Delete central module license for non-existent module?

[RayPesek]

I need to delete a central license from an R55 SmartCenter for a now non-existent enforcement module. It failed and was replaced by an Edge.

I can't detach it because it can't talk to the gateway and CP support says it's not possible to delete it without a working gateway. I'm having a little difficulty believing this, frankly.

Could this possibly be true and if not, how would you do this?

I have NOT yet deleted the Check Point gateway object, although it's not used anywhere.

Thanks,

Ray

[rayden69]

In my experience if you delete the gateway object the license will became available for use again post saving your policy.

[northlandboy]

Rayden is right. If you delete the object from within SmartDashboard, it will come up "detaching license" or something similar for a little while, then eventually it gives up on that, and marks the license as detached in SmartUpdate.

I've done it several times.

That is appalling support from Check Point - they should know better than that.

I'm fairly certain you could also use GuiDBedit to mark the license as detached.

[RayPesek]

Yep, that worked perfectly. Thanks to both of you. It *seemed* to me that it should work that way, but I don't like making changes that could prove, uh, "bad", even with backups available.

Ray