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Power7 Machine "IBM i grace period expired"

  • 1.  Power7 Machine "IBM i grace period expired"

    Posted Fri December 30, 2022 11:21 AM

    Have an old machine supporting a couple LPARs which cannot be upgraded, and the server does not have SWMA support...
    Getting this message in QSYSOPR message queue:

    Message ID . . . . . . : CPF9E7C Severity . . . . . . . : 90
    Message type . . . . . : Information
    Date sent . . . . . . : 30-12-22 Time sent . . . . . . : 05:58:59

    Message . . . . : IBM i grace period expired.
    Cause . . . . . : The software license grace period for IBM i has expired. A
    software license key is required to successfully complete the next initial
    program load (IPL).
    Recovery . . . : Contact your IBM marketing representative or IBM business
    partner for a new IBM i software license key. Use the Add License Key
    Information (ADDLICKEY) command to add the software license key.

    Nothing tells me which key is expired.  And I can't IPL the machine or it won't come back up.

    And when I do a DSPLICKEY to a file, and run a sql to see the key expirations, I don't see any products that HAVE expiration dates
    The dash after the "YES" is the expiration date.  Dash = null value. 

    INSTALLED EXPIRES GRACE LICPGM LIC_TERM RLS_LVL FEATURE PROC_GRP DESCRIPTION
    YES - 70 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5050 P10 IBM i
    YES - 0 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5051 P10 IBM i
    YES - 0 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5052 P10 IBM i
    YES - 70 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5103 P10 Media and Storage Extensions
    YES - 70 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5112 P10 PSF for IBM i 1-55 IPM Printer Support
    YES - 70 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5113 P10 PSF for IBM i 1-100 IPM Printer Support
    YES - 70 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5114 P10 PSF for IBM i Any Speed Printer Support
    YES - 70 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5116 P10 HA Switchable Resources
    YES - 70 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5117 P10 HA Journal Performance
    YES - 70 5722IP1 V5R3M0 V5R3M0 5050 P10 IBM Infoprint Server for iSeries
    NO - 70 5722IP1 V5R3M0 V5R3M0 5101 P10 IBM Infoprint Server for iSeries PS to AFP tran
    YES - 70 5733QU2 V1R1M1 V1R1M1 5050 P10 IBM DB2 Web Query for i Option Base
    YES - 70 5733QU2 V1R1M1 V1R1M1 5101 P10 IBM DB2 Web Query for i Option 1
    YES - 70 5733QU2 V1R1M1 V1R1M1 5102 P10 IBM DB2 Web Query for i Option 2
    YES - 70 5733QU2 V1R1M1 V1R1M1 5104 P10 IBM DB2 Web Query for i Option 4
    YES - 70 5733QU2 V1R1M1 V1R1M1 5105 P10 IBM DB2 Web Query for i Option 5
    YES - 70 5733QU2 V1R1M1 V1R1M1 5106 P10 IBM DB2 Web Query for i Option 6
    YES - 70 5733QU3 V1R1M1 V1R1M1 5050 P10 IBM DB2 Web Query Report Broker
    YES - 70 5733QU4 V1R1M1 V1R1M1 5050 P10 IBM DB2 Web Query Software Development Kit

