Convert a trial license on Windows

Convert a trial license to a full license without reinstalling IBM MQ .

When the trial license expires, the count-down displayed by the strmqm command informs you the license has expired, and the command does not run.

Before starting

1. IBM MQ is installed with a trial license.
2. We have access to the installation media of a fully licensed copy of IBM MQ.

About this task

Run the setmqprd command to convert a trial license to a full license.

If we do not want to apply a full license to your trial copy of IBM MQ, we can uninstall it at any time.

Procedure

1. Obtain the full license from the fully licensed installation media.

   The full license file is amqpcert.lic. On Windows it is in the \MediaRoot\licenses directory on the installation media. It is installed into the bin directory on the IBM MQ installation path.

2. Run the setmqprd command from the installation that we are upgrading:

   MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH\bin\setmqprd \MediaRoot\licenses\amqpcert.lic
   

Parent topic: Install and uninstall IBM MQ on Windows

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