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T31
Altocumulus
AltocumulusLicense reactivation issue on BIG-IQ DCD Node.
After reactivating my DCD node license, my service check date shows Jan 29, 2023. I ran preUpgradeCheck script on BIG-IQ CMGMT and got this error message: "Re-activate the licenses on the DCD node ...
I did query on F5 license server and i the following reply
# Service and Warranty Information
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
Entitled Service : 01-30-2020 - 01-29-2023
Warranty End Date : 01-22-2021
License Time Limit : N/A
Looks like my active support contract already expired. But the license is forever.
In this doc i read https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K93101019#link_01
"A system with an active support contract is considered entitled until such time as the contract expires. When a support contract expires, the system is not entitled to support until the contact is renewed
Major software upgrades are only supported for entitled systems and require relicensing the BIG-IP system. Minor upgrades do not require relicensing."
My question is do i need to renew support contract to upgrade from 8.1.0 to 8.3.0? Is this minor or major upgrade?
T31Altocumulus
AltocumulusCorrection.
I trying to upgrade from 8.1.0 to 8.3.0. Looks like its minor upgrade.