The customer is using Cisco Unified Intelligence Center on a virtual machine and reports that the license has become invalid. Which three options can cause this problem?

Question

Options

• ACisco Unified Intelligence Center Publisher is not in service.
• BIP address was changed.
• CTime zone was changed.
• DNumber of historical reports exceeded the system limits.
• EHostname was changed.
• FSecondary DNS was changed.

• A
  7% (2)
• B
  90% (27)
• F
  3% (1)

Explanation

Cisco Unified Intelligence Center (CUIC) licensing on a virtual machine is tied to specific system identifiers - when these change, the license server can no longer verify the installation, rendering the license invalid. B (IP address change), C (time zone change), and E (hostname change) all modify parameters that CUIC uses to fingerprint the virtual machine for license validation; any of these changes breaks that fingerprint and invalidates the license.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A - The Publisher being out of service is an availability/connectivity issue, not a license invalidation trigger; the license itself remains valid.
• D - Exceeding historical report limits causes performance or access restrictions, not license invalidation.
• F - Secondary DNS is a network resolution setting and is not part of the license fingerprint.

Memory tip: Think of the license as a "machine passport" - it's bound to who you are (hostname), where you are (IP address), and when you are (time zone). Change any of these identity markers on the VM and the passport no longer matches, invalidating the license. Anything operational (Publisher status, DNS, report counts) doesn't affect the identity check.

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