To join or leave the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP), you can use the configure-ceip subcommand of the cell management tool.

This product participates in VMware’s Customer Experience Improvement Program (“CEIP”). Details regarding the data collected through CEIP and the purposes for which it is used by VMware are set forth in the Trust & Assurance Center at http://www.vmware.com/trustvmware/ceip.html. You can use the cell management tool to join or leave VMware's CEIP for this product at any time.

cell-management-tool configure-ceip options
If you prefer not to participate in VMware's CEIP for this product, run this command with the --disable option.
Table 1. Cell Management Tool Options and Arguments, configure-ceip Subcommand
Option Argument Description
--help

(-h)

None Provides a summary of available commands in this category.
--disable None Leaves the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program.
--enable None Joins the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program.
--status None Displays the current participation status in the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program.

Leave the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program

Starting with version 10.4.2.1, when you deactivate CEIP, the VMware Cloud Director Feedback button does not appear. For the feedback button to appear again, you must activate CEIP and log in again to VMware Cloud Director.

To leave the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program, use a command like this one and log in again to VMware Cloud Director:
[root@cell1 /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/bin]#cell-management-tool configure-ceip --disable
Participation disabled
After you run this command, the system no longer sends any information to the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program.
To confirm the current participation status in the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program, use a command like this one:
[root@cell1 /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/bin]#cell-management-tool configure-ceip --status
Participation disabled