• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 20,21,22,23
• Relevant for Installation Type: Dedicated-Direct; Direct; Local;

Desired Outcome/Goal:

To apply a new Aleph license from Ex Libris to the server.

Procedure:

1. Login to UNIX server as "aleph" user and enter the following commands.

2. aet
To change to the ./alephe/tab directory.

3. cp -p license license.save.<ddmmyyy>
To save a backup copy of the current license where <ddmmyyyy> is the current date

4. vi license
To be able to edit the file.

5. Copy and paste the full text of the new license to overwrite the old license.

6. :wq
To save the file.

[If installing x-server license too, follow the next four steps; otherwise, skip to step 11.]

7. cp -p license.www_x license.www_x.save
To save a backup copy of the current license.www_x file.

8. vi license.www_x

9. Copy and paste the full text of the new license.www_x file to overwrite the old version.

10. :wq

11. dlib xxx01
To access the xxx01 library.

12. util y/11
To "Display License Status" of both the "Main License file" and the "X-Server License file", to confirm the file has been applied and all lines are as expected.

Restart Aleph to update license across servers:

13. aer
To access ./alephe/root directory.

14. csh -f aleph_shutdown > & aleph_shutdown_<date>.log &
To begin the Aleph shutdown process and create a log file for it.

15. tail -f aleph_shutdown_<date>.log
To view the end of the log file. This may take a couple of minutes, but will display "Done" when completed.

16. csh -f aleph_startup > & aleph_startup_<date>.log &
To begin the restart process, and create a log file for it.

17. tail -f aleph_startup_<date>.log
To view the end of the log file. This may take a couple of minutes, but will display "Done" when completed.