Dear Everyone,
I need your help regarding the issue I'm currently facing in one of our switches. We have a security and surveillance system currently running in our organization. It composes of multiple servers and 15x Cisco switches. We have another 6x spare switches. We are using 2 models of switches, the 3650 and 3850. All our switches are running the OS (or IOS) version 3.x.
I took one of the spare switch (3650) and upgraded it to OS/IOS version 16.9.4 (Fuji). After configuring the switches and running it for soak testing using a simulated environment, I decided to put it in our live system, but then I remember about the licensing. All our switches are shown this -> "Slot: 1, License name: ipbase, Type: permanent, Count: N/A, and Period: Lifetime" whenever issuing the "show license right-to-use" command. But this newly upgraded switch shown as an UNREGISTERED and EVAL MODE:
Smart Licensing is ENABLED
Registration:
Status: UNREGISTERED
Export-Controlled Functionality: NOT ALLOWED
License Authorization:
Status: EVAL MODE
Evaluation Period Remaining: 88 days, 20 hours, 24 minutes, 36 seconds
License Usage:
License Entitlement tag Count Status
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(C3650-24 IP Base) 1 EVAL MODE
Q1: What would happen once the evaluation period finishes?
Q2: Is there any way to recover the previous lifetime license?
Please do note that the company that installed the system gone bankrupt.
Best regards
