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`	Create a C2V for an AutoVE license (mutually exclusive with general, non AutoVE licenses).
`-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.
`-s, --silent`	Run v2c in silent mode. New in version 1.1.23
`-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`	Displays the license clients connected to the server.
`-r, --register`	Displays the registered license clients.
`-o, --output file.csv`	Send command output to a CSV file. New in version 1.1.23.
`-u, --usage`	Shows license utilization. That is, it shows how many of the allowed instances for each product sections are currently used and how many instances are still available. New in version 1.1.23.
`-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. Important notes regarding the user on the ESXi host or the vCenter Server: The username on the vCenter Server can take different forms: Simple username example for web-GUI:`myusername`example for esxi_bind command: `-u myusername` Username includes a domain name in one of the following two formats: <domain>\<username> example for web-GUI: `mydomain\myusername`example for esxi_bind command: `-u 'mydomain\myusername'` <username>@<domain> example for web-GUI: `myusername@mydomain`example for esxi_bind command:`-u myusername@mydomain` The user must have at least the following global permissions (i.e. the permissions cannot be limited to a specific VM): Datastore > Allocate Space VirtualMachine > Config > AddNewDisk VirtualMachine > Config > RemoveDisk 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).
`-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.
`-l debug`	Enable debug log output.
`-h, --help`	Print the usage information.
No parameter	If run without parameters, the system will attempt to start the license server.

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