F5 | 469724

Bug ID 469724: When evaluation/demonstration features expire, features enabled by both evaluation and perpetual licenses also expire ... Last Modified: Apr 26, 2024 ... Symptoms ... Evaluation features cause perpetual features to expire when the evaluation license expires. ... Impact ... When an evaluation/demonstration add-on license expires, features included in both the evaluation add-on as well as the regular, perpetual license stop working. ... This behavior is covered in F5 article K4679: BIG-IP evaluation and demonstration licenses do expire :: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K4679. ... -- Perpetual license with an evaluation/demonstration add-on feature. -- The add-on license expires or is expired. ... Workaround ... To work around this issue, activate the license from the command line: When reactivating an existing license, and deactivating an expired evaluation license key, specify the base registration key and add-on (if any), and use the -i option for the expired eval...