pyVmomi PowerOn Licence problem for VMware vSphere 7 Hypervisor

[Graham9527]

Hi,

We're trying to use Python's pyVmomi PowerOn function to power on virtual machine in VMWare Esxi 7.0.0 but got exception below.

error message: (vim.fault.RestrictedVersion) {
dynamicType = <unset>,
dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
msg = 'Current license or ESXi version prohibits execution of the requested operation.',
faultCause = <unset>,
faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [] }

Our license is VMware vSphere 7 Hypervisor.

ESXi version: 7.0.0

Does our license support PowerOn function?
Do we need to upgrade ESXi version to the newest version?
Could you help clarify this problem and provide the suggestion?

Thanks,

Graham

[doskiran]

vSphere 7.0 release is a major vSphere release.
All major vSphere releases require new license keys.
The existing 6.x license should not be valid for vSphere 7.0.

I observed the same error in my vCenter setup , after updating to 7.0 license it started working for me.

Refer below link if you are running pyVmomi directly on ESX:
 https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/625

[Graham9527]

Hi doskiran,

The following is our license on VMWare ESXi web, but it doesn't show the license version.

Do you know how to check the version of our license?
Do you have any command or where could I find my license version?

Thanks,

Graham

[doskiran]

Command to check the ESXi license info:

~ # vim-cmd vimsvc/license --show

[Graham9527]

Hi doskiran,

Here is our license information.

./vim-cmd vimsvc/license --show
[200] Sending request for installed licenses...[200] Complete, result is:
serial: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
vmodl key: esx.hypervisor.cpuPackageCoreLimited
name: VMware vSphere 7 Hypervisor
total: 0
used: 1
unit: cpuPackage:32core
Properties:
[ProductName] = VMware ESX Server
[ProductVersion] = 7.0
[count_disabled] = This license is unlimited
[feature] = vsmp:8 ("Up to 8-way virtual SMP")
[FileVersion] = 7.0.0.6

It seems our FileVersion(license version?) is 7.0.0.6.

Do we still need to update license?

Thanks,

Graham

[doskiran]

This fault is the license check of API restrictions based on the product version.

Looks like the current license on the host doesn't have the vimapi feature or has expired.

> vim-cmd vimsvc/license --show | grep vimapi

     [feature] = vimapi ("vSphere API")

[Graham9527]

Hi doskiran,

Does the new license have the vimapi ("vSphere API") feature?

If so, what version of license should we update to?

Thanks,

Graham

[doskiran]

Hi Graham,

vimapi feature is not available in VMware vSphere 7 Hypervisor license.

Its available from VMware vSphere 7 Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Enterprise.. license 

Thanks,
Kiran

[Graham9527]

Thanks for your clarification!

Graham