tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428821922099250345.post1254493782825783761..comments2023-06-09T00:23:56.187-10:00Comments on My own reference notes for work.: VMware lab - Reset trials vCenter & ESXi mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10711412397710569653noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428821922099250345.post-64693323238846352572016-01-13T16:32:30.274-10:002016-01-13T16:32:30.274-10:00Yamakasi,
If you set this to run via Cron, I woul...Yamakasi,<br /><br />If you set this to run via Cron, I would suggest every month (say, on the 1st) for simplicity's sake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428821922099250345.post-26580930666084820082015-05-24T23:28:38.843-10:002015-05-24T23:28:38.843-10:00Hi,
It's nice to hear this works on ESXi 6.0
...Hi,<br /><br />It's nice to hear this works on ESXi 6.0<br /><br />Does services restart stop your VM's ?<br /><br />Is it also and idea to run this by cron every 60 days ? I don' know if anyone tested this.<br /><br />Thanks.Yamakasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807997056937662956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428821922099250345.post-46310266583709806512015-05-15T00:51:14.318-10:002015-05-15T00:51:14.318-10:00Confirmed that this works on ESXi 6.0, 2494585.
r...Confirmed that this works on ESXi 6.0, 2494585.<br /><br />rm -r /etc/vmware/license.cfg<br />cp /etc/vmware/.#license.cfg /etc/vmware/license.cfg<br />/etc/init.d/vpxa restart<br />services.sh restartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428821922099250345.post-84287285094438131752015-04-27T00:29:25.933-10:002015-04-27T00:29:25.933-10:00This works for me on 5.5. Thanks This works for me on 5.5. Thanks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428821922099250345.post-31988011628622091822014-11-02T04:49:00.271-10:002014-11-02T04:49:00.271-10:00Ran the configs and it added one day looking in th...Ran the configs and it added one day looking in the licensed features.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428821922099250345.post-71285105056341584542013-07-22T17:23:48.180-10:002013-07-22T17:23:48.180-10:00Thank you SO MUCH Patrick! Worked like a charm on ...Thank you SO MUCH Patrick! Worked like a charm on build 799733, except that I needed to restart all services with:<br /><br />services.sh restart darkdreemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234565950532221408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428821922099250345.post-25250173708493797892013-06-18T06:25:25.452-10:002013-06-18T06:25:25.452-10:00Works for ESXi 5.1 build 1065491 and 1117900
rm -...Works for ESXi 5.1 build 1065491 and 1117900<br /><br />rm -r /etc/vmware/license.cfg<br />cp /etc/vmware/.#license.cfg /etc/vmware/license.cfg<br />/etc/init.d/vpxa restart<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02019547877507181423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428821922099250345.post-56389287791719944652013-05-14T05:11:48.018-10:002013-05-14T05:11:48.018-10:00Procedure is still O.K for 5.1 but you have to del...Procedure is still O.K for 5.1 but you have to delete vmware.lic then licence.cfg and type reboot. Just after, delete again licence.cfg that is recreated periodically until you loose the ssh connection. (constantly type up-arrow to recall rm licence.cfg and enter up your ssh session dies)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428821922099250345.post-1601283270419846262013-04-29T06:24:22.100-10:002013-04-29T06:24:22.100-10:00Hi, Thank you for your post this is no longer vali...Hi, Thank you for your post this is no longer valid for esx 5.1. here what you can do <br /><br />Perform a fresh install of ESXi 5.1 in a virtual machine (choose your poison for hypervisor – I use VirtualBox)<br />Copy the /etc/vmware/license.cfg and /etc/vmware/vmware.lic files or contents of the files from the fresh install you just performed to the existing ESXi 5.1 host<br />/sbin/services.sh restart vpxa<br /><br />Roozbehhttp://roozbehk.comnoreply@blogger.com