Due to a rare timing issue, an ESXi license might expire prematurely

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0

Issue/Introduction

Due to a rare corner-case timing issue in the host management agent (hostd), an ESXi license might expire before the assigned end date.
It will disrupt virtual machine operations.
Many operations task was failed with "License Expired" even it is still valid.

--hostd.log
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ Wa(164) Hostd[2099394]: [Originator@6876 sub=Hbrsvc] Scheduler stopped due to license failure: (vim.fault.LicenseExpired) {
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ Wa(164) Hostd[2098912]: -->    licenseKey = "#####-#####-#####-######-#####", 
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ Wa(164) Hostd[2098912]: -->    msg = "", 

Environment

VMware ESXi8.0

Resolution

This issue is resolved in the VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3h (Build 25067014)

For workaround, restart the host management agent "hostd". 
# /etc/init.d/hostd restart

Additional Information

VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3h Release Notes
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/esxi-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-esxi-80u3h-release-notes.html