From what I can remember all of the VMs stay running during the process.
Steps:
- SSH to the device
ssh root@<vm_hostname>
- Remove license config files
rm /etc/vmware/license.cfg /etc/vmware/vmware.lic
- Restart Management services. This is the scary part as things can go wrong when you do this.
services.sh restart
Works for ESXi 5.1 build 1065491 and 1117900
ReplyDeleterm -r /etc/vmware/license.cfg
cp /etc/vmware/.#license.cfg /etc/vmware/license.cfg
/etc/init.d/vpxa restart