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The death of ESXi finally confirmed by Broadcom

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/02/12

Quite a few people already bumped into this the last two days (will add those links later), so today’s confirmation by Broadcom – who have a similar modus operandi as companies like Computer Associates and Symantec were and Idera is now – as of the ESXi death does not come as a surprise.

Via [Waybacksave/Archive] SwiftOnSecurity on X: “Broadcom the mortal enemy of Taylor Swift”

[Waybacksave/Archive] Justin Elze on X: “RIP”

For reasons that do not seem to apply to the Internet Archive and their Wayback Machine, this one got pulled:

[Wayback/Archive] sysadafterdark on X: “It looks like a redditor got confirmation that ESXI free is gone and you can no longer download the ISOs – even if you have a key. You’re on your own for activation, but I have copies of 6.5 – 8 that I’ll put on my mirror if anyone needs them. Stand by. “

Related blog post less than 4 weeks ago: ESXi 8 licenses seem still available, if you might need it: register while you can as it looks like Broadcom will kill registration (which has hashes for the regular ESXi 8.0U2 and 7.0U3 I downloaded back then; below are Dell specific ones)

Dell ESXi images that were still downloadable from the VMware site on 20240213

Some images still were available when writing this. Get them while you can.

Other VMware download metadata

  • [Wayback/Archive] Download VMware vCenter Server 8.0U2
    VMware-VCSA-all-8.0.2-22385739.iso
    File size: 10.22 GB
    File type: iso
    Release Date: 2023-09-21
    Build Number: 22385739
    VMware vCenter Server Appliance
    VMware vCenter Server Appliance ISO. It includes the UI and CLI installer for install, upgrade and migration for VMware vCenter Server Appliance, VMware vSphere Update Manager and Update Manager Download Service (UMDS).
    MD5SUM: 4eb15c4361b517c72cafb9325d66e10d
    SHA1SUM: 8f95dca9eb02f3a31da735cff731278e7cc7133f
    SHA256SUM: 20241239796372786b7b248dfd3312c6c80259b43db157d42e788d22d80764c3
    VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-8.0.2.00000-22385739-updaterepo.zip
    File size: 7.57 GB
    File type: zip
    Release Date: 2023-09-21
    Build Number: 22385739
    VMware vCenter Server Appliance Update Bundle
    Use this package to update from any released VMware vCenter Server Appliance 8.0.x to VMware vCenter Server 8.0U2 Appliance.
    MD5SUM: 347d44c978e5930547402f362df72063
    SHA1SUM: 33e573f87bf2de371b60efe2052e391babfa185d
    SHA256SUM: 841c5c65c26046504cdb89a4371b0c77136994990cfbfa256db7eff011374276
  • [Wayback/Archive] VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 1a Release Notes (downloadable at for instance [Archive] VMware ESXi 8 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive and [Wayback/Archive] updates.marcant.net/pub/mirror/VMware/)
    VMware-VMvisor-Installer-8.0U1a-21813344.x86_64.iso
    File size: 599 MB
    File type: iso
    Release Date: 2023-09-01
    Build Number: 21813344
    VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi ISO) image
    Boot your server with this image in order to install or upgrade to ESXi (ESXi requires 64-bit capable servers). This ESXi image includes VMware Tools.
    MD5SUM: 05768de15c1cf8790af9702c077493e5
    SHA1SUM: ce142434b34c994c9712651eac35099db973bd76
    SHA256SUM: fe1ba819ce9a84318a4cf39ca0bd273009089f5abf86c49b002f46b05d399514

Queries

Queries like these to get the above download information:

  1. [Wayback/Archive] dell vmware esxi 7.0U1 download site:vmware.com – Google Search
  2. [Wayback/Archive] “VMware-ESXi-8.0.2-22380479-HPE-802.0.0.11.4.0.14-Sep2023.iso” – Google Search
  3. [Wayback/Archive] “VMware-ESXi-8.0.2-22380479-HPE-802.0.0.11.4.0.14-Sep2023-depot.zip” – Google Search
  4. [Wayback/Archive] “VMware-ESXi-8.0U2-22380479-depot.zip” – Google Search
  5. [Wayback/Archive] “VMware-VCSA-all-8.0.2-22385739.iso” – Google Search
  6. [Wayback/Archive] “VMware-VMvisor-Installer-8.0.0.update02-22380479.x86_64-Dell_Customized-A00.iso” – Google Search
  7. [Wayback/Archive] “VMware-VMvisor-Installer-8.0U2-22380479.x86_64.iso” – Google Search
  8. [Wayback/Archive] “VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-8.0.2.00000-22385739-patch-FP.iso” – Google Search
  9. [Wayback/Archive] “VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-8.0.2.00000-22385739-updaterepo.zip” – Google Search

The above query marked "VMware-ESXi-8.0U2-22380479-depot.zip" also found [Wayback/Archive] aac-lib/vsm/newlocs.json at master · Texiwill/aac-lib which is a great resource for the current VMware download names. It is part of [Wayback/Archive] aac-lib/vsm/vExpert.md at master · Texiwill/aac-lib (Linux Version of VMware Software Manager (vExpert Usage)) which in turn is part of the [Wayback/Archive] Texiwill/aac-lib: AAC Library of Tools.

You can pretty print the raw JSON content at [Wayback/Archive] raw.githubusercontent.com/Texiwill/aac-lib/master/vsm/newlocs.json using:

  1. https://jsonformatter.org/json-viewer/?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Texiwill/aac-lib/master/vsm/newlocs.json
  2. https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/?process=true&data=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Texiwill/aac-lib/master/vsm/newlocs.json

The hashing queries (especially the "a2773c2519715e28d23f39753f4d6064f29fef48" one) also returned the below results indicating I am far from complete and need to check the hashes of more files I downloaded in the past (I am a digital pack rat, but because of health reasons didn’t manage to organise everything yet):

Queries to get the ESXi binaries on the Internet Archive:

Alternative: VMUG (some USD 210/year)

[Wayback/Archive] Broadcom terminates VMware’s free ESXi hypervisor • The Register

the VMWare User Group “advantage” licensing persists

[Wayback/Archive] » VMUG Membership Benefits

[Wayback/Archive] VMUG Advantage on X: “Looking for a lost-cost version of ESXi Hypervisor, #VMUG #Advantage is the solution for you. Get access to ESXi, vSphere 8, vSan 8 and over 15 other VMware Licenses for only $210 a year. Learn More today: “

[Wayback/Archive] » VMUG Advantage Membership

I need to check if those are perpetual licenses or time-limited ones.

--jeroen

This entry was posted on 2024/02/12 at 20:30 and is filed under Internet, InternetArchive, Power User, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESXi, WayBack machine. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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