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Is there a way to check the details of the Splunk license other than the Manager - License Menu. I was recently requested to remove and install a new license on a Splunk instance. I did so using the GUI in Splunk manager. But afterwards the manager appears to have two licenses installed. I removed them both and re-entered the new license provided, however I still see two license entries.

Is there another method, perhaps at the command line, to verify the current license installed? Should I see two licenses in the GUI Manager if only 1 is installed?

Thanks.

asked 31 Oct '11, 08:49

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Hi DTERM

to answer your first question: yes there is a cli command to display license information. just enter

$SPLUNK_HOME\bin\splunk show license
%SPLUNK_HOME%\bin\splunk.exe show license

and you get all your license information.

cheers

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answered 02 Nov '11, 05:38

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Documentation on managing licenses using the CLI is here: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/LicenserCLIcommands

You can also gain a lot of information about your license usage with the Deployment Monitor app:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.2.4/Deploy/Startthedeploymentmonitor

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answered 02 Nov '11, 10:13

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Well, it is certainly no problem as such to have more than one license installed (as of version 4.2)

The licenses gets added so to speak. 5GB + 10GB = 15GB

Did you restart Splunkd after changing the licenses. Don't know if it is really required, but it might help clean out old garbage.

/Kristian

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answered 31 Oct '11, 09:02

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OK, I'll assume this is normal behavior for Splunk. I did restart the service afterwards and I still see two licenses. I repeated the process several times, removing and adding, and I still see two. I'll assume this is normal. Thanks.

(31 Oct '11, 09:06) DTERM
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