05-25-2011 07:13 AM - edited 02-21-2020 04:21 AM
Hi all!
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):
The Running Activation Key is not valid, using default setting
......
This platform has a Base license.
......
Failed to retrieve flash permanent activation key
Did I somehow kill my Security Plus licensing when I did the erase flash? If so how do I recover it?
Thanks!!!!
-ken
ciscoasa# sh activation-key
Serial Number: JMXXXXXXHU
Running Permanent Activation Key: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
The Running Activation Key is not valid, using default settings:
Licensed features for this platform:
Maximum Physical Interfaces : 8 perpetual
VLANs : 3 DMZ Restricted
Dual ISPs : Disabled perpetual
VLAN Trunk Ports : 0 perpetual
Inside Hosts : 10 perpetual
Failover : Disabled perpetual
VPN-DES : Enabled perpetual
VPN-3DES-AES : Disabled perpetual
AnyConnect Premium Peers : 2 perpetual
AnyConnect Essentials : Disabled perpetual
Other VPN Peers : 10 perpetual
Total VPN Peers : 25 perpetual
Shared License : Disabled perpetual
AnyConnect for Mobile : Disabled perpetual
AnyConnect for Cisco VPN Phone : Disabled perpetual
Advanced Endpoint Assessment : Disabled perpetual
UC Phone Proxy Sessions : 2 perpetual
Total UC Proxy Sessions : 2 perpetual
Botnet Traffic Filter : Disabled perpetual
Intercompany Media Engine : Disabled perpetual
This platform has a Base license.
Failed to retrieve flash permanent activation key.
The flash permanent activation key is the SAME as the running permanent key.
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05-26-2011 10:28 AM
Hi Ken,
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.
If you've misplaced the key, you'll want to open a support case to get it retrieved.
Hope that helps.
-Mike
05-26-2011 10:28 AM
Hi Ken,
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.
If you've misplaced the key, you'll want to open a support case to get it retrieved.
Hope that helps.
-Mike
08-24-2011 07:30 PM
Ended up opening a case with Cisco Licensing and they were able to resend me my key. Thanks Mike!
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