vSphere Enterprise Edition FAQ
Recently have received few questions regarding vSphere Enterprise edition. As announced by VMware, vSphere Enterprise edition is no longer available for purchase from 30th Jun 2016. Details can be found from this KB.
As this End of Availability (EOA) from vSphere 6.0, a customer who wants to upgrade to 6.5 or 6.7 or even vSphere.Next would ask how can I proceed.
If you read from the KB:
"Customers choosing not to upgrade their vSphere Enterprise or vSOM Enterprise licenses to Enterprise Plus and who remain active on SnS will continue to be entitled to future minor or major releases of these Enterprise editions if they are made available per the terms of their SnS agreement."
As this End of Availability (EOA) from vSphere 6.0, a customer who wants to upgrade to 6.5 or 6.7 or even vSphere.Next would ask how can I proceed.
If you read from the KB:
"Customers choosing not to upgrade their vSphere Enterprise or vSOM Enterprise licenses to Enterprise Plus and who remain active on SnS will continue to be entitled to future minor or major releases of these Enterprise editions if they are made available per the terms of their SnS agreement."
As long you are on existing SnS, you are free to upgrade. So what it means, although vSphere Enterprise Edition is no longer available for purchase, there is still vSphere Enterprise edition for vSphere 6.5 and 6.7. This is not a software limitation.
However, do note this is based on terms of condition, at time of writing vSphere 6.7 is still available for upgrade, this does not mean that vSphere.Next will carry on to support this edition even if your SnS still valid. This means that you might end up unable to upgrade to next version due to unavailable of Enterprise edition in vSphere.Next.
The best way forward is to upgrade your vSphere edition to Enterprise Plus to ensure you will entitlement to upgrade and not limit by the unavailability of Enterprise edition in vSphere.Next. You can choose not to upgrade but do check out the End of General Support (EoGS) here on the version you are on such as vSphere 6.5/6.7 will be 21st Nov 2021.
However, do note this is based on terms of condition, at time of writing vSphere 6.7 is still available for upgrade, this does not mean that vSphere.Next will carry on to support this edition even if your SnS still valid. This means that you might end up unable to upgrade to next version due to unavailable of Enterprise edition in vSphere.Next.
The best way forward is to upgrade your vSphere edition to Enterprise Plus to ensure you will entitlement to upgrade and not limit by the unavailability of Enterprise edition in vSphere.Next. You can choose not to upgrade but do check out the End of General Support (EoGS) here on the version you are on such as vSphere 6.5/6.7 will be 21st Nov 2021.
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