Symptom
- Database enters lockdown state; only license handling commands allowed (SQLCODE 437).
- Installing a permanent license fails with: error 436: could not set system license; exception 6999001: Failed to install a permanent license.
- Nameserver trace may show: “Unexpected syntax: no '=' found” and “Line 11 of the license key file”.
- License status check shows PERMANENT=FALSE, VALID=FALSE, LOCKED_DOWN=TRUE; installation/system identifiers may display as unknown.
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Environment
SAP HANA Database
Keywords
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