#VMware has killed off VMware vSphere Hypervisor, the free version of ESXi. They're also killing off their perpetual licenses and a lot of products targeted at smaller customers. Basically, Broadware doesn't want you to use their stuff unless you're in for a 7-figure ELA.

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/96168

In case you find yourself suddenly needing to rebuild your homelab, I switched to #Proxmox VE a few months back and couldn't be happier.

https://runtimeterror.dev/ditching-vsphere-for-proxmox/