Retrieve vcenter license key

[leitsu]

Hi

Is it possible to retreive vcenter license key using PowerCLI?

[mattboren]

Hello, leitsu-

You can use the LicenseManager object for the vCenter to which you last connected in your PowerCLI session, and then display the licenses that it knows of, like:

## get the license manager View object
$viewLicMgr = Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.LicenseManager

## display the licenses
$viewLicMgr.Licenses

How does that do for you?

[leitsu]

Thanks. How can I make it displaying the vCenter name?

foreach ($vm in $vmlist) {
Connect-VIServer -Server $vm
$viewLicMgr = Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.LicenseManager
$report += $viewLicMgr.Licenses
Disconnect-VIserver $vm -Confirm:$false
}

$report | Export-Csv D:\Scripts\License\licenses.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture

I would like the report to display the vCenter name so I know which vCenter the license belong to....

[mattboren · Accepted solution]

Hello-

You can just add in a calculated property to have the current vCenter name included with the corresponding license info, like:

## array of names of vCenters to which to connect
$arrVCList = "myvc0.mydom.com","myvc1.mydom.com"

&{foreach ($strVC in $arrVCList) {
    ## connect to this vCenter name
    $oThisVC = Connect-VIServer -Server $strVC
    ## get this vC's license mgr
    $viewLicMgr = Get-View $oThisVC.ExtensionData.Content.LicenseManager -Property Licenses
    ## select some things
    $viewLicMgr.Licenses | select @{n="vCenterName"; e={$oThisVC.Name}},*
    Disconnect-VIserver $oThisVC -Confirm:$false | Out-Null
}} | Export-Csv D:\Scripts\License\licenses.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture

I changed it up a bit to keep things in the pipeline a bit more (vs. stuffing the license info into a variable).  That get it?