Getting Free licence for HPE Custom ESXI 8

[BoldOne1]

Hi Community 

I'm a student learning ESXI. I recently purchased a HPE Proliant MicroServer Gen10 V2 for my home lab. i download and installed the ESXI 8.0 HPE custom image. I have successfully installed it and currently on a 60 day trail. Can the community advise how I can free a free licence for this version of ESXI so I can learn the basics of ESXI? When I downloaded this version there was no option to register the product. 

Also when I go into download center and attempt to esxi 8.0 it looks like I do not have permission and only have a trial download opton.  

Any help would be appreciated. 

[degvm · Accepted solution]

/https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/evalcenter?p=free-esxi8

register and download the license within the website, after registration you will have access for the "free" version.

You can also add the HPE Addons : https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=ADDON_ESXI80U2_HPE&productId=1345

[BoldOne1]

@degvm Thank you so much. Your a star! In terms of the hpe add-ons would these be installed via a ISO or can they be installed via the console?

[degvm]

A good way might be:

After the host is installed with the iso, enable SSH on the DCUI

Use pscp or winscp to copy the HPE-802.0.0.11.5.0.6-Oct2023-Addon-depot.zip to the system, it /tmp directory

Then use esxcli to install the vib
esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/HPE-802.0.0.11.5.0.6-Oct2023-Addon-depot.zip

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