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SOLVED : VM ware Esxi expired licence

This is a tested workaround for resolving the Vmware Esxi expired license error by restoring the license file.

  • Login as root user to Vmware host over ssh login
  • Take a backup and Remove the licence.cfg file

[root@localhost:~] rm -r /etc/vmware/license.cfg
rm: remove '/etc/vmware/license.cfg'? yes
 

  • Restore the hidden licence.cfg file

[root@localhost:~] cp /etc/vmware/.#license.cfg /etc/vmware/license.cfg
 

  • To effect the change , restart the vpxa service

[root@localhost:~] /etc/init.d/vpxa restart
watchdog-vpxa: Terminating watchdog process with PID 2099949
vpxa stopped.
vpxa started.

SOLVED : VM ware Esxi expired licence


  • Logout and login to Vmware Esxi portal . The expired licence error should not be observed now
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