Functions/Remove-vCenterLicense.psm1
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function Remove-vCenterLicense { <# .SYNOPSIS Function to remove a license from vCenter. .DESCRIPTION Function to remove a license from vCenter. .PARAMETER LicenseKey License key of the license to remove from vCenter .INPUTS String. .OUTPUTS None. .EXAMPLE PS> Remove-vCenterLicense -LicenseKey "F2JQE-5SE2W-3KSN7-0SMH6-93NSH","SMNW9-0276S-02MJS-HFNDJ-WKDM4" .EXAMPLE PS> "F2JQE-5SE2W-3KSN7-0SMH6-93NSH" | Remove-vCenterLicense #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [String[]]$LicenseKey ) begin { # --- Get access to the vCenter License Manager $ServiceInstance = Get-View ServiceInstance $LicenseManager = Get-View $ServiceInstance.Content.LicenseManager } process { try { foreach ($Key in $LicenseKey){ # --- Test the License exists in vCenter and has 0 in use if ($License = Get-vCenterLicense -LicenseKey $Key){ if ($License.Used -ne 0){ Write-Warning "License with key $Key is still assigned so unable to remove" Continue } } else { Write-Warning "Unable to find License with key $Key" Continue } # --- Remove the License from vCenter $LicenseManager.RemoveLicense("$Key") } } catch [Exception]{ throw "Unable to remove License $Key" } } end { } } |