topic Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. in ESXi Discussions https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308880#M118998 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I did all of that.&nbsp; however, I am left with a countdown of my 60 day evaluation in Vsphere client....&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>I have a key for&nbsp; VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi (5.0) from vmware, i just have no idea where to put it.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:02:51 GMT moneymm 2012-04-19T16:02:51Z I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308878#M118996 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am using vSphere Client to access my esxi 5 server and VMs.&nbsp; Is ESXi 5 Free, is the Vsphere Client free?&nbsp; if vsphere client isnt free, then how do I access my server and VMs for free?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:39:57 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308878#M118996 moneymm 2012-04-19T15:39:57Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308879#M118997 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello moneymm!</P><P></P><P>VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi (5.0) is free.</P><P>vSphere Client is free also.</P><P></P><P>this is the link to download the free hypervisor: <A href="https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere_hypervisor_esxi/5_0">https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere_hypervisor_esxi/5_0</A></P><P></P><P>once you install it then you use your browser to connect to the host and download the vSphere client from it!</P><P></P><P>:smileyplain:</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:58:51 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308879#M118997 MagnetBoy 2012-04-19T15:58:51Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308880#M118998 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I did all of that.&nbsp; however, I am left with a countdown of my 60 day evaluation in Vsphere client....&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>I have a key for&nbsp; VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi (5.0) from vmware, i just have no idea where to put it.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:02:51 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308880#M118998 moneymm 2012-04-19T16:02:51Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308881#M118999 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>give me a few minutes, i am going to setup a quick lab with my vmware workstation. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:10:21 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308881#M118999 MagnetBoy 2012-04-19T16:10:21Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308882#M119000 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P> Did you register with VMware and Download the free license file? -- By default ESXi will install in evaluation and give you 60 days before you have to license it either by buying a license or registering with VMware and downloading the free license key - instruction are on the site where you obtained the software -</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:15:21 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308882#M119000 weinstein5 2012-04-19T16:15:21Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308883#M119001 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes i registered with vmware.</P><P></P><P><TABLE cellspacing="0" id="aui_3_2_0_1120"><THEAD><TR><TH>Component</TH><TH>License Keys</TH><TH></TH></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR><TD>VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5 License</TD><TD>0xxx83-F231J-18xxx-02xxP-xxxxxx</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P><P></P><P></P><P>Version History - VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.0</P><DIV class="products-section-content clearfix " id="aui_3_2_0_1141"><DIV class="products-content-category" id="aui_3_2_0_1140"><P class="category-description" id="aui_3_2_0_1139">Your free trial downloads are available below.</P><P class="category-description"></P><DIV class="binary-fileTitle">ESXi 5.0 Installable (CD ISO)</DIV><DIV class="binary-description"><P>2011-08-24 | 5.0.0 | 291 MB | Binary (.iso)</P><P></P><P></P><P>thats what i downloaded and insatlled.&nbsp; I also installed vsphere client from webrowser when i accessed my new server for the first time.</P><P></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:19:59 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308883#M119001 moneymm 2012-04-19T16:19:59Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308884#M119002 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>basically i think i just need to know where exactly in vsphere client i put this license key i hav for esxi 5.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:45:38 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308884#M119002 moneymm 2012-04-19T16:45:38Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308885#M119003 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><OL start="1"><LI>connect to the host using vSphere Client<BR /></LI><LI>Select host<BR /></LI><LI>configuration tab<BR /></LI><LI>click on "Licensed Features" under Software section<BR /></LI><LI>click "edit" on the right uper corner<BR /></LI><LI>select "assign a new license key to this host"<BR /></LI><LI>click "enter key"<BR /></LI><LI>...<BR /></LI><LI>click ok<BR /></LI><LI>done!<BR /></LI></OL><P></P><P>I just did it in the test hypervisor i created in my vmware workstation!<img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: MagnetBoy</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:47:38 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308885#M119003 MagnetBoy 2012-04-19T16:47:38Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308886#M119004 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In vSphere client select your host and if you look on the right side of teh screen you will see a set of tabs - select the configuration tab - on the left side the wil be an option for lincing - this where you will be able to add the license key -&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:50:52 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308886#M119004 weinstein5 2012-04-19T16:50:52Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308887#M119005 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This brought me back to the paid version. What do I get with the paid version of ESXi and Vsphere? I am paying for it.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:45:47 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308887#M119005 macpiano 2012-04-22T02:45:47Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308888#M119006 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Check this link:</P><P><A href="http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html" target="test_blank">http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html</A></P><P></P><P>Vcenter foundation: manage up to 3 hosts</P><P>Vcenter standard: unlimited host management</P><P></P><P></P><P>FJER</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:42:30 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308888#M119006 MagnetBoy 2012-04-22T12:42:30Z Re: I thought ESXi 5 was free? Vsphere counting down evaluation days. https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308889#M119007 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P> I knew what I got in Standard and since I have 5 hosts and will be going to 10 that makes me feel better. lol</P><P>I still don't like the ram licensing because my goal is to have 96 each so I would have to buy another whole ESXi client to get the extra ram as it is totaled across the whole VShpere</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:04:40 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/I-thought-ESXi-5-was-free-Vsphere-counting-down-evaluation-days/m-p/1308889#M119007 macpiano 2012-04-22T15:04:40Z