VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6 (Free) License

[pieterm]

Dear vmware community,

I have tried vSphere v5.5 and just upgraded to v6.5u1 (Custom HP image).

Registering for a free license for v5.5 wasn't a problem, however...

When visiting the direct link: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6 , I am being redirected to the v7 page.

I didn't think too much of it at the time so I went ahead and registerd for a free license.

But uhm... I currently have a v7 license and only have v6.5u1 installed.

My hardware isn't supported for v7 and I'd really like to try out v6.5

Google didn't help much so I am hoping you guys can help me.

Is there any way I can get a Free License for v6.5 to try out?

Otherwise I think I have to find a way to do a rollback...

wkr,

Pieter

[vFouad]

As far as I am aware the 6.x "free" license is closed.

There is no public way to get a free version of the 6.x license.

If you have a VMware TAM/SAM or sales team, they might be able to help you with a license, but I can't guarantee that.

The free license is only available for the current latest release of ESXi.

If you have your 5.5 media you might be able to re-install...

If you upgraded recently, the [shift] [R] keys during the boot loader might roll you back to 5.5...

Kind regards,

Fouad

[Alex_Romeo · Accepted solution]

Hi,

unfortunately it is no longer available.

ARomeo

[vFouad]

It looks like 6.7 access has been restored today, I"m not sure how long it will be available:

Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor for Free

[GH32]

As of today, this is still a good link: Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor for Free

Thanks for this!