Hi,
Here's the complete issue, i'm stating.
Let's say i'm running on 11.x.
[root@testbox:Active:Standalone] config cat /VERSION
Product: BIG-IP
Version: 11.4.1
Build: 625.0
BaseBuild: 608.0
Edition: Hotfix HF1
Date: Wed Oct 23 20:28:39 PDT 2013
Built: 131023202839
Changelist: 1092152
Post i do a switchboot to 10.x
[root@testbox:Active:Standalone] config switchboot -l
Current boot image:
HD1.1 - title BIG-IP 11.4.1 Build 625.0
Default boot image:
HD1.1 - title BIG-IP 11.4.1 Build 625.0
Available boot image(s):
HD1.1 - title BIG-IP 11.4.1 Build 625.0
HD1.2 - title BIG-IP 11.5.2 Build 0.0.141
HD1.3 - title BIG-IP 10.2.4 Build 577.0
Taken backup of license... and license is valid...
[root@testbox:Active:Standalone] config cp bigip.license /var/tmp/bigip-backup.license
[root@testbox:Active:Standalone] config tmsh show sys license
Sys::License
Licensed Version 11.2.1
Registration key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Licensed On 2014/07/08
Service Check Date 2013/10/23
Platform ID Z100
[root@testbox:Active:Standalone] config switchboot -b HD1.3
info: default boot location changed to HD1.3.
[root@testbox:Active:Standalone] config reboot
Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Thu May 5 16:24:50 2016):
The system is going down for reboot NOW!
Once it boots up in 10.x, i understand the config is not loaded yet. Because 11.x config would conflict with 10.x. Hence left that part. But license can be re-used right !!! But its not working.
[root@localhost:] config cat /VERSION
Product: BIG-IP
Version: 10.2.4
Build: 577.0
BaseBuild: 577.0
Edition: Final
Date: Tue Mar 27 14:53:46 PDT 2012
Built: 120327145346
Changelist: 856726
[root@localhost:] config tmsh show sys license
Can't load license, may not be operational
[root@localhost:] config
[root@localhost:] config cp /var/tmp/bigip-backup.license /config/bigip.license
cp: overwrite `/config/bigip.license'? y
[root@localhost:] config reloadlic
[root@localhost:] config
Does this mean license needs to be renewed again for different versions?
Backup license of a higher version cannot be used in other versions [on the samebox]?