Viewing virtual appliance license status using the CLI

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Use the commands in this section to view current token status and configuration information.

To view license token status:
  1. Log in to the virtual appliance.

  2. Enable the enable CLI mode:

    hostname > enable
                         
  3. View the status:

    hostname # show licenses tokens
                         
To view license token configuration:
  1. Log in to the virtual appliance.

  2. Enable the enable CLI mode:

    hostname > enable
                         
  3. View the configuration:

    hostname # show licenses tokens configured
                         

Examples

The following example shows license token configuration information for the vNX-04 virtual sensor.

vNX-04 # show licenses tokens configured
License token configuration:
    Query Enabled:          yes
    Query lead time:        25% (15 min)
    Query Retry interval:   1 min

The following example shows the current status of license tokens on the vNX-04 virtual sensor.

vNX-04 # show licenses tokens
Token Summary : 

    Token Active :                 yes
    Token Required :               yes

    Token Lease :
        Lease Active:              yes
        Lease Time Remaining :     12 min

    Token Grace Period :
        Grace Period Active :      no
        Grace Period Available :   yes
        Grace Period Remaining :   360 min

    Token Server Current Time :    2019/07/25 14:49:21

Token Details :

    Next Token :           
        Sequence Number :          186   
        Lease Duration :           60 min
        Timestamp :                2019/07/25 14:47:21

    Active Token : 
        Sequence Number :          185
        Lease Duration :           60 min
        Timestamp :                2019/07/25 14:01:21

    Previous Token : 
        Sequence Number :          184
        Lease Duration :           60 min
        Timestamp :                2019/07/25 13:15:21

Output Fields

The following table describes the show licenses tokens configured command output fields.

Field

Description

Query Enabled

Whether the virtual appliance is enabled to request license token renewals.

Query Lead time

The percentage of the lease duration before the active lease expires at which the virtual appliance should request license token renewal. This value is 25 percent of the lease duration (15 minutes).

Query Retry interval

How soon the license token renewal is tried again after an unsuccessful attempt. This value is one minute.

The following table describes the show licenses tokens command output fields. The output fields and values depend on the current license token status. For example, when a token has not been obtained yet, the Next Token field is (not fetched).

Field

Description

Token Active

Whether the current token is active.

Token Required

Whether a token is required to keep the product license active.

Token Lease

Lease Active

Whether the lease on the current token is active.

Lease Time Remaining

Number of minutes before the lease expires.

Token Grace Period

Grace Period Active

Whether the virtual appliance is currently using grace time because its license token expired.

Grace Period Available

Whether the appliance has available grace time to use if necessary.

Grace Period Remaining

The number of minutes remaining in the grace period. The maximum is 360 minutes (six hours).

Token Server Current Time

Current date and time of the token server.

Next Token

Sequence Number

Number identifying the next token on the token server.

Lease Duration

Number of minutes the next token will last.

Timestamp

Date and time the next token was obtained.

Active Token

Sequence Number

Number identifying the license token that is currently in use.

Lease Duration

Number of minutes the lease on the token will last.

Timestamp

Date and time the current token was obtained.

Previous Token

Sequence Number

Number identifying the last token that was used.

Lease Duration

Number of minutes the lease on the token lasted.

Timestamp

Date and time the previous token was obtained.