    YES - 70 5761CM1 V6R1M0 V6R1M0 5050 P10 Communications Utilities
    YES - 70 5770AF1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5050 P10 IBM AFP Utilities
    YES - 70 5770BR1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5050 P10 Backup Recovery and Media Services for IBM i
    YES - 70 5770BR1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5101 P10 BRMS-Network Feature
    NO - 70 5770BR1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5102 P10 BRMS-Advanced Functions Feature
    YES - 70 5770DE1 V7R1M0 V7R1M0 5050 P10 DB2 Extenders
    YES - 70 5770HAS V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5051 P10 PowerHA for i Enterprise Edition
    NO - 70 5770HAS V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5052 P10 PowerHA for i Standard Edition
    NO - 70 5770HAS V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5053 P10 PowerHA for i Express Edition
    NO - 70 5770HAS V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5054 P10 Reserved
    NO - 70 5770HAS V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5055 P10 Reserved
    YES - 70 5770PT1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5050 P10 IBM Performance Tools for i - Base
    YES - 70 5770PT1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5101 P10 Performance Tools - Manager Feature
    YES - 70 5770PT1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5102 P10 Performance Tools - Agent Feature
    YES - 70 5770PT1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5103 P10 Performance Tools - Job Watcher
    NO - 70 5770PT1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5104 P10 Performance Tools - Reserved
    NO - 70 5770PT1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5105 P10 Performance Tools - Reserved
    YES - 70 5770QU1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5050 P10 IBM Query for i
    YES - 70 5770ST1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5050 P10 IBM DB2 Query Manager and SQL Development Kit

    YES - 0 5770WDS V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5050 P10 IBM Rational Development Studio for i
    YES - 70 5770WDS V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5103 P10 Application Development ToolSet
    YES - 70 5770WDS V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5101 P10 ILE COMPILERS: RPG, COBOL, C/C++
    YES - 70 5770WDS V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5102 P10 HERITAGE COMPILERS: OPM, S/36, S/38 RPG COBOL
    YES - 0 5770XW1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5050 P10 IBM i Access Family
    YES - 70 5770XW1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5101 P10 IBM i Access Enablement Support



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    Marc Carpenter
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  • 2.  RE: Power7 Machine "IBM i grace period expired"

    Posted Sun February 19, 2023 10:31 AM

    Depends on the situation, but the ESS site should have the keys for 7.2.  You shouldn't need SWMA to access the keys.

    https://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ess/landing/index.html



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    Jim
    Wannabe Curmudgeon...
    Senior Systems Engineer
    CAS Severn, Inc
    Laurel, MD
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  • 3.  RE: Power7 Machine "IBM i grace period expired"

    IBM Champion
    Posted Mon February 20, 2023 01:59 AM
    Edited by Satid Singkorapoom Mon February 20, 2023 06:55 AM

    Dear Marc

    >>>> Nothing tells me which key is expired. <<<<

    The message CAUSE section says about a need for a license key to complete IPL. This means you need to enter a valid license key of IBM i itself - product ID 5770SS1. 

    >>>>

    INSTALLED EXPIRES GRACE LICPGM LIC_TERM RLS_LVL FEATURE PROC_GRP DESCRIPTION
    YES - 70 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5050 P10 IBM i
    YES - 0 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5051 P10 IBM i
    YES - 0 5770SS1 V7R2M0 V7R2M0 5052 P10 IBM i

    <<<< 

    The number in front of the product ID is the remaining days of grace period. I see zero and 70.  70 means you never use that sw product for the first time yet after installing it without entering a valid key.  In the sample above, zero is for FC5051 and 5052 of 5770SS1 which are processor-based and user-based keys for IBM i OS itself.  You need to enter a valid key for each.   I see zero in a few more lines as well - WDS and IBM i Access.   

    >>>> I don't see any products that HAVE expiration dates <<<<

    When GRACE PERIOD is indicated, it means you NEVER entered any license key at all before. So, you cannot see any "existing" expiry date which you will see only after a temp key was entered before. 

    >>>> And I can't IPL the machine or it won't come back up. <<<<

    When temp license key or grace period of IBM i itself expires, it will ask you from the console session in the early stage of IPL process to enter the license key for IPL process to continue. 

    >>>> the server does not have SWMA support.. <<<<

    Have you ever requested license keys for IBM i 7.2 before for this machine?  If not and without an active SWMA, you are out of luck and cannot get the keys for IBM i 7.2 and all its licensed programs in your machine.

    FYI, next time you have any question having to do with IBM i, it would be better to post your quetions in the community group named IBM i Global where there are a thousand members. 

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    Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think. -- Albert Einstein.
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    Satid S.
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