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Cisco ASA5516 failed unit and AnyConnect VPN license transfer

kiran.oddiraju — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:30:09 GMT

Hello,

We have a Cisco ASA5516 firewall with Cisco AnyConnect VPN license. The unit has failed last week and the device is not under support. We would like to move the config to a spare unit but not sure how to transfer the Cisco AnyConnect VPN license to the new unit. I read somewhere that only TAC can transfer this once the unit is RMA'd. Any suggestions please?

Thanks,

Re: Cisco ASA5516 failed unit and AnyConnect VPN license transfer

Aref Alsouqi — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:46:09 GMT

Have you tried to do this from the traditional licensing portal?

Re: Cisco ASA5516 failed unit and AnyConnect VPN license transfer

Marvin Rhoads — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:48:47 GMT

As @Aref Alsouqi was implying, ASA 5516-X firewalls running ASA image use traditional licensing (PAK-based activation keys). If your AnyConnect term-based licenses are current, you can use the traditional licensing portal at software.cisco.com to share the licenses with multiple devices. This is because the licenses are per-unique-user and not per-device.