How to apply your VMUG Advantage EVALExperience vSphere 7 license keys to your home lab
This article and video assume you've already installed vSphere 7 in your home lab, and you are now seeking a little guidance on exactly how to go about applying your license keys during the 60 day evaluation period, without any interruption in running your (non-production) workloads.
If you're wondering a bit about where to get the license keys, this previous TinkerTry article gets into that:
It doesn't really matter whether you have obtained your legitimate license keys from
- My VMware
- earned membership in VMware vExpert Program
- purchased from VMUG Advantage using your 10% off TINKERTRY discount code
you've come to the right place for a close look at exactly how to go about applying those license keys to your VCSA appliance (vCenter) and your ESXi host(s) quickly and easily, step by step video below.
Step-by-step video
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See also at TinkerTry
All vSphere 7 articles.
All vSphere 7 videos.
These systems still work great for many even 9+ years later, mine included, even with (unsupported) vSphere 8 and Windows 11 Version 21H2. But unless you added the optional TPM module, it may be the end of the line as far as repurposing them for running the latest Windows 11 Version 24H2 and beyond.