Newbie: Veritas (VxVM 4.1) License question

Hello fellow Admins,
This is my first upgrade from using a DEMO license to a Perm. license on Veritas Volume Manager.
During an upgrade on one of our production systems we used a DEMO license to start and configure all Veritas Volumes on the new sever. Once everything was up and running we shutdown the old server and migrated the old 3.2 license to become a 4.1 license. I have successfully applied it now on my Solaris 10 server.
Now to my questions:
When i run 'vxlicrep' the systems displays both the Demo license and the new permanent license. I have ~10days left on the Demo license.
Can i remove the Demo license under /etc/vx/licenses/lic/*.vxlic or does the system automatically start using the Permanent License once the Demo has expired.
Is there a reboot needed to activate the perm lic?
Regards,
Pierre

Case closed.
I was sort of on the right track. After deleting the .vxlic file one has to init the daemon for the new license.
1, Delete or Move the license key file in /etc/vx/licenses/lic/*.vxlic
2, Then issue: vxdctl license init [enter]
vxdctl license init forces vxconfigd to rescan the licenses and make the new licenses available.
Regards,
Pierre

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