I can't create a new virtual machine in vSphere client. Right clicking the host or going to File > New Virtual Machine is greyed out. It seems like most administrative functions are greyed out, this could perhaps be a permissions issue. Can anyone help? A few things:
1. This is free ESX, I don't have vCenter
2. I'm logged in as root user
3. The host is not in maintenance mode
4. I tried running the service mgmt-vmware restart command from PuttY