Specifications

Obtaining an Internet HOST ID
l If ownership of the license certificate has changed, please contact SIOS Technology Corp.
support personnel to have the certificate moved to the new owner. Once ownership has been
moved, the automatic license renewal service will need to be updated with these new
credentials by running the following command using the new User ID and Password:
/opt/LifeKeeper/bin/lmsubscribe --login
Obtaining an Internet HOST ID
Use lmhostid to obtain your machine's Internet Host ID. The Internet Host ID is normally the primary
IP address of the primary network interface in the system. Internet Host IDs can be used as an
alternative to Ethernet (or MAC) Host IDs and may be preferable in virtual environments where MAC
addresses can change due to VM cloning.
1. Type the following command:
#/opt/LifeKeeper/bin/lmhostid -internet -n
2. Record the ID returned by the program.
Example:
#/opt/LifeKeeper/bin/lmhostid -internet -n
"INTERNET=172.17.100.161"
Note:This info must match the information contained in the permanent license key obtained from
SIOS Technology Corp.
Verifying SPS Installation
You can verify that the SPS packages were installed correctly by entering the following at the
command line:
rpm -V <package name>
Note: If the package is installed correctly, no output will be displayed by this command.
To perform a query from the command line, type
rpm -qi <package name>
Note: The expected output for this command is the package information.
Upgrading SPS
SPS for Linux may be upgraded to future releases while preserving existing resource hierarchies.
Review this information carefully to ensure that you minimize application downtime.
Note: LifeKeeper can be upgraded to the current version from up to two versions back. If upgrading
from a version previous to that, the older version will need to be uninstalled, and SteelEye Protection
Suite for Linux will have to be reinstalled. An alternative to uninstalling the older version would be to
34Obtaining and Installing the License