Make sure that the SSH service is running on your ESXi host. Open an SSH session to your ESXi host. Run the following commands; rm -r /etc/vmware/license.cfg cp /etc/vmware/.#license.cfg /etc/vmware/license.cfg /etc/init.d/vpxa restart The license is again valid for 60 days after the vpxa service is restarted.
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