Here is a bit of interesting evidence to help you get to the heart of
the problem. I took your command and changed the variables to match a
configuration in the lab, here is the command I used:
./vmcontrol.pl --server 152.14.17.230 --username root --password
password_here --operation
There are two conditions:
1. The free license is installed correctly( which has been confirmed today).
When checking the licensed features, i get the information as follows:
Licensed Features
Licensed Source
Serial Number: [the SN got from the website]
ESX Server Edition
ESX Server
