apps::vmware::connector::plugin --custommode=connector --mode=licenses: CRITICAL: License 'vCenter Server 8 Standard' [edition: vc.standard.instance] expires in 37m

[joschi99]

The VMware license check on vSphere 8 will return that the license will expire in 37m.

Here you can find a debug output:
{"code":0,"extra_message":"","data":{"Product Evaluation":{"total":"0","used":null,"edition":"eval"},"vSphere 8 Standard (Subscription)":{"edition":"esx.standard.cpuCoreMin","expiration_minutes":"37","used":"64","total":"64"},"vCenter Server 8 Standard":{"edition":"vc.standard.instance","expiration_minutes":"37","used":"1","total":"64"}},"vmware_connector_version":"3.4.0","short_message":"OK","identity":"client-204856880d9845679ba84761080911bd"}

We can provide additional informations if you need.

[omercier]

Hi @joschi99,
Since the Perl SDK (on which the connector relies) is not supported for this version of VMware, we don't plan on making it evolve.
We're currently working on plugins using vSphere 8 API, though.
The subject of license monitoring has not been started yet, but we'll try our best to cover all previous functionalities with the new plugins.
If you have already found information about licenses in the VMware 8 automation API, that may help us handle this quicker 👍🏻

[joschi99]

Hi @omercier,
I understand your position, but at the moment the Plugin using the VMware 8 API has very limited capabilities. When you plan to have a similare capabilities using the new Rest API because for a production environment the new plugin is not yet ready in my opinion.