Installing or upgrading a license key

• 1: New Vertica license installations
• 2: Vertica license changes

1 - New Vertica license installations

Follow these steps to install a new Vertica license:

1. Copy the license key file you generated from the Software Entitlement Key site to your Administration host.

2. Ensure the license key's file permissions are set to 400 (read permissions).

3. Install Vertica as described in the Installing Vertica if you have not already done so. The interface prompts you for the license key file.

4. To install Community Edition, leave the default path blank and click OK. To apply your evaluation or Premium Edition license, enter the absolute path of the license key file you downloaded to your Administration Host and press OK. The first time you log in as the Database Superuser and run the Administration tools, the interface prompts you to accept the End-User License Agreement (EULA).

   Note

   If you installed Management Console, the MC administrator can point to the location of the license key during Management Console configuration.

5. Choose View EULA.

6. Exit the EULA and choose Accept EULA to officially accept the EULA and continue installing the license, or choose Reject EULA to reject the EULA and return to the Advanced Menu.

2 - Vertica license changes

If your license is expiring or you want your database to grow beyond your licensed data size, you must renew or upgrade your license. After you obtain your renewal or upgraded license key file, you can install it using Administration Tools or Management Console.

Upgrading does not require a new license unless you are increasing the capacity of your database. You can add-on capacity to your database using the Software Entitlement Key. You do not need uninstall and reinstall the license to add-on capacity.

Uploading or upgrading a license key using administration tools

1. Copy the license key file you generated from the Software Entitlement Key site to your Administration host.

2. Ensure the license key's file permissions are set to 400 (read permissions).

3. Start your database, if it is not already running.

4. In the Administration Tools, select Advanced > Upgrade License Key and click OK.

5. Enter the absolute path to your new license key file and click OK. The interface prompts you to accept the End-User License Agreement (EULA).

6. Choose View EULA.

7. Exit the EULA and choose Accept EULA to officially accept the EULA and continue installing the license, or choose Reject EULA to reject the EULA and return to the Advanced Menu.

Uploading or upgrading a license key using Management Console

1. From your database's Overview page in Management Console, click the License tab. The License page displays. You can view your installed licenses on this page.

2. Click Install New License at the top of the License page.

3. Browse to the location of the license key from your local computer and upload the file.

4. Click Apply at the top of the page. Management Console prompts you to accept the End-User License Agreement (EULA).

5. Select the check box to officially accept the EULA and continue installing the license, or click Cancel to exit.

Adding capacity

If you are adding capacity to your database, you do not need to uninstall and reinstall the license. Instead, you can install multiple licenses to increase the size of your database. This additive capacity only works for licenses with the same format, such as adding a Premium license capacity to an existing Premium license type. When you add capacity, the size of license will be the total of both licenses; the previous license is not overwritten. You cannot add capacity using two different license formats, such as adding Hadoop license capacity to an existing Premium license.

You can run the AUDIT() function to verify the license capacity was added on. The reflection of add-on capacity to your license will run during the automatic run of the audit function. If you want to see the immediate result of the add-on capacity, run the AUDIT() function to refresh.