VxVM – vxlicinst Command Syntax with Examples

vxlicinst  – UnixArena’s Manual Page 

/opt/VRTS/bin/vxlicinst – Installs a Symantec license key

Product – Veritas Volume Manager-vxvm (Storage Foundation)

Installs a Symantec license key that you supply when issuing the command. You must enter the license key in single-byte ASCII characters. If no arguments are provided, the utility prompts you for the license key.

•  If you are upgrading your existing license or you are installing new license to change the system from KEYLESS to licensed, make sure you are copying your existing license information from ‘/etc/vx/license/lic’ directory. Also keep the complete output of ‘vxlicrep -e’ command.
•  Once you installed or updated your Symantec license, use ‘vxdctl license init’ to reinitialize.
•  If the system is part of VERITAS Cluster you need to restart ‘/opt/VRTSvcs/bin/CmdServer’ as well after freezing nodes.
• You can verify the new features by issuing ‘vxlicrep’ & ‘vxdctl license’.

Tasks	Switches
Print Host-ID from configuration	vxlicinst -u
Print Architecture/Model	vxlicinst -m
Print ‘vxlicinst’ utility version	vxlicinst -v
Install license key in interactive mode	vxlicinst [-q]
Install license key in non interactively in quite mode	vxlicinst -k <key> -q

 

Print Host-ID from configuration

  # vxlicinst -u
	12b0dce3

Print Architecture/Model

  # vxlicinst -m
	i86pc

Print ‘vxlicinst’ utility version

  # vxlicinst -v
	3.02.61.004

Install license key in interactive mode

  # vxlicinst
	# vxlicinst 	
	Symantec License Manager vxlicinst utility version 3.02.61.004
	Copyright (C) 1996-2012 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved.
	Enter your license key :

Install license key in non interactive mode

  # vxlicinst -k ABCD-EFGH-IJKL-MNOP-QRST-UVWX-YZ

	Symantec License Manager vxlicinst utility version 3.02.51.010
	Copyright (C) 1996-2010 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved.
	License key successfully installed for VERITAS Storage Foundation for
	Cluster File System
	License key successfully installed for VERITAS File System
	License key successfully installed for VERITAS Volume Manager
	License key successfully installed for VERITAS Cluster Server

[box type=”note” align=”alignleft” ]If you use ‘-q’ you can check the status using exit codes.[/box]