VMware has recently announced the immediate discontinuation of the free version of vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x). This decision comes as a result of VMware’s previous termination of perpetual license sales. The current owner of VMware, Broadcom, stated that this move is a direct consequence of the aforementioned decision.
The free version of ESXi offers limited hardware specifications, such as core count and memory allocation, and eliminates various management features. Consequently, it is primarily utilized for testing purposes, although some small-scale organizations do utilize it.
TLDR: VMware has discontinued the free version of vSphere Hypervisor due to the termination of perpetual license sales. This limited-functionality version of ESXi is commonly used for testing purposes.
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