Install a new PeerGFS license

Whenever you upgrade to a new version of PeerGFS, you need to install a new license.  If you downgrade PeerGFS to a lower major release, you may need to install the older license.

An expired license will stop current jobs, and a new license will need to be applied to start the jobs again.

See Step-by-step guide for instructions on obtaining and installing a new license.

Step-by-step guide

To obtain a new license:

1. Request the license using the Peer Global File Service Upgrade Form. 

2. Download the license file and store it in a readily accessible place.

3. If you are using the Peer Management Center rich client, place the license file on the desktop of the Windows Server hosting the PMC.

To install a new license file:

1. Open Peer Management Center client.  This can be the rich client on a Windows Server or the web client.

2. If you are installing a license for a version of PeerGFS prior to v6.0, select Preferences from the Window menu.
   If you are installing a license for a version of PeerGFS v6.0 or above, select Open Preferences from the Tools menu.

3. Select Licensing.

4. Click Add/Update.
   
   If you are using the Peer Management Center rich client on Windows, you see will a dialog similar to:
   
   
   If you are using the web client, you will see a dialog similar to:
   
   

5. Browse to the location of the new license file.

6. Click Open.

7. Click Yes to overwrite the existing license.
   
   

8. Click Apply or Apply and Close to update the new license file.
   

9. If syncing has stopped, you will need to restart all the jobs.

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