Deleting, updating, cleaning licenses in sddc manager

By Kader September 14, 2022 #clean sddc key, #clean sddc license, #delete sddc license, #delete sddc manager key, #update sddc key, #update sddc license

When you try to delete a license from sddc manager manager it fails and throws a error message that it is in use, like below

This would happen if you need to update, clean your licensing on one or more products on a VCF deployed environment. You can update SDDC manager with a new license but you will still need to apply the license directly on the product (such as vCenter)

This is the workaround to update the licenses on sddc manager

ssh to sddc manager
login in as vcf
su
cd /
psql –host=localhost -U postgres
\c operationsmanager
\x
select * from licensemanager.licensekey;
delete from licensemanager.licensekey where key=’55555-55555-55555-55555-55555′;
\q