How to Update ASE License on SAP Netweaver AS 7.5x

Updated March 24th 2023!

Přehráním videa souhlasíte se zásadami ochrany osobních údajů YouTube.

Zjistit vícePovolit video
Download the License file here, or directly from SAP.com website here.

Updated March 13th 2023!

In these days we have received information from SAP about requiring to update ASE license to all of our Fully Pre-Installed SAP systems purchased from ABAP Academy website.

That’s why we all need to update licenses till March 31st 2023!

I have already prepared a quick step guide video with

  • easy-to-follow resources
  • copy&paste format for you.

In case of any questions, please make sure you ask in our FB support group or directly here in comments of this blog post.

For people who are visual followers of step guides, here is the video format recorded in 2021 but relevant for the update in 2023 as well.

Přehráním videa souhlasíte se zásadami ochrany osobních údajů YouTube.

Zjistit vícePovolit video

For those of you who appreciate text based instructions on how to update ASE license, this is going to be something for you ;-)

1. Download the License.rar file from SAP.com

2. Download command line instructions in txt format

3. Extract License.rar file, e.g. using 7-zip

4. We need to access these files inside our virtual machine. For this you can either:

a) Upload files to any cloud storage and download them inside of VM

b) Copy files to your USB drive and attach your USB to virtual machine

How to update ASE License - How to access USB drive in VM
How to access USB drive in VM

5. Download your upgrade ASE License files into the Download folder

How to update ASE License - Copy files from USB to Downloads folder
Copy files from USB to Downloads folder
How to update ASE License - Copy files to Downloads folder
Copy files to the Downloads folder

6. Open Terminal

How to update ASE License - Open Terminal
Open Terminal

7. Open up file “Commands-for-ASE-License-Upgrade-2021.txt” and run all the commands mentioned there.

su -l npladm

Pwd: SAPSystem777

cd /sybase/NPL/SYSAM-2_0/licenses/

sudo rm SYBASE_ASE_TestDrive.lic

Pwd: abap777

sudo cp /home/abapacademy/Downloads/License/SYBASE_ASE_TestDrive/SYBASE_ASE_TestDrive.lic /sybase/NPL/SYSAM-2_0/licenses/

sudo mv SYBASE_ASE_TestDrive.lic SYBASE_ASE_TD.lic

8. Close all the windows in VM and restart it

Update ASE License is done.

Happy updating ;-)

Comments
  1. jeremie says:

    Hi, I can’t find the sybase folder when updating the license. I have used the openSUSE-Leap-15.5-NET-x86_64-Build491.1-Media.iso for my virtual machine. What should i do?

  2. Muks says:

    Hi ladislav,

    Can you tell me how do I create npladm user first if I am not following the exact tutorial?

    -MA

  3. Jon says:

    Thanks. It worked. BTW. I was able to email the license to my self.

  4. tester says:

    I had followed your tutorial on installation SAP, and it was working till yesterday. But today. It stopped working when I run “startsapp all” command. I updated license to expire in 2025. But still its giving me error.

    startdb was killed or interrupted. Terminating

    • Well, our accesses work after ASE license updates so seems that you missed something in the update process. But not sure what it is since I am not able to see your system.
      The only thing I can recommend is to stop SAP system, and restart the VM.

  5. Kartheek says:

    Hi ladislav,
    when i applying licensing i type in:
    su -l npladm i get the error:
    su: user npladm does not exist or the user does not contain all the required fields.

    Please Help me

    • I will answer the same way as in the previous comment: Do you have your own SAP trial system installed as described in this tutorial? If not, please take a look how to create npladm user first.

    • Reign says:

      Hi Kartheek, I meet the same issue, could you resolve it?
      Please help me, thanks!

  6. Sasaki Haise says:

    I have followed the guide you linked step by step until it said to update the license, but the problem still occurs.

    When i type in:
    su -l npladm i get the error:
    su: user npladm does not exist or the user does not contain all the required fields.

    Please Help me

  7. Herbert Zink says:

    First of all, thank you so much for this detailed installation guide! I had some problems with installing SAP Server and looked at the info.txt of the license . Its says “Extended expiry: 31-mar-2022”. However this is the only license file I can find online, is there an update?

  8. Mario Samardzic says:

    I tried command:
    su -l npladm
    and got the error:
    su: user npladm does not exist or the user does not contain all the required fields. I tried to instal many times, and other tutorials, and always got the same error.
    VirtualBox 6.1.32 openSUSE Leap 15.3.2

  9. korean92 says:

    hi
    if you link for Downloads license.rar file is not working,
    just F12 and CLICK http://sap.abapacademy.com/License.rar

    anyway thank you i solved

  10. John says:

    Thanks,

    works with minor issues
    (npladm does not have rights to change, did it as root)

    Regards

    John

  11. Adalberto Pereira says:

    The first link is also not working here (404 Not Found)…

  12. Z Ahmed says:

    Hi,

    The link for step 1 (download license.rar file) is not working.
    Is there an alternative link?

    Regards,

    • What exactly happens on your side? WHat does it mean that the link is not working? On our side, and for other users, downloading works fine. Can you please give us more details about your problem?

  13. sap abap training in vijayawada says:

    We have read the entire article and very impressed with your information so Thankyou so much you all for your support. You made a good website it very help us. I am satisfied with your site.
    sap abap training in vijayawada

  14. Pierre Cairampoma Barrós says:

    link is no longer available

    • ladislav.rydzyk@gmail.com says:

      Yes, you are right. In the meanwhile SAP has changed the installation process again.
      Most currently you don’t need to update ASE license.
      The most current and updated step-by-step guide to install the newest SAP system on your own local machine is here: http://abapacademy.com/install-sap
      Hope this will help you move on.

Add a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

 

Your personal information will be exclusively used for processing current comment only. Personal data protection policy