license add -license-code <key>).A: No. Licenses are locked to the target system’s serial number. Copying will produce a “Host mismatch” error.
A NetApp license file generator creates license key files (typically .lic or similar) that activate licensed features on NetApp ONTAP storage systems. These files encode license IDs, feature names, expiration (if any), node/cluster identifiers, and cryptographic signatures that the ONTAP system validates. netapp license file generator