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Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Administration Guide
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Chapter 2 Managing ACE Software Licenses
Managing ACE Appliance Software Licenses
Detailed Steps
Retrieving an ACE License File
This section describes how retrieve an ACE license file. If you accidently remove or lose the license on
the ACE, you can untar your backup license file and then reinstall it.
Restrictions
You must be in the Admin context to retrieve an ACE license file.
Detailed Steps
Command Purpose
copy licenses disk0:[path/]filename.tar
Example:
host1/Admin# copy licenses
disk0:mylicenses.tar
Backs up your license files to the ACE Flash disk as tar files.
The keyword and argument are as follows:
• disk0:—Specifies that the backup license file is copied to the
disk0: file system.
• [path/]filename.tar—Destination filename for the backup
licenses. The destination filename must have a .tar file
extension.
Command Purpose
untar disk0:[path/]filename.tar
Example:
host1/Admin# untar disk0:mylicenses.tar
Untars the backup file should you need to reinstall it because you
accidently removed or lost the license.
The [path/]filename.tar argument is the filename of the .tar
backup license file.
For information on installing the license, see the “Installing a
New or Upgrade License File” section.