Smart License usage is out of compliance.

[MedTiti92]

Hi Guys, i have this issues "Smart License usage is out of compliance." ... what is the solution of this error 

Thanks !

[balaji.bandi]

Looks like it was registered a long time in 2020 ( what happens when you click  re-authorise )

First, i would log in to the portal and check the License and any alerts related to the License.

Second, if all that is good, I will troubleshoot  - is the FMC able to reach the smart license Server ? (follow below guide)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/firepower-management-center/215838-fmc-and-ftd-smart-license-registration-a.html#anc6

[MedTiti92]

Yes i logged to the portail and i see this in the portal : 

[balaji.bandi]

check the details it will give you more information - check your oder or purchase  ?

[Aref Alsouqi · Accepted solution]

Try this please:

1) Go into the FMC CLI into expert mode

2) Type "sudo su -" and type in the password

3) Issue the command "rm /etc/sf/gch/call_home_ca"

4) Issue the command "pmtool restartbyid sla"

5) Issue the command "pmtool restartbyid CloudAgent"

6) Wait a couple of minutes and check the registration again.

[Marvin Rhoads]

If you are running an older release, you need to update it to allow FMC to accept the newer certificates that Cisco has been using for some time now.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/field-notices/723/fn72332.html

[MedTiti92]

@Marvin RhoadsI'm using 6.5.0 in FMC, manage two FTD(6.3.0) ... 

@Aref Alsouqi are will be some impact in the production with thoses command

Thanks !

[Aref Alsouqi]

No impact AFAIK. The issue would be related to a change from Cisco side of a trusted certificate. The steps I provided should fix the issue, however, if that doesn't help please follow the instructions of the "Firepower - Manual Certificate Update" in the link @Marvin Rhoads provided. Please remember to issue the command "pmtool restartbyid CloudAgent" which is not documented on that link I think. If you don't issue this additional command you would need to wait for the FMC to trigger the synch again which I don't know how long it would take.

[MedTiti92]

is it a problem of licence expired or just an update of FMC & FTD

[Marvin Rhoads]

It's (usually) not a problem of license being expired but rather the FMC not trusting the updated certificates being used by Cisco.

If you are running 6.5.0 managing 6.3.0 devices I strongly recommend you evaluate your operations as the version are quite out of date and subject to a lot of bugs and lacking features included in the more current releases.

[MedTiti92]

Thanks Guys ! like @Marvin Rhoads said, it is about FMC not trusting certificates being used by Cisco ..