topic ASA 5505 Security Plus Licensing Issue in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5505-security-plus-licensing-issue/m-p/1685898#M417225 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ended up opening a case with Cisco Licensing and they were able to resend me my key. Thanks Mike!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:30:27 GMT Ken D 2011-08-25T02:30:27Z ASA 5505 Security Plus Licensing Issue https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5505-security-plus-licensing-issue/m-p/1685896#M417220 <P>Hi all!</P><P></P><P>I have a ASA 5505 that I test with which originally came with the Security Plus license. I recently erased flash and loaded the latest asa841-k8.bin version of IOS along with asdm-642.bin. Everything booted fine and came up as it does when freshly wiped however I noticed that i was now only running a base license. If I issue the sh activiation-key command, I noticed the following messages (full output is at the bottom):</P><P></P><P>The Running Activation Key is not valid, using default setting</P><P>......</P><P></P><P>This platform has a Base license.</P><P>......</P><P>Failed to retrieve flash permanent activation key</P><P></P><P></P><P>Did I somehow kill my Security Plus licensing when I did the erase flash? If so how do I recover it?</P><P></P><P>Thanks!!!!</P><P>-ken</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>ciscoasa# sh activation-key </P><P>Serial Number:&nbsp; JMXXXXXXHU</P><P>Running Permanent Activation Key: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 </P><P>The Running Activation Key is not valid, using default settings:</P><P></P><P>Licensed features for this platform:</P><P>Maximum Physical Interfaces&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>VLANs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DMZ Restricted</P><P>Dual ISPs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Disabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>VLAN Trunk Ports&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>Inside Hosts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>Failover&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Disabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>VPN-DES&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Enabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>VPN-3DES-AES&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Disabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>AnyConnect Premium Peers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>AnyConnect Essentials&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Disabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>Other VPN Peers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>Total VPN Peers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>Shared License&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Disabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>AnyConnect for Mobile&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Disabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>AnyConnect for Cisco VPN Phone&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Disabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>Advanced Endpoint Assessment&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Disabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>UC Phone Proxy Sessions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>Total UC Proxy Sessions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>Botnet Traffic Filter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Disabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P>Intercompany Media Engine&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : Disabled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; perpetual</P><P></P><P>This platform has a Base license.</P><P></P><P>Failed to retrieve flash permanent activation key.</P><P>The flash permanent activation key is the SAME as the running permanent key.</P><DIV> </DIV><P></P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:21:19 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5505-security-plus-licensing-issue/m-p/1685896#M417220 Ken D 2020-02-21T12:21:19Z Re: ASA 5505 Security Plus Licensing Issue https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5505-security-plus-licensing-issue/m-p/1685897#M417223 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Ken,</P><P></P><P>If you know what the activation key is for your security plus license, you can simply re-install it with the 'activation-key' command from global config mode.</P><P></P><P>If you've misplaced the key, you'll want to open a support case to get it retrieved.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>-Mike</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 May 2011 17:28:27 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5505-security-plus-licensing-issue/m-p/1685897#M417223 mirober2 2011-05-26T17:28:27Z ASA 5505 Security Plus Licensing Issue https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5505-security-plus-licensing-issue/m-p/1685898#M417225 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ended up opening a case with Cisco Licensing and they were able to resend me my key. Thanks Mike!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:30:27 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5505-security-plus-licensing-issue/m-p/1685898#M417225 Ken D 2011-08-25T02:30:27Z