Please message the moderators and we'll pull it back in. The former has a 60-day time limit, but it provides all the ESXi features. The thing is, both have several limitations that make them unfit for production use. I’ve mentioned in my previous post that there are actually two free ESXi versions: Evaluation and Free. If you make a post and then can't find it, it might have been snatched away. ESXi is often told to be a free hypervisor. The spam filter can get a bit ahead of itself. To get flair with your certification level send a picture of your certificate with your Reddit username in the picture to the moderators. If you are an employee, please PM one of the moderators that has a VMware logo for verification instructions and we will add it to yours as well! The VMware logo icon following a username indicates that this user is a VMware employee. Specify your problems/needs, technical requirements, and objectives clearly. When asking for assistance or advice, please give the community sufficient information to work with. When asking for technical support, please specify the specific VMware product(s) and version(s) you are working with. While discussion of virtualization concepts in general is appropriate, requesting technical help for non-VMware products is off-topic. Posts that fail to meet these guidelines may be locked or removed: Vulgarity and hostility towards other users will not be tolerated.ĭon't post brain dumps for certification exams. Want to promote something within the community? Message the mods first with your proposal, and we'll decide if it's too spammy or not.ĭon't be a jerk. Brazen marketing material is also generally unwelcome. within a short period of time will be considered spam. Repeatedly submitting links to the same blog/YouTube channel/etc. Don't submit links to blogspam or other low-quality content. Spammers will be banned this sub will not become a marketing cesspit for vendors. Off-topic posts may be locked or removed. Keep post submissions relevant to VMware. Support requests involving Mac OS on unsupported hardware (not a Mac) or software (VMware Workstation or VMware Player) will be removed, and will result in a ban. This includes discussion of 'unlocker' or other methods used to violate the Mac OS EULA by running Mac OS on non-Apple hardware. Expect posts facilitating or promoting piracy to be removed.

Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.Have a technical question? Just make a self post!ĭiscussion of piracy methods will not be permitted.

Register for ESXi (Enter some personal information)Īfter registration, you will receive a unique license key and access to the binaries. If you already have an ESXi 6.0 license key, you don't need to sign up for a new key.

Go to VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.5 Download Page.

Free ESXi cannot be added to a vCenter Server.

The binaries you will receive as 'Free Hypervisor' are 100% identical to the paid version. The license key can be created for free at VMwares website.

VSphere 6.5 has been released and as known from previous versions, VMware provides a free version of their Hypervisor ESXi for everyone again.

Free version of esxi