I have been running the 'free' version of ESXi 6.5 for around a year with no problems. Over the weekend the server lost connectivity to the network. I did see that the license was expiring a few weeks ago, but of course did nothing . When I use the DCUI at the server the management server settings are correct for the network. When I test the setting all the pings come back failed.
When I enter the command line interface and ping 127.0.0.1 OK, 192.168.0.250 (management network) OK. 192.168.0.1 DGW, host unreachable. I have used esxcli network namespace to check the nic and it shows the nic is up and the link is up. I tried taking the nic down and back up, no love. The server is a Lenovo Think Server T130 with a xeon processor
So, could an expired license cause this?
Can I apply a new license from the cli?
Should I just reinstall 6.5 with a new license and move on?
Thanks,
Don
