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ESXi Licensing Problem

I may have downloaded the wrong installation binary, but my VM went down yesterday from a licensing problem: "Your evaluation license for ESXi has expired.". I only want ESXi and no other features, but when I go to the licensing tab, the following is displayed. Do I need to reinstall a different version of ESXi? I've been to ESXi 7.0 licensing webpage, but I'm still missing something - I'm not sure what to do there. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks

Evaluation Mode

Key:

00000-00000-00000-00000-00000

Expiration date:

Never

Features:

Unlimited virtual SMP

H.264 for Remote Console Connections

vCenter agent for VMware host

vSphere API

Content Library

Storage APIs

vSphere vMotion

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You need a vSphere Hypervisor licence key: Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor for Free


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