5.0

18 vFabric Platform
18 vFabric Licensing
whether it is valid for the latest release of the component or in the context of vFabric Platform. The vfabric-licensetool
checkserial utility checks the validity of your existing license key.
For each license key that you input, the utility displays detailed information such as the vFabric component to which it is
associated, the type of license key, the capacity, and its expiration date.
Procedure
1. From the Drivers and Tools tab of the download page for tc Server, Hyperic, or GemFire download the vfabric-
licensetool checkserialutility ZIP file onto the computer on which you want to run it.
2. Unzip the file into a directory.
The utility and supporting files are unzipped into the vfabric-vfchksn-version child directory.
3. If necessary, install a JDK or JRE on the computer.
Be sure the JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables point to the JDK or JRE.
For example, if you installed the JDK in /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_24, you can set the environment variables in the user's
Linux profile as follows:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_24
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
4. Open a command (Windows) or terminal (Linux) window, change to the directory in which you unzipped the utility, and run
the following (Linux):
prompt$ vfabric-licensetool checkserial [options] serial-number
On Windows:
prompt> vfabric-licensetool.bat checkserial [options] serial-number
You can specify the following options:
• -f input-filename : Read the license key from a text file called input-filename rather than from the
command line.
• -o output-filename : Print results to a file called output-filename rather than to the standard output.
• -? : Print usage information.
For example, to view information about the validity of a license key (G52D1-9FQ1K-48CLT-0CZK2-3RWJG in the
example) and write the output to a file called validity-output.txt, run the following (Linux):
prompt$ cd /opt/vfabric/utils/vfabric-vfchksn-1.0.1
prompt$ vfabric-licensetool checkserial -o validity-output.txt G52D1-9FQ1K-48CLT-0CZK2-3RWJG
In the preceding example, it is implied that you unzipped the ZIP file into the /opt/vfabric/utils directory.
The validity-output.txt file contains information similar to the following:
G52D1-9FQ1K-48CLT-0CZK2-3RWJG:
vFabric 5.0 License.
Product: vFabric
Edition: vf.pfm.adv
Description: VMware vFabric Advanced
Quantity: 50
ExpirationDate: never
Addons: none