VMware vSphere 6.7 has been announced by VMware recently and there are many enhancement and new features are available with this release. Question is how we can obtain a free version of vSphere 6.7 for our non-production or testing environment.
If you need to use the many features VMWare has to offer, then you would need to purchase a correct licence and enter that instead. If you are looking for a key for version 5.5, click.
As earlier how we used to get free license for older versions same method we have the options to generate vSphere 6.7 license. License key with no expiration date can created free at VMware’s website. You can use the “Free Hypervisor” as identical to the paid version but with some software limitations.
Also Free version has some technical Spec and limitations , find the below .
- Free ESXi cannot be added to a vCenter Server
- No commercial support
- Some API functionality is missing
- Number of logical CPUs per host: 480
- No physical CPU limitation
- Maximum vCPUs per virtual machine: 8
- If you have already a free key for ESXi 6.0 or 6.5, you can use the old key for vSphere 6.7 also.
How to Obtain Free vSphere License
- Browse to VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 Download Page
- You can Login with existing account or create an account
- To Register for ESXi you have to enter your personal information .After registration, you will receive a unique license key and access to the vSphere 6.7 binaries.
Vcenter 6.7 License Key
- Now Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.7 – Binaries
- You can install ESXi to your Hardware and ass the License to the ESXI host from web Client
- Login as root with the Embedded Host Client (https://<ESX IP / FQDN>/ui/)
Vsphere 7 Keymaker
5.Navigate to Manage -> Licensing
6. Click Assign license and enter your license key and start using the free vSphere 6.7
Vmware Vsphere 6.7 Keygen Standalone
- The vSphere 5.x, 6.x and 7.x releases require different license keys. It is not possible to use vSphere 5.x licenses on vSphere 6.x. The same is true when upgrading from vSphere 6.x to 7.x. For information on upgrading license keys, see How to upgrade license keys in My VMware (2006974).
- When upgrading between different 6.x releases or between different 7.x releases, the existing licenses work and enable the features of the software once upgraded. For example, the ESXi 6.7 features are automatically enabled after you upgrade from ESXi 6.5 to 6.7. Please view Important information before upgrading to vSphere 6.5 (2147548) and Important information before upgrading to vSphere 7.0 (78487).
- You can view and manage your license keys in My VMware. For information on viewing your license keys, and for links to information on managing your license keys, see How to view license keys in My VMware (2006831).
- vSphere 7.0 requires one CPU license for up to 32 physical cores. If a CPU has more than 32 cores, additional CPU licenses are required as announced in 'Update to VMware’s per-CPU Pricing Model'. Prior to upgrading ESXi hosts, you can determine the number of licenses required using the license counting tool described in 'Counting CPU licenses needed under new VMware licensing policy'. For additional information, see the License Management section in the vCenter Server and Host Management Guide.