Troubleshooting Tip: 'License has been uploaded' issue

This is assuming that the VM has already full internet access or can otherwise reach the FortiGuard servers.

Troubleshooting Tip: Unable to connect to FDS servers

If the issue is not solved continue with the 2 Workarounds:

Disable ANYCAST:

1. Downgrade to the old version.
2. Disable anycast in the old version.

Enable it first:

FortiWeb1 # config system global
FortiWeb1 (global) # set fortiguard-anycast enable
FortiWeb1 (global) # end

And disable it again to make sure it is disabled:

FortiWeb1 # config system global
FortiWeb1 (global) # set fortiguard-anycast disable
FortiWeb1 (global) # end

3. upgrade the firmware again to v7.2.0.

Upgrade to 7.2.1 and above:

1. Downgrade to the old version.
2. Upgrade firmware again to 7.2.1.