If your system has an expired or a missing license file, use this procedure to bring your system into compliance.
- Open a VMware vSphere PowerCLI shell version 5.5 or later.
- Navigate to the directory containing the Teradata Vantage on VMware deployment executable file (C:\mylocation\Teradata_Deployer\).
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Run tdc.deploy.exe interactively.
.\tdc.deploy.exe -commonITproperties common.IT.properties.json -nodeITproperties node.IT.properties.json -
From the PowerCLI terminal, type activate_license to generate a license for the existing VM.
For a description of the action this state (command) performs, see PowerCLI Commands for Teradata Vantage on VMware.
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If your system has an invalid license file, do the following:
The license verification cycle runs once every 24 hours from the time when the license was last checked and verified by Teradata and sends SLEM-NOTE messages to /var/log/messages that are related to licensing.
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Restart the database if any SLEM-NOTE indicates a missing license file.
Check with your Vantage Administrator to determine when to restart the database.
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Restart the database if any SLEM-NOTE indicates a missing license file.
- Follow the prompts to finish generating the new license.