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title: "Installing an Operations Center License onto an Existing NetMRI Appliance"
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Installing an Operations Center license is a process that should only be done on appliances that are qualified to operate as such. Otherwise, the process is straightforward.

To install an Operations Center license:

1. Convert the NetMRI appliance to an Operations Center Controller:
  1. Obtain an Operations Center license from Infoblox.
  2. Upload the license into the admin account's /Backup directory using WinSCP or a similar program.
  3. Log into the administrative shell and enter the `license ``<NameOfLicenseFile>` command.
2. Log in to the administrative shell and then enter the `configure`` tunserver` command. Answer the prompts to set up the basic tunnel server settings, as described in the section *<span style="color: #0000ff">[3rd](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Step:](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Running](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Configure](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Tunserver](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[on](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[the](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Controller](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRIAdminG752/pages/41944314)</span>*.