Nov 03, 2015  How to get a license key directly from VMware for their Free Hypervisor esxi 6.5 Donate BTC: 12EzdMdNUbtMeCAHCmvZuGxGj2C8St898Z Donate DogeCoin. Fllowing are the activation key enterprise license for vCenter and vSphere 6.5: This license isn’t use for commercial purposes. Please buy a license if you can! VCenter: 0A0FF-403EN-RZ848-ZH3QH-2A73P. VSphere: JV425-4h100-vzhh8-q23np-3a9pp. Assign license for vCenter. On vCenter Server management console, go to Menu Administrator Licensing Licenses Click to “+” button to add. Troubleshooting license management in My VMware; Registering license keys in My VMware; Licensing ESXi 5.x and vCenter Server 5.x; vSphere Operations Management and vCloud Suite Licensing; Licensing VMware Fusion 5.x and Workstation 9.x.

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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.

Limitations

• No support
• Free ESXi cannot be added to a vCenter Server
• 2 physical CPUs
• Unlimited cores per CPU
• Unlimited physical Memory
• max. 8 vCPU per VM

1. Go to VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 Download Page
   
2. Login or create an account
   
3. Register for ESXi (Enter some personal information)
   After registration, you will receive a unique license key and access to the binaries. If you already have an ESXi 6.0 license key, you don't need to sign up for a new key.
4. Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.5 - Binaries
   
5. Install ESXi to your Hardware (Create a Bootable ESXi Installer USB Flash Drive)
6. Login as root with the Embedded Host Client (https://<ESX>/ui/)
7. Navigate to Manage -> Licensing
   
8. Click Assign license and enter your license key
   

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I’ve written a number of posts on how to install ESXi, vCenter and similar products but if memory serves me right, I don’t recall explaining in any detail how to apply license keys after you’re done installing. From a recently held conversation, I learned that licensing VMware products can be a tad confusing to some.

In today’s post, I go through the process of licensing the most frequently deployed VMware products these being ESXi and vCenter Server along with features such as vSAN. There are several options you can use to manage license keys; GUI, command line tools and PowerCLI. Let’s have a look.

How to license a standalone ESXi host

There are two ways to apply license keys on ESXi. You can either use the host client or run the vim-cmd shell command. The host must not be managed by vCenter Server – hence the term standalone – when using these methods.

Method 1: Using the host client

As always, navigate to https://<ESXi IP address> and log in as root. Click on Manage and select the Licensing tab.

Figure 1 – Using the ESXi host client to apply a license key

Click on the Assign license button and type in the designated license key. Click on Check License to verify the key. If it is valid, press Assign License once more to apply it.

Figure 2 – Verifying and applying a license key on ESXi

If for any reason you need to remove a license, you can do so by clicking on the Remove License button. Since there can only be one license assigned at any time, the last one entered is picked up by default.

Method 2: Running vim-cmd from shell

You first need to enable shell on ESXi using either the DCUI or the host client. Once you that, SSH to the ESXi host and log in as root. Run the following command: