This command encrypts passwords to avoid storing passwords in plain text when running application discovery (PACE). See https://virtamove.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VDOC/pages/314081554/virtapace?search_id=9c25c6bf-7034-4bd0-af80-15929cc2632d. The encrypted passwords can be supplied to virtapace in the server credential list file, used at all steps, or in the service credential files generated by /C and used by /T. You can encrypt any number of passwords, as required.
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