
The license key will extend the 30 day trial to 365 days. Cost: VMware Workstation costs around 300 per license (price may vary.
After installing the program, register and activate it using the license key previously emailed to you. VMware Workstation creates an image of each guest operating system: These images. VMware Workstation 17 Pro (for Windows):. Follow the link to the desired product, and on the product page, choose "Download Now". On the right-hand side look for "Direct Links for Software Download". VMware Online Store The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. To download the VMware program, go back to the "Software Licensing" page. VMWare's Online Store for virtualization of your desktop, applications, servers, data centers and cloud via Fusion, Workstation, vSphere and other products. Choose the product you want, and click the green "Request" button to request your free license key. Allow the "Application Course Merchant" access to the account you just created. You should receive a confirmation that you have been enrolled. Create your account (name, email, password). Follow the link in the email, or go to HKEYLOCALMACHINESOFTWAREWOW6432NodeVMware, Inc.VMware .15.0.e1.201804Serial. Check your email and watch for an email with the subject "Welcome! Please redeem your VMWare subscription!". I simply rebooted the machine, and reran VMW, and it started to work.While you wait for your account, note that VMware has automatic free 30-day trials, so you can download and start using the software immediately, and enter the registration code at a later code. Tada!! You should now be able to start the VM, but may have a new issue, an error about the Kernel version being different than what is found. Then after running another cat on the original license file, I merely just edited the new license file with "Serial = 'XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX'", saved and restarted the VMware service. Note : For 64-bit versions of Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista, the serial number is located at Computer > HKEYLOCALMACHINE > SOFTWARE > Wow6432Node > VMware, Inc.
I copied the license-ws-90-e1-201202 file to the /etc/vmware/ directory, since that correlates to the type of license I needed. Navigate to Computer > HKEYLOCALMACHINE > SOFTWARE > VMware, Inc. There are also 2 different versions of license files in that folder, what looks to be the version for 8.0.2, and the version for e.x.p. Since e.x.p is available free to the general public, the Serial Number for the license can be found on the website where you can download VMW-TP, I assumed that it was a full version of the product.
After running a 'cat license-ws-90-e*-201202' I noticed that the license type for each file was different. In that folder you will find 3 different types of licenses, ws, ws.vl, ws.eval which I can only assume are the different types of licenses available for purchase. I finally found the license directory in the /usr/lib/vmware/licenses/site folder.