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1. Use ssh to log in on the license server instance (assuming that username/password login is possible for an on-premises VMware installation).
   # ssh <user>@<license-server-ip>
   where
   
   1. <user> is the user for interactive login associated with your license server system
   2. <license-server-ip> the ip address of your license server system
      
2. Become the privileged user and run the esxi_bind program.
   1. Become the root user: # sudo -i
   2. Run the esxi_bind program: # /opt/license-server/esxi_bind -a <address> -u <username> -p <password>
where
      1. <address> is the IP address of the ESXi host or vCenter Server
      2. <username> is a user with on the ESXi host or vCenter Server. Make sure the user has at least the following permissions:
         

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      3. <password> is the password of the user
3. If the command is successful, it will create the file /opt/license-server/config.ini containing the connection data (the password is encrypted).

Please note: if username and/or password contain Unix shell meta-characters, these characters must be escaped (enclose the string in single quotes, or add a backslash character in front of the meta-character).

Collecting the Fingerprint Data on the License Server

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