ESX License Information using VI Toolkit

[Rogg23]

Hi,

Is there a way I can list out the total number of licenses (total and remaining) from the vi toolkit?

I want to list it out, similar to how it appears under administration|Licenses in VirtualCenter, e.g.

License Feature	Cost	Remaining	Total
ESX Server Standard	1/CPU Package	40	56
VMotion	1/CPU Package	40	56
VMware HA	1/CPU Package	40	56

But all I want to list is the feature, total, remaining.

Thanks.

Roger.

[alanrenouf]

Have you seen this great article by Hugo Peeters ?

http://www.peetersonline.nl/index.php/vmware/getting-detailed-vmware-license-information-with-powers...

This explains how to access the license info.

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Alan Renouf

[Rogg23]

Hi Alan,

Yes I have seen Hugo's article.

But I am afraid, being new to all things powershell, I didn't quite understand how to get the information I require.

[alanrenouf · Accepted solution]

There are no license server cmdlets at the moment afaik but I did write a script recently which gave you the features of each host and what they are licensed for, does this help ?

http://www.virtu-al.net/2009/05/22/license-server-scripts/

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Alan Renouf

[Rogg23]

Thanks Alan,

That is perfect. I understand that enough to be able to obtain the information I want and format it how I want.

Thanks,

Roger.