1. Esxi 6.7 Free License Key
2. Esxi Free Edition

VSphere 6.5 has been released and as known from previous versions, VMware provides a free version of their Hypervisor ESXi for everyone again. The license key can be created for free at VMwares website. It has no expiration date. The binaries you will receive as 'Free Hypervisor' are 100% identical to the paid version. ESXi can be used indefinitely, without cost by applying a free license. So yes, technically and on paper, ESXi is free to use. But, really, there’s no such thing as a free lunch and ESXi is no exception. Free ESXi comes with a few restrictions which you should definitely know about. Starting with ESXi 6 vSphere Client is no longer required. VSphere is used for licensed ESXi. For a free license (of which you may request a key that only requires you having an account) you can do all management operations (Create VMs, Modify VMs settings, Power VMs on and off. Etc) from a web-based GUI.

For testing and educational purposes only.

The ESXi 6 evaluation license is valid for 60 days and a free one can be obtained from VMware at anytime. Resetting the evaluation license provides continual access to all the features available, and most importantly for me, full compatibility with the ESXi Embedded Host Client.

Commands

Note: Running these commands will cause ESXi to appear offline/down. For example, my UPS virtual machine connected to my actual UPS began shutting down VMs because it believed ESXi ran into a problem. Shut down those VMs firstly before running this command then bring them back up later.

Turn on SSH and log in to the host.

Remove the current license

Copy over the new evaluation license, which is already on the host

Restart ESXi services

Confirm the new license

Automatic Script

The commands above can be run automatic to keep your ESXi license reset on a set schedule using cron.

I have also created a script which powers off and on a VM of your choice (such as a UPS agent) in case it shuts down the host.

First create the script (reset-eval.sh) somewhere accessible to ESXi. I chose to put in my ZFS0 datastore (/vmfs/volumes/ZFS0/reset.eval)

This alternative script shuts down any VM called 'ups-agent'. You may edit that line to your VM's name

Test the script and make sure it works (remember to chmod +x)

Add the script to the crontab to make it run on a set schedule (mine is set at 6:05am each day). For each 59 days do * * 59 * *

Finally add the following to the end of '/etc/rc.local.d/local.sh' to regenerate the job as ESXi clears the crontab on reboot

Managing the license on VMware ESxi and VCenter is one of main job for system administrator.After the installation of the product, you may need to add the new license to increase the capacity and you may need to remove the old license keys from the those products. Sometimes you may need to pull out the existing license keys for inventory purpose. Here we will see how we can manage the ESXi and VCenter server licence using VSphere Client .

Esxi 6.7 Free License Key

How we can get the installed license keys of VMware ESXI servers and VCenter Server ?

1. Login to VSphere Client and navigate it home.

2.Navigate to Administration and Licensing .Here you can see the existing license of Vmware ESXI nodes and VCenter Server.

3.In order to install or remove the existing License keys , you need to click on “Manage VSphere Licenses” (Step:2). This will popup the below window to manage the VSphere License keys.If you want to add any new license keys , you can just copy & paste one by one.

4.The next step will be assigning the specific license keys to the products.In some cases, license may be purchased to run some limited VM’s and that needs to assigned to specific host.In this case ,you need to assign the license keys manually.For ESXi , you need to click on the first tab. The below window shows vCenter Server licenses(Second tab).If you want to remove any existing license keys ,you can remove it using the next step. Once you have done,you click on the confirm changes.

5.You can also extract the reports from the reporting tab. (Refer Image Step:2). Once you click on the reporting tab , you will get window like the below one.You can just click export to get the details in Excel sheet.It provides complete usage details of the installed license details.

when we are talking about VSphere licensing , i just want to let you know about the free license of ESXi and vCenter Server. VMware offers 60 evaluation period for vCenter Server and ESXi .So you need to search for free license keys of Vmware ESXi and vCenter server . You can install and test these products with complete features for 60 days. After 60 days ,you may need to install the license keys to keep working on these products. vCenter will not allow to administrate the ESXi nodes after 60 days without valid license keys.

The below tables provides the licensing requirements of newer version of VMware ESXi and vCenter Server.

Esxi Free Edition

Thanks to VMware.

You can also download Free VMwareESXi 5.5 that VMware offers without any memory limitation. For more details,Check it here.

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