ESXi 6.0 Download Seemed Not Working

[yhf8377]

Hello All,

I was trying to download the ESXi 6.0 today but it seemed not working.  I have logged in and reached the screen shown below, but both the "Start Download Manager" and "Manual Download" link provided no responses when clicked on.

I have tried to use Firefox and IE, and IE's without add-on mode.  All not working.

Could you please let me know what if anything I did wrong?  Thank you.

[jlecampos]

Hello All,

I am having the same problem.

Thank you.

[AnthonyKwan]

Me Too!

I ask the technical support, they reply no problem!

[khurni]

Same here.  Been like this since at least Saturday.  I've tried 6 different PC's, and 3 different web browsers (IE 10, IE 11, Chrome, Firefox) and 2 different ISPs.

[IBM_India · Accepted solution]

hi

download from below link, but it must be register before or already you have account

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=vsphere6

[khurni]

That's not the same product.  You're listing the Plus trial-ware that expires in 60 days.

I believe the OP and myself are referring to the FREE Hypervisor (that is not limited)

[a_p_]

Don't worry, the binaries for the Hypervisor (ESXi) are exactly the same, and it's only the license key which lock/unlocks features.

André

[khurni]

The files have different dates and MD5 checksums (if they were the same, they should have the same checksum).  The free one has a date of 3/12/15, and the Plus version has a date of 7/7/15.

Although perhaps the updated files are the reason why it's working and the other one is not.

[a_p_]

You are right, I didn't look at the build/date. Anyway, the free license key should (at least that's been the case with all previous versions) work with any build, even with the vendor specific OEM builds.

André

[yhf8377]

I used the link that IBM_india has provided to download the ESXi 6.  I think a.p. is correct, that the ESXi component included in the vSphere trial is identical to the free Hypervisor.  Actually I had used my Hypervisor license key to activate the ESXi 5.5 from vSphere trial about one year ago.  I totally forgot this before IBM_india posted the link.

The link actually points to a newer build version of ESXi, which is a good thing.  The only concern is that I have to start a trial, which may trigger some sale contact that I don't really need.

Anyway, I sent an email to the VMWare website contact to let them know there is an issue related to the free Hypervisor downloads.  When I checked again today, the page has changed, though still not working.  I think they are working on it.

Thank you to everyone.

[IBM_India]

brother

Now Vmware provide 60 days trial only

free things only be when new product is launched by Vmware.,

[denixx]

I have the same thing.

Download button is not working.

I have only "Manual Download" button, without manager.

It is frustrating. First you are waiting for approval, and then can't download.

[grionid]

Solved for me: changed DNS server to Google DNS 8.8.8.8 on machine LAN IP settings. Also did ipconfig /flushdns

I use Pi-hole Raspberry pi Adds/Malware blocker for DNS server, so apparently wmware download has been added to Add / Malware blocked pages.

[ponte]

same here...pi hole was the problem! thanks for the fix

[MDNaseer]

Try this link attached below for downloading esxi 6.0

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/info?slug=datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/6_0

[baumer28]

This worked for me as well. Set IP address manually, set DNS to 8.8.8.8 (Google) and flushed my dns cache: ipconfig /flushdns.

Boom! Downloading.