Yesterday, August 12, newly created and restarted virtual machines running under VMWare ESX and ESXi version 3.5 Update 2 in the enterprise configuration refused to boot. An error was detected in the license control module, which issued a message that the license has expired. The problem has received the maximum status of importance and today it has already been solved!
Patch for ESX (i) 3.5 Update 2: For ESX 3.5 1006721 For ESXi 3.5 1006670