License Key Backup And Restoring - Agilent Technologies N9039A Service Manual

Post-Repair Procedures
What You Will Find in This Chapter

License Key Backup and Restoring

Whenever the A7 Midplane board assembly is replaced all instrument license keys
will be lost. To easily recover from this it is highly recommended that all installed
instrument license keys be backed up prior to replacing the assembly, if possible.
Use the following procedures to both backup the license before the assembly
replacement as well as restore them once the assembly has been replaced.
Backup
1. Insert a USB storage device into one of the instrument USB ports.
2. Using either My Computer or the Windows Explorer navigate to the following
3. Copy the entire contents of the licensing folder to the root directory of the USB
4. Remove the USB storage device from the instrument and set it aside for future
Restore
After an A7 Midplane board replacement, be sure to write the instrument model
NOTE
and serial number back into the instrument before restoring the instrument license
keys. If the instrument does not have the correct model and serial number in it
prior to attempting to restore the license keys it will not accept the licenses. (See
the
1. Once the replacement A7 Midplane board assembly has been installed and
2. The instrument will automatically see the license key files in the root directory
3. Once all of the instrument license keys have been reinstalled remove the USB
4. Cycle the instrument power for the reinstalled license keys to take affect.
5. Verify that all of the instrument license keys have been restored by viewing the
6. Once you are satisfied that all of the original license keys have been reinstalled
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folder:
C:\Program Files\Agilent\licensing
storage device.
use.
"Programming Model and Serial Numbers" on page 231
programmed with the correct instrument model and serial number insert the
USB storage device that the instrument license key files were copied onto into
one of the instrument USB ports.
of the drive and will install them.
storage device from the instrument.
System -> Show -> System screen
insert the USB storage device into a PC and remove the license key files from it
so that further insertions of the drive into the same or other instruments will not
re-initiate the license key installation.
of this chapter.)
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