CHARON-VAX provides the following set of utilities:
| Utility | Description |
|---|---|
| mkdskcmd | Used to create CHARON virtual disk containers of custom or standard types. This utility also may be used to transfer virtual disks of one type to virtual disks of another type. |
| mtd | Used to create CHARON tape images from physical tapes and to write tape images back to physical tapes. |
| hasp_srm_view | Used to display the CHARON license contents, to collect the host system fingerprint and to transfer software licenses from one host to another. |
| hasp_update | Sentinel standard utility used to retrieve Sentinel protection key information, detache a license from a Sentinel SL key and rehost a license from a Sentinel SL key |
| ncu | Used to dedicate a host interface to CHARON-VAX, to release it back to the host and to manage CHARON virtual interfaces (TAPs). |
| CHARON Guest Utilities for OpenVMS | Used to manage virtual tapes and CHARON performance. |
All these utilities (except for CHARON Guest Utilities for OpenVMS) are invoked from the Linux console command line.