VMware has announced a change in packaging and pricing for vSphere and vSphere with Operations Management. The End of Availability of vSphere Enterprise is June 30. How to Apply VMware Free License to VMware ESXi. One of those questions that are often asked by VMware newbies is How to Apply VMware Free License to VMware ESXi 6. Because even if you think that the product is free, it must be licensed. If not, it installs as 6. Compared to other hypervisors, the free version of VMware hypervisor is somehow limited, because it does not offer v. Motion, HA, Fault tolerance etc. Also the hosts running Free VMware Hypervisor cannot be managed via central management server v. Center server, but its managed via v. Sphere client which is free and its available in the download page along with the other tools. WpXZ1nK4s/UM3IR3SFiuI/AAAAAAAAATw/8-CUawSw3zM/s1600/VMware_Workstation_9.png' alt='Vmware Workstation 5.5 3 Serial Number' title='Vmware Workstation 5.5 3 Serial Number' />But as I said, you have that 6. In this post Ill quickly show how to activate the free version of VMware Hypervisor as this was the intend of this article. People who knows their way can skip to another article or share for their colleges who need this information. Vmware Workstation 5.5 3 Serial Number' title='Vmware Workstation 5.5 3 Serial Number' />Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, and since that time Oracles hardware and software engineers have worked sidebyside to build fully integrated systems and. E9H5NM/U6JY61-f2HI/AAAAAAAAAlY/IqK08-co0cs/s1600/VMware+Workstation+10.0.2+Keygen+++License+Key+Freeware.jpg' alt='Vmware Workstation 5.5 3 Serial Number' title='Vmware Workstation 5.5 3 Serial Number' />When you download VMware Hypervisor it starts 6. How to Apply VMware Free License to VMware ESXi 6. Download the VMware Hypervisor from this page youll need to create an account if you dont have one its free. Make sure that you check all the necessary boxes that you agree to the license terms and on the same page you specify how many hosts you have in your environment you can go up to 9. After clicking the validate button, make sure to check your email to activate your VMware account called My VMware before you trying to loginOnly then you can login to your newly created account at VMware. Vmware Workstation 5.5 3 Serial Number' title='Vmware Workstation 5.5 3 Serial Number' />Once logged in you should see this page from which you can Copy the license key. Download the Free VMware Hypervisor. Download the v. Sphere client for management. Download VMware tools for Linux guests an ISO file0. Install the Free hypervisor on your hardware and install the v. Sphere client on your management station. You can burn the ISO file to a CD or you can use a remote console like i. Lo to mount directly the ISO image. I wont document the installation steps in this post as its been done before. I have even done a video showing the installation of ESXi in VMware Workstation  Installation of ESXi 5. VMware Workstation. Update Use v. Sphere Web client to connect to your ESXi viahttps ipofESXiui. The v. Sphere client needs a Windows system. It can be your laptop or destkop PC running Windows XP SP3, Vista, Seven, W 8. Connect to your ESXi host Manage Licensing. Here is an overview of the 6. Then paste the license into the form and hit Check License button, which changes into Assign License button. After clicking the button, the permanent license is assigned. Rockford Peaches Uniform Patch. Thats all folksYou should see the current licensing options like this Unlimited CPUUnlimited Cores per CPUMain differences between ESXi free version and first lowest cost bundle, for example, the v. Sphere Essentials, is the fact that you cannot use commercial software for backup of your virtual machines VMs running on your ESXi. Its because some APIs become read only and some are completely made unavailable. The ESXi Free version is the same download as the full blown ESXi but stays unlocked only for 6. It is the exact same ISO image. Dont forget to share More from ESX Virtualization Stay tuned through RSS, and social media channels Twitter, FB, You.