[j-nsp] vRR License Key

[Michael Hobl]

Hi Ross,

As far as I'm aware, vRR doesn't require any licensing within the instance
(which probably also makes sense given it does not permit any
forwarding-plane traffic).

Likewise, a quick review of a production vRR box shows nothing interesting:

admin at rr.bne01> show version
Hostname: rr.bne01
Model: vrr
Junos: 18.4R1-S1.1
[...]

admin at rr.bne01> show chassis hardware
Hardware inventory:
Item             Version  Part number  Serial number     Description
Chassis                                VRxxxxxxxxxx      VRR
Midplane
Routing Engine                                           RE-VRR

admin at rr.bne01> show system license
License usage:
                                 Licenses     Licenses    Licenses    Expiry
  Feature name                       used    installed      needed
  scale-subscriber                      0           10           0
 permanent
  scale-l2tp                            0         1000           0
 permanent
  scale-mobile-ip                       0         1000           0
 permanent

Licenses installed: none

admin at rr.bne01>


HTH

- Michael


On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 12:02 AM Ross Halliday <
ross.halliday at wtccommunications.ca> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm hoping that someone here with vRR in production is able to answer me
> this simple question:
>
> After obtaining the appropriate license, is there a key that needs to be
> activated or installed?
>
> Is there a command like setting R or IR mode on a hardware MPC? Is this
> just a paper license???
>
> None of the information we received from Juniper upon purchase gives any
> indication. I have been trying to get an answer officially all week. I have
> been through our VAR, technical and sales reps, regional sales rep, and a
> Customer Service Leader, and not one of them has been able to tell me
> whether or not I should have a key, or generate one in the Agile portal, or
> what. I've been waiting on an admin ticket for two days on what should be a
> "yes" or "no" question.
>
> pls halp
>
>
> Thanks
> Ross
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