Licensing

VMware vSphere 6.7 is available as a 60-day, fully working trial, to give administrators the opportunity to test the product's functionalities and the 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 in order to avoid a 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 a specific ...

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