chlicense

Use the chlicense command to change license settings for system functions.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram chlicense -remote-virtualization

Parameters

Important: All of the parameters are mutually exclusive. Only one licensing function can be changed at a time.
-flash capacity_TB
(Required) Changes system licensing for the FlashCopy® function.
-remote capacity_TB
(Required) Changes system licensing for replication functions. . Depending on your system, specify a capacity in terabytes (TB) or specify the total number of internal and external enclosures that you have licensed on your system. You must have an enclosure license for all enclosures.
-virtualization
(Required) Changes system licensing for the Virtualization function.

Description

The chlicense command changes license settings for the system. Any change that is made is logged as an event in the license setting log.

Any error that is placed in the license settings log results in a generic error being placed in the system error log. The command-line tool return code also notifies you that you are using an unlicensed function.

An invocation example for adding a remote copy license capacity of 5 TB

chlicense -remote 5

The resulting output:

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