Portfolio and Technology Blog: 20 Years of Tinkering

When you install HP Universal CMDB, you receive the Universal CMDB Foundation  license. To obtain the file needed to upgrade to the Integration Only or DDM Advanced  Edition license, contact HP Software Support, then perform the following procedure: To upgrade your license:

1. Obtain the appropriate file from HP Software Support.
2. Replace the ucmdb_license.xml file in the "C:\hp\UCMDB\UCMDBServer\conf\" folder.  The name of the file must be ucmdb_license.xml.
3. Use the JMX console to force a license change:
   1. Launch the Web browser and enter the server address, as follows:http://<UCMDB Server Host Name or IP>:8080/jmx-console.
   2. When prompted, enter the JMX Console authentication credentials (if you do not have these credentials, contact your system administrator). The default user name and password are sysadmin/sysadmin.
   3. Under UCMDB, click service=Server Services to open the Operations page.
   4. Locate getLicense and enter the following information:  In the Value box for the customerID parameter, enter 1.
   5. Click Invoke.

Information about the license type, customer name, permitted packages, and whether any applications are blocked is displayed.

When you install Business Availability Center, you receive the Universal CMDB Foundation license. To obtain the file needed to upgrade to the Standard or Advanced license, contact HP Software Support, then perform the following procedure:

To upgrade your license:

1. Obtain the appropriate file (standard or advanced) from HP Software Support.
2. Replace the ucmdb_license.xml file in the \mam_lib\server folder on the Data Processing server machine .

If Business Availability Center is installed in a distributed deployment, replace the file on the Gateway Server machine.

3. Use the JMX console to force a license change:
a. Launch a Web browser and enter the address http://.:8080/jmx-console, where is the name of the machine on which BAC is installed. When prompted, enter the JMX Console authentication credentials (if you do not have these credentials, contact your system administrator).
b. Under MAM, click service=UCMDB UI to open the JMX MBEAN View page.
c. Locate java.lang.String getLicenseForCustomer() and enter the following information:

In the force parameter box, select True.
In the ParamValue box for the parameter customerId, enter 1.
Click Invoke.

Note: To verify the type of license that is installed, select False and enter the customer ID. Details about the license are displayed.

4. Restart the BAC server.