Remove an iLO5 Advanced license

[chypsa]

I can't find a solid guide for the removal of the iLO5 Advanced license.

delete /map1 license command returns an error "COMMAND ERROR-UNSPECIFIED"...Invalid Target. From what I understand, it's no longer used (that way).

From what I can see, there is no option to remove it via GUI. What am I missing? Any help would be appreciated. 

I am disinclined to resetting iLO to factory settings. Is there any other way?

[sfrench-quilter · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can do this using RIBCL last time I checked.
Get yourself the 'hponcfg' application, there are various versions for Linux, Windows etc.

Create a xml file with the following code, replace username and password with the ilo creds.
e.g. filename remove_lic.xml

<RIBCL VERSION="2.0">
   <LOGIN USER_LOGIN="username" PASSWORD="password">
      <RIB_INFO MODE="write">
         <LICENSE>
            <DEACTIVATE />
         </LICENSE>
      </RIB_INFO>
   </LOGIN>
</RIBCL>

Run the code:

./hponcfg -f remove_lic.xml

If you are running it remotely or some other way, I think the XML code is the same, but the way you run it may be different.
Not sure if there is some way to use powershell to execute the RIBCL command, someone else may be able to help with that.

[ChrisLynch]

Using a RIBCL command is a supported method to removing the license, besides performing a factory reset of the system.

[chypsa]

Hello and thank you to both of you!

It took me a while to go around some basic, silly mistakes initially and to learn and understand what it was I was actually observing.

As you both stated, using HPE Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility for Windows x64 Editions, running from CMD or Powershell, I was able to easily remove the license.

For posterity,  as stated before, you need to create an XML file containing the below section and save it (I used the filename Remove-iLO-license.xml):

<RIBCL VERSION="2.0">
   <LOGIN USER_LOGIN="username" PASSWORD="password">
      <RIB_INFO MODE="write">
         <LICENSE>
            <DEACTIVATE />
         </LICENSE>
      </RIB_INFO>
   </LOGIN>
</RIBCL>

Save this file in the folder where you installed the iLO Config Utility for less hassle. For me, this was the default folder (C:\Program Files\Hewlett Packard Enterprise\HPONCFG).

Then run the command:

.\hponcfg.exe /u <insert username> /p <insert password> /f .\Remove-iLO-license.xml

Again, big thanks to both @sfrench-quilter and @ChrisLynch for helping out.

[sfrench-quilter]

Glad it worked out, thanks for the feedback.