We are done with the free ESXi license key assignment with no expiration. Below are the product features which are available as part of vSphere Evaluation License.ĮSXi is turned to Free ESXi now with No Expiration. Connect to your ESXi host using vSphere Client.Ĭlick on Configuration tab and select Licensed Features. Complete the ESXi 6.0 installation or upgrade.
How to apply ESXi Free license to ESXi host? Once you have logged in, you will be provided with the option to download the ESXi 6.0 Installation ISO and VMware vSphere client along with the VMware ESXi Free License Keys. Register or Login with your VMware account credentials Download the VMware ESXi 6.0 Free Hypervisor installer image along with free license keys.
If you don’t enter the serial number for the free version, the product works as full version during 60 days. Don’t worry, VMware provides us with the Free ESXi 6.0 Hypervisor with non-expired license keys. VMware ESXi Free version is the same download as the full ESXi with exact same ISO but stays unlocked only for 60 days. It will be time-consuming to re-install ESXi 6 every 60 days after your evaluation license is expired. The evaluation period is 60 days but do you think 60 days is not enough to keep your hands dirty with ESXi 6.0. VSphere 6.0 released and we are started evaluating the features of our brand new hypervisor with our evaluation license.
Note: The way of upgrading from 5.x to 6.0 with the VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-2494585-depot.zip file has been detailed in this post (with video) – Patch ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0 – Lab Time. But you need to burn the ISO, and you need to have an access to the server, change boot sequence in BIOS to the CD and also your host needs to have CD/DVD drive…. I have already showed that you can use the ESXi Installation ISO and preserve the ESXi 5.x. There is however another options to upgrade.
Update 2: More recent post detailing on how to update ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 is here.īut If you're just using ESXi free and don't have an access to the download section the same way as paid customers, you can't simply do the upgrade as I'm detailing in my post.
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