ERROR
Attempts to connect to an existing database connection in ArcGIS Pro fail and return the following error:
Error: No ArcSDE server license found or SDE run-time license has expired.
The keycodes file used to create the connection from ArcGIS Server is expired. The expiration date can be identified by opening the file using a text editor, for example, Notepad++, and checking the date specified in the strings provided in the file as shown in the following image:
To resolve the issue, generate and retrieve the new keycodes file.
C:\Program Files\Esri\Licenses<version>\sysgen
Article ID: 000031579
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