Aria Operations for Logs license is not valid error after upgrade

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

• You receive warning that the license is not valid after a successful upgrade of Aria Operations for Logs.
• "You are not using a valid Operations for Logs license. Obtain an evaluation or permanent license from the product download page"

Environment

Aria Operations for Logs 8.16

Cause

• The license has become corrupt during the upgrade process.
• An invalid license will look like the following.
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Resolution

• Browse directly to each node in the cluster and verify the license is valid.
  • A valid license looks similar to XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
• Click the x to remove the the license if it is displaying as invalid.
• Copy the valid license key from one of the other nodes or from your Broadcom account portal if all the nodes have invalid license error.
• Add the valid license.