The c2v Utility

The c2v (Customer-to-Vendor) utility enables the user to collect the initial fingerprint of the license server system and later collect C2V data for license updates.

Usage: c2v [options]

The options are described in the table below:

Option	Description
`-f, --filename` name	Specifies the name of the file in which the C2V data will be stored.
`-p, --platform` platform	VE platform on which the license server runs: aws: to run on Amazon Cloud oci: to run on Oracle Cloud azure: to run on Microsoft Azure gcp: to run on Google Cloud Platform ibm: to run on the IBM cloud nutanix: to run on Nutanix AHV esxi: to run in a VMware environment physical: physical host system
`-a, --auto`	Reserved for future use.
`-t, --transfer`	Export a transfer file (.tfr) to transfer the license to another system.
`-d, --debuglog`	Print a debug log.
`-h, --help`	Print the usage information. Default if no parameter is selected.

The v2c Utility

The v2c (Vendor-to-Customer) utility enables the user to install the initial license and subsequent license updates.

Usage: v2c [options]

The options are described in the table below:

Option	Description
`-f,`--filename name	Specifies the name of the file containing the V2C data.
`-d, --debuglog`	Print a debug log.
`-h, --help`	Print the usage information. Default if no parameter is selected.

The license_viewer Utility

The license_viewer utility enables the user to displayed installed licenses.

Usage: license_viewer [options]

The options are described in the table below:

Option	Description
`-c, --client`	Lists the license clients connected to the server.
`-r, --register`	Reserved for future use.
`-h, --help`	Print the usage information
No parameter	If run without parameters, the installed licenses will be displayed.

The esxi_bind Utility

The esxi_bind utility is used to establish the connection between license server and ESXi host or vCenter Server.

Usage: esxi_bind [options]

The options are described in the table below:

Option	Description
`-a,` `--address` ip-address	IP address of the ESXi host or vCenter Server.
`-u, --username` username	Username of a user on the ESXi host or vCenter Server. The username on the vCenter Server can take different forms: Simple username esxi_bind parameter example: `-u myusername`) Username includes a domain name in one of the following two formats: <domain>\<username> esxi_bind parameter example (quotes are mandatory): `-u 'mydomain\myusername'` <username>@<domain> esxi_bind parameter example: `-u myusername@mydomain` The user must have at least the following permissions: Datastore > Allocate Space VirtualMachine > Config > AddNewDisk VirtualMachine > Config > RemoveDisk
`-p, --password` password	Password of the user specified in the username option.
`-d, --debuglog`	Print a debug log.
`-h, --help`	Print the usage information. Default if no parameter is selected.

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).

Command-Line Options of the License Server

The license server itself has some command-line options. They are described below.

Usage: license_server [options]

Option	Description
`-p, --password`	Change the password of the web GUI user charon. Available starting with version 1.1.14.
`-s, --status`	Display the status of the license_server. Available starting with version 1.1.18.
`-h, --help`	Print the usage information
No parameter	If run without parameters, the system will attempt to start the license server.

VE License Server Command-Line Utilities

The c2v Utility

The v2c Utility

The license_viewer Utility

The esxi_bind Utility

Command-Line Options of the License Server