Learning PowerCLI - Second Edition

Managing licenses

While writing this book, there are no PowerCLI cmdlets to add, retrieve, update, or remove licenses. You have to use the vSphere API to manage licenses in PowerCLI. There is only one cmdlet in PowerCLI for license management, Get-LicenseDataManager, and the only thing this cmdlet does is exposes a hidden vSphere API. The syntax of the Get-LicenseDataManager cmdlet is as follows:

Get-LicenseDataManager [[-Server] <VIServer[]>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

The Get-LicenseDataManager cmdlet has no required parameters.

You will use the vSphere API objects LicenseManager, LicenseAssignmentManager, and the hidden LicenseDataManager object to manage licenses.

You need to use LicenseManager to manage licenses in the license inventory on your vCenter ...