Some command options, more commonly when connecting to vCenter Server, are of secret type. Values for command options of secret type should be provided in a secure way.

You can provide values for secure options in two ways.

Provide the value explicitly in the command line.

dcli> com vmware vcenter securecommand –secureoption securevalue

Provide the value when prompted after initially skipping the value.

dcli> com vmware vcenter securecommand –secureoption
secureoption: