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    <title>topic Re: Shutdown VM in ESXi 6 Free restricted? in ESXi Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shutdown-VM-in-ESXi-6-Free-restricted/m-p/1378264#M131364</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yes, free license will restrict you making use of any product which is going to call APIs to perform operations.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;vMA, PowerCLI etc cannot be really used to manage free ESXi hypervisor.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 04:56:03 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>npadmani</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2016-04-06T04:56:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Shutdown VM in ESXi 6 Free restricted?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shutdown-VM-in-ESXi-6-Free-restricted/m-p/1378263#M131363</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;It seems I cannot shutdown a VM from VMa with ESXi 6 free license:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;vi-admin@vma:~&amp;gt; vmware-cmd -H xxxx -U xxxx -P xxxx /vmfs/volumes/56ef14b0-0e8222ea-66cc-001517fd91a4/zoneminder/zoneminder.vmx stop soft&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Operation cannot be performed:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;SOAP Fault:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;-----------&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Fault string: Current license or ESXi version prohibits execution of the requested operation.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Fault detail: RestrictedVersionFault&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is the free license really restricted from performing such a basic function, or am I missing something?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>MCastelein</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-04-05T17:26:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown VM in ESXi 6 Free restricted?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shutdown-VM-in-ESXi-6-Free-restricted/m-p/1378264#M131364</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yes, free license will restrict you making use of any product which is going to call APIs to perform operations.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;vMA, PowerCLI etc cannot be really used to manage free ESXi hypervisor.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 04:56:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shutdown-VM-in-ESXi-6-Free-restricted/m-p/1378264#M131364</guid>
      <dc:creator>npadmani</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-04-06T04:56:03Z</dc:date>
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