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Start a SSH session to your ESXi host using your favourite SSH client like Putty.

This is a step by step description of how you can update the license file This key should be replaced with the key you have gotten from VMware when you downloaded the installer file. The file should look something like this if you have not entered any license information 00000-00000-00000-00000-00000. This requires that you have enabled the SSH service on your host before it expired and you can access it using your favourite SSH client to your ESXi host.

This is a short howto describing how you can type in the license key for you free VMware Hypervisor after it has expired, since you cannot use the vSphere Client. If you do not type in the key before it expires you will not be able to power on VMs after they have been powered down. You cannot type in the license key in the vSphere Client after the evaluation period has expired.

“Disable VMware ESX” is the warning message that is displayed when you open your VMware vSphere Client after the 60-day evaluation period has expired without typing in a new license key for your free VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5 install.