license file in the Check Point User Center.

Syntax

cplic upgrade {-h | -help}

cplic [-d] upgrade -l <Input File>

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`{-h \| -help}`	Shows the applicable built-in usage.
`-l <Input File>`	Upgrades the licenses in the license repository and Check Point Security Gateways / Cluster Two or more Security Gateways that work together in a redundant configuration - High Availability, or Load Sharing. Members to match the licenses in the specified file.

Example

This example explains the procedure to upgrade the licenses in the license repository.

There are two Software Blade Specific security solution (module): (1) On a Security Gateway, each Software Blade inspects specific characteristics of the traffic (2) On a Management Server, each Software Blade enables different management capabilities. licenses in the input file:

One license does not match any license on a remote managed Security Gateway Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforce Security Policies for connected network resources..
The other license matches an NGX-version license on a managed Security Gateway that has to be upgraded.

Workflow in this example:

Upgrade the Security Management Server Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to manage the objects and policies in a Check Point environment within a single management Domain. Synonym: Single-Domain Security Management Server. to the latest version.

Ensure that there is connectivity between the Security Management Server Check Point Single-Domain Security Management Server or a Multi-Domain Security Management Server. and the Security Gateways with the previous product versions.
Import all licenses into the license repository.

You can also do this after you upgrade the products on the remote Security Gateways.

Run this command:

cplic get -all

Example:

[Expert@MyMGMT]# cplic get -all
Getting licenses from all modules ...
MyGW:
Retrieved 1 licenses

To see all the licenses in the repository, run this command:

cplic db_print -all -a

Example:

[Expert@MyMGMT]# cplic db_print -all -a
Retrieving license information from database ...
 
The following licenses appear in the database:
==================================================
Host Expiration Features
192.0.2.11 Never CPFW-FIG-25-53 CK49C3A3CC7121 MyGW1
192.0.2.11 26Nov2017 CPSB-SWB CPSB-ADNC-M CK0123456789ab MyGW2

In the Check Point User Center, view the licenses for the products that were upgraded from version NGX to a Software Blades license.

You can also create new upgraded licenses.
Download a file containing the upgraded licenses.

Only download licenses for the products that were upgraded from version NGX to Software Blades.

If you did not import the version NGX licenses into the repository, import the version NGX licenses now.

Use this command:

cplic get -all

Run the license upgrade command:

cplic upgrade -l <Input File>

The licenses in the downloaded license file and in the license repository are compared.
If the certificate keys and features match, the old licenses in the repository and in the remote Security Gateways are updated with the new licenses.
A report of the results of the license upgrade is printed.