Installing a License Key

Prerequisites

You have received the e-mail containing the 424 or 428 character license key and installation data from SAP.

Procedure

Copy the file from the e-mail to a local file on your computer, for example, with copy and paste.
Log on to the host where the central instance of the SAP system is running at operating system level as user <sid>adm.
Enter the command saplikey pf=<profile> -install <filename>. The file name is the name of the file that you created in the first step.

Example

----- Begin SAP License -----

SAPSYSTEM=PRD

HARDWARE-KEY=A0123456789

INSTNO=0123456789

BEGIN=20070101

EXPIRATION=99991231

LKEY=MIIBOgYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIBKzCCAScCAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAM

AsGCSqGSIb3DQEHATGCAQYwggECAgEBMFgwUjELMAkGA1UEBhMCREU

xHDAaBgNVBAoTE215U0FQLmNvbSBXb3JrcGxhY2UxJTAjBgNVBAMTHG15

U0FQLmNvbSBXb3JrcGxhY2UgQ0EgKGRzYSkCAgGhMAkGBSsOAwIaBQCg

XTAYBgkqhkiG9w0BCQMxCwYJKoZIhvcNAQcBMBwGCSqGSIb3DQEJBTEPF

w0wNzA5MjYwODU5NDBaMCMGCSqGSIb3DQEJBDEWBBS99auiSbb4SxorO

fWFTayQ6T+q9DAJBgcqhkjOOAQDBC4wLAIUb3fpAWNUvYHWrYmT3GSqog

a9AacCFH2iB9SU32Odq7IDMasrWchHyEfG

SWPRODUCTNAME=NetWeaver_ADA

SWPRODUCTLIMIT=2147483647

SYSTEM-NR=012345678901234567

The system displays the following message: 1 SAP license key(s) successfully installed.

Result

The license key is now installed and activated. Check whether you can log on to the system with a user other than SAP*. If you can, the license key was correctly installed.