Event Manager shows as an unrecognized command in 9300 switch

[Sharanjeet_Kumar]

Greetings all. I have this little network I am working on and I have just came across an issue. The command I am trying to implement is

"event manager applet BACKUP_CONFIG" . However, my issue stems from the fact that my other switches have taken this command just fine. It is just this one switch that refuses to take it. As a matter of fact when i am in the cli and type in "event ?" it shows up as an unrecognized command.

All of the Switches are C9300L and have the same IOSXE (17.12.0.5)

Any help would be great!!!

[Rob Ingram]

@Sharanjeet_Kumar are all the switches licensed the same?

[Sharanjeet_Kumar]

Yes, essentials

[Rich R]

After some searching I found the answer in case anybody else stumbles over this thread.

So event manager used to be a base level feature available with Network Essentials license.  It turns out Cisco have quietly decided to change it to a subscription only DNA Essentials feature so it will only be available if you have a DNA Essentials subscription!  I have to say I think this is a very dirty move myself - you buy a product with a specified feature set and then a few years later Cisco decides if you want to keep using that feature you have to pay extra - some might call that extortion!

I can't find any specific mention of exactly when and where this changed in the product documentation but the current state of play is documented here:
https://www.cisco.com/c/m/en_us/products/software/dna-subscription-switching/en-sw-sub-matrix-switching.html