Connect to the FireboxV or XTMv virtual machine and run the Web Setup Wizard to set up a basic configuration.

In the VMware vSphere Client, deploy the FireboxV or XTMv virtual appliance to the ESXi host and power on the FireboxV or XTMv virtual machine.

Download WatchGuard System Manager (optional).

Go to and select FireboxV or XTMv for VMware.

To download the installation file and other software to use with your Firebox:

Copy the feature key to a local text file.

The activation process creates a feature key for the Firebox.

Go to and activate the device serial number.

The WSM version must be the same version or higher than the Fireware version The file name is Fireboxv_.ova or xtmv_.ova, where is the Fireware version.

WatchGuard FireboxV or XTMv Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF) template.

The feature key contains the device serial number and licensed features. You receive the serial number when you purchase the FireboxV or XTMv virtual device.

To prepare for your installation, make sure you have: However we recommend that you power down the FireboxV or XTMv virtual machine, if possible, before you migrate it between ESXi hosts. I'll try contacting sales representatives, just in case something went wrong with my license activation key VMware sites today are experiencing some problems and service outages.Some WatchGuard customers have successfully used vMotion to migrate an XTMv virtual machine between ESXi hosts while the XTMv virtual machine is powered on and passing traffic. Player (free version) works perfectly, but I'm planning to use VMware suite for work, so I'm trying to upgrade to Workstation pro 16.x. Hardware is an 8 cores, 32 GB RAM, 32 GB swap, 1 TB SSD disk, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700 CPU 3.00GHz

I got stuck into the license activation panel, with a message 'Invalid activation key'.

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