Click “License & download” and login with your vmware user account or register yourself a new one. Under “License & Information” you will find the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5 License key. If you came here looking for an ESXi VMware 4.1 free license key please see my previous post. Aug 25, 2016 The link below takes me to my license key for ESXi 4.1. The key says it's good for 4.1 or later. For all 5.x based ESX, LicenseVersion = '5.0'. So you cannot use them interchangeably. You need to purchase a license for your 5.0 host or go with the free hypervisor license (in this case, you won't be able to add it to vCenter). By default VMware ESXi 5.0 (VMware vSphere Hypervisor) installs in 60 days Evaluations mode. Licence key can be obtained for free from www.vmware.com. To update the license key perform following: Login to your host unsung VMware vSphare client; Change to.
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If you just recently installed VMWare Esxi 5.0 and vSphere 5.0 and are wondering how to install the license key in vSphere 5.0, here are the steps on how to do so:
1) Copy the license key you received on the VMWare download page. If you don't have it, log back into your account on the VMWare website. The license key should be directly above the download link.
2) Go into your vSphere 5.0 client.
3) At the top of the list of virtual machines, highlight your host machine.
4) Go to the 'Configuration' tab.
5) Choose the 'Licensed Features' listed in the 'Software' section.
6) Next, click the ‘Edit...’ link shown at the top right corner of the screen. An 'Assign License' window will appear.
7) Select the 'Assign a new license to this host' option.
8) Click the 'Enter Key' button. An 'Add License Key' window will appear.
9) Paste your license key into the text box shown.
10) Click 'OK' to close the 'Add License Key' window.
11) You should now see the license applied for the VMWare vSphere 5 Hypervisor and, in my case, it showed 'Unlimited' under the 'Available' column.
12) Click 'Ok' to close the 'Assign License' window.
The screen image below shows what is described above. I hope this helps you.
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- PimientoFrank W. Vans Evers Jun 21, 2012 at 10:11am1. This is right on. howevers
2. I am getting the follwoing:
An error occurred when assigning the specified license key: The system memory is not satisfied with the 32 gb of maximum memory limit. Current with 48 GB of memory.
3. My co-workers says I need a second license.
4. I have reviewed everything under myvmware account and I can not identify 'how to' get the additional license, if that is the solution. So far I have not found any discussion or procedures for this problem.
/s/ Frank in Florida - Thai PepperAlexander.Hovis Apr 16, 2014 at 08:33pmThank you sir, you are a life saver it worked like a charm.
- Thai PepperAlexander.Hovis Apr 16, 2014 at 08:33pmThank you sir, you are a life saver it worked like a charm.
- Anaheimmichaelelliott Aug 5, 2014 at 02:29amThank you very much, i wouldnt have figured this out on my own.
- Thai PepperReg1145 Aug 5, 2014 at 12:05pmNo problem. You're welcome. I am glad this is helping others and not just me.
- Jalapenoseshathriswamy Sep 22, 2014 at 11:42pmThank you very much for the useful posting..i will going to try it in my environment
- Pimientowewill Sep 24, 2014 at 08:05pmHi Reg1145,I had installed a standalone ESXi 5.5, After booting up, I was able to connect the ESXi host in vSphere Client then assigned the free ESXi 5.5 license key successfully (Downloaded from VMWARE Site). Now the evaluation mode is changed and set to NEVER expires, but after a reboot/hard rest it has revoked the license and shows a evaluation 60 days.Is there any fix for it ? or did u faced similar kind of issues?Thanks
- Thai PepperReg1145 Sep 29, 2014 at 06:58pmWewill,
Sorry, I am not sure. Did you try to above instructions or try to reinstall?