Powercli and ESXi

[DanielOatesLee]

It might be a stupid question, but why doesn't Powercli 6 allow me to add new VM's on a ESXi 6.0 hyper visor?

I keep getting the following error;

PowerCLI C:\> new-vm -vmhost 10.0.0.200 -name dc02 -Datastore DataStore1 -DiskMB 10240

new-vm : 18/02/2016 22:11:36    New-VM        Current license or ESXi version prohibits execution of the requested

operation.

At line:1 char:1

+ new-vm -vmhost 10.0.0.200 -name dc02 -Datastore DataStore1 -DiskMB 10 ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [New-VM], RestrictedVersion

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmServiceImpl_NewVM_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.NewVM

Has anyone else seen this?

[vMarkusK1985]

Are you using free ESXi?

API usage is restricted in this Edition.

[DanielOatesLee]

Yes, I am using the free version of ESXi.

I didn't realise there were API restrictions, I will have a read about them thanks.

[grasshopper]

Hi DanielOatesLee‌,

Keep in mind that you can also use the 60 day evaluation which unlocks all enterprise features.  It's common for learning and practice to grab a new key every 60 days and reinstall ESXi and point to your existing VMs again.  Just an option, and VMware doesn't mind that.  You need to use a new email every time though.

The best option though is VMUG Advantage which gets you licenses and a bunch of other goodies:

https://www.vmug.com/Advantage