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  • 1.  Will ESXi stay as free product?

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 06:23 AM

    I am more curious to know if vmware ESXi will still stay free with the future updates, As all further developments of vSphere will be done on ESXi..



  • 2.  RE: Will ESXi stay as free product?
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    Posted Jun 20, 2011 06:28 AM

    Welcome to the VMware Communities forums.

    I would say that VMware vSphere Hypervisor (i.e. ESXi free)  will remain free.  In general the money is in the management products and not the hypervisor.  Given the free alternatives it would be quite an odd decision if they were to remove the free license.

    Dave
    VMware Communities User Moderator

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  • 3.  RE: Will ESXi stay as free product?

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 06:37 AM

    Thanks for the reply

    Although inapprorpiate to the discussion woulld to mention the following

    I have Just notcied that the learn more here link is improperly inserted, have a look at that

    URL: http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/server/vsphere/esx

    Become a true ESXi expert with the FREE ESXi course and ebook offer!

    ESXi will be the only  hypervisor architecure available with future vSphere releases following  4.1. Now is the time to ramp up your expertise about ESXi. You can start  by take advantage of the new FREE ESXi course and ebook offer that  VMware just made available.  Hurry up though the ebook offer will  continue while supplies last! Learn more here

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  • 4.  RE: Will ESXi stay as free product?

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 06:43 AM

    Thanks for pointing that out.  I'll get it fixed.



  • 5.  RE: Will ESXi stay as free product?

    Posted Mar 28, 2023 04:22 PM

    Hi Dave,

    Would you happen to know if it's possible to obtain a license key for ESXi 6.0?  I downloaded a free, licensed copy a couple of years back, but I recently had to rebuild the host it was running on and it seems the license key is no longer available on my account.  In fact, the entire record of my original download is gone.  ESXi 6 is the only version that still supports my old MacPro3,1 Xeon processors. 

    Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated!

    ~ Tana



  • 6.  RE: Will ESXi stay as free product?

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 06:33 AM

    I can not imagine why VMware would remove the free license.

    The free license means that when the company requires more advanced features and management they will have to pay for a license from VMware rather then using XenServer or Hyper-V.  If they removed the free license they would be basically giving money to the competition. :smileywink: