Vmware Esxi 5.5 License Key Generator

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Vmware Esxi 5.5 License Key Generator

To add a free license to your ESXi 5.5 installation, go to the VMware webpage and log in to your account. There you will find a „License & Download“ button, where you can register for a free license. You might also search for „Free products“ on the product webpage and click on „vSphere Hypervisor“ to get there. Troubleshooting VMware Licensing; Troubleshooting license management in My VMware; Registering license keys in My VMware; Licensing ESXi 5.x and vCenter Server 5.x; vSphere Operations Management and vCloud Suite Licensing; Licensing VMware Fusion 5.x and Workstation 9.x. Keygen means a small program that will generate a cd key, serial number, activation number, license code or registration number for a piece of software. Keygen is short for Key Generator. A keygen is made available through crack groups for free download.

  • Connect to ESXi 5.5 host using VMware vSphere Client.
  • Click on Configuration tab as shown in figure below:
  • Clicking on Configuration tab shows configuration options towards Hardware and Software. Hardware options are shown in top table and Software options are shown beneath it. Under Software, the first option is Licensed Features as shown in figure below, click on this option.
  • Clicking on Licensed Features, we get information towards license and an Edit button on the right side as shown in the figure below. Click on Edit…
  • Click on the button: Enter Key… under the option: Assign a new license key to this host. A new pop up dialog appears, that asks for New license key. Enter the license key you got from VMware while downloading the free vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 and then click on OK button.
  • Once the license is applied, the following information is shown:
    • Product: VMware vSphere 5 Hypervisor (unlimited cores per CPU)
    • Capacity: Unlimited CPUs
    • Available: Unlimited CPUs
    • Expires: Never
  • This is shown in the figure given below:

The above figure shows Expires: Never, it means the evaluation mode is no more as the license has been applied successfully.


Learning has never been so easy!

If you just recently installed VMWare Esxi 5.0 and vSphere 5.0 and are wondering how to install the license key in vSphere 5.0, here are the steps on how to do so:

1) Copy the license key you received on the VMWare download page. If you don't have it, log back into your account on the VMWare website. The license key should be directly above the download link.

2) Go into your vSphere 5.0 client.

Vmware Esxi 5.5 License Key Generatorerator

3) At the top of the list of virtual machines, highlight your host machine.

4) Go to the 'Configuration' tab.

5) Choose the 'Licensed Features' listed in the 'Software' section.

6) Next, click the ‘Edit..’ link shown at the top right corner of the screen. An 'Assign License' window will appear.

7) Select the 'Assign a new license to this host' option.

8) Click the 'Enter Key' button. An 'Add License Key' window will appear.

9) Paste your license key into the text box shown.

10) Click 'OK' to close the 'Add License Key' window.

11) You should now see the license applied for the VMWare vSphere 5 Hypervisor and, in my case, it showed 'Unlimited' under the 'Available' column.

12) Click 'Ok' to close the 'Assign License' window.

The screen image below shows what is described above. I hope this helps you.

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8 Comments

Vmware Esxi 5.5 License Key Generator Download

  • Pimiento
    Frank W. Vans Evers Jun 21, 2012 at 10:11am

    1. This is right on. howevers
    2. I am getting the follwoing:
    An error occurred when assigning the specified license key: The system memory is not satisfied with the 32 gb of maximum memory limit. Current with 48 GB of memory.
    3. My co-workers says I need a second license.
    4. I have reviewed everything under myvmware account and I can not identify 'how to' get the additional license, if that is the solution. So far I have not found any discussion or procedures for this problem.
    /s/ Frank in Florida

  • Thai Pepper
    Alexander.Hovis Apr 16, 2014 at 08:33pm

    Thank you sir, you are a life saver it worked like a charm.

  • Thai Pepper
    Alexander.Hovis Apr 16, 2014 at 08:33pm

    Thank you sir, you are a life saver it worked like a charm.

  • Anaheim
    michaelelliott Aug 5, 2014 at 02:29am

    Thank you very much, i wouldnt have figured this out on my own.

  • Thai Pepper
    Reg1145 Aug 5, 2014 at 12:05pm

    No problem. You're welcome. I am glad this is helping others and not just me.

  • Jalapeno
    seshathriswamy Sep 22, 2014 at 11:42pm

    Thank you very much for the useful posting.i will going to try it in my environment

  • Pimiento
    wewill Sep 24, 2014 at 08:05pm

    Hi Reg1145,

    I had installed a standalone ESXi 5.5, After booting up, I was able to connect the ESXi host in vSphere Client then assigned the free ESXi 5.5 license key successfully (Downloaded from VMWARE Site). Now the evaluation mode is changed and set to NEVER expires, but after a reboot/hard rest it has revoked the license and shows a evaluation 60 days.

    Is there any fix for it ? or did u faced similar kind of issues? Idm downloader serial key free.

    Thanks

  • Thai Pepper
    Reg1145 Sep 29, 2014 at 06:58pm

    Wewill,
    Sorry, I am not sure. Did you try to above instructions or try to reinstall?