# Replace a Management Server POL-bound license with an IP-address-bound license or a POS-bound license

If you bind an IP-address-bound license or a POS-bound license to a component that already has a Management Server POL-bound license, the component has two licenses. To avoid duplicate licenses, replace the existing Management Server POL-bound license with a new license.

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Invalid or missing licenses can prevent components from working. If you are manually replacing working licenses with new ones, we recommend that you take a backup of the Management Server before you make changes. Then you can easily roll back the changes, if needed.

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## Steps

1. Select Menu > System Tools > Install Licenses.
2. Select one or more license files, then click Install.
3. Select Configuration, then browse to Administration.
4. Expand the Licenses branch, then browse to the correct type of license.
5. Right-click the Management Server POL-bound license that is bound to the element, then select Replace by Static License.
6. Select the license to bind to the NGFW Engine.
7. Check the license information that is shown and verify that all components you meant to license have the correct new license.
8. Right-click any old licenses that might still be shown, then select Delete.
9. Refresh or install the policy to transfer the license changes to the NGFW Engine.
   CAUTION:
   After you install or refresh the policy on the NGFW Engine, the license is permanently bound to the NGFW Engine and cannot be bound to any other NGFW Engine. Permanently bound licenses cannot be rebound unless you relicense or delete the NGFW Engine element that the license is currently bound to. When unbound, a permanently bound license is shown as Retained.