Licensing
VMware vSphere 6.5 is available as a 60 day, fully working trial, to give admins the opportunity to test the product’s functionalities and services provided. When the evaluation license expires, you need to insert a valid license composed of a 25-character alphanumeric string to re-enable the functionalities in ESXi and vCenter Server, avoiding service outage.
The available services are strictly related to the applied license. VMware vSphere ESXi is licensed per processor, and this means that you need a valid license key for each physical CPU installed in the physical server. The license key can be used on different servers, since it doesn't contain any server-related information and it's not tied to specific hardware. You don't ...
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