about_licensedatamanager
TOPIC
about_licensedatamanager
SHORT DESCRIPTION
LicenseDataManager is used to control how license data is associated with
inventory nodes. Presence of such license data makes it possible to support
automatic licensing.
LONG DESCRIPTION
LicenseDataManager allows for extending the vCenter Server inventory with
license data associated with inventory nodes. The license data consists of
VMware licensing material and takes the form of a list of {license type id,
license key} pairs. The inventory nodes which can be associated with license
data are individual hosts or host containers, such as clusters, data
centers, and data center folders. Presence of such license data makes it
possible to support automatic licensing when hosts are added to a particular
host container entity.
LicenseDataManager provides methods for retrieving, creating, modifying, and
removing associations between license data and inventory nodes.
TYPES
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TYPE:
VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseKeyEntry
DESCRIPTION:
Represents a pair of license type id and a corresponding license key.
PROPERTY:
String TypeId - The license type id.
PROPERTY:
String LicenseKey - Licensing material.
---
TYPE
VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData
DESCRIPTION:
Contains a collection of VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseKeyEntry
objects. License data can be associated with inventory nodes.
PROPERTY:
VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseKeyEntry[] LicenseKeys - Array of
(license type id, license key) pairs.
---
TYPE
VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.EntityLicenseData
DESCRIPTION:
Represents an association between inventory node and license data.
PROPERTY:
VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference Entity - The inventory node.
PROPERTY:
VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData LicenseData - The license data.
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TYPE
VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseDataManager
DESCRIPTION:
Provides methods for retrieving, creating, modifying, and removing
associations between license data and inventory nodes.
METHOD:
VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.EntityLicenseData[]
QueryEntityLicenseData() - Retrieves all entity<->license data associations.
METHOD:
VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData
QueryAssociatedLicenseData(VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference entity) -
Retrieves the license data associated with the given inventory entity.
METHOD:
System.Void UpdateAssociatedLicenseData(VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference
entity, VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData licenseData) -
Overwrites the license data associated with the given inventory entity.
METHOD:
VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData
QueryEffectiveLicenseData(VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference entity) -
Retrieves the merged license data associated with the given entity and its
host container predecessors (in the context of the inventory).
METHOD:
VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData
ApplyAssociatedLicenseData(VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference entity) -
Applies associated license data to an entity. The license data to apply is
derived using the same rules as in
QueryEffectiveLicenseData(VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference entity). In case
of host container entity, this method finds all hosts below the specified
container (in the context of the inventory) and applies the license data to
each of the hosts.
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