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QRadar: Managed hosts services fail to start due to error "Invalid or expired license detected, stopping all processes"

Troubleshooting


Problem

QRadar Managed Host services check for the license entitlement when they start. The license values are included in the database copy that is transferred regularly to managed hosts from the Console by the replication process.
When a managed host is not able to retrieve the current values of the database, a mismatch occurs and causes the license check failures, services not starting, and the appliance functions are interrupted.
 

Symptom

The following symptoms can be seen when the issue occurs:
  • The managed host state is shown as unknown in the Console's user interface.
  • The system notification about license expired or invalid is received in the notifications menu.
  • On the managed host's /var/log/qradar.log, the following error is displayed:
     
    [hostcontext.hostcontext] com.q1labs.hostcontext.processmonitor.ProcessManager: 
    [INFO] [NOT:0150114104][/- -] [-/- -]Invalid or expired license detected, stopping all processes.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
26 July 2022

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ibm16602519