Last week, we published VMware End of Availability on Many VMware vSphere Editions. That article referenced VMware KB96168, which was taken down, and VMware provided a new linked blog with guidance. The story is largely the same, but now there is some guidance on which subscription service a customer can transition to.
VMware Updates its EOA Plan
Broadcom’s VMware is still ending product sales of a huge list of products. It now has a table with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) or VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) replacements. Since VMware now has a habit of deleting its EOA documentation, we are going to copy the table from the source VMware blog here for our readers to reference:
Products no longer available as standalone (all editions and pricing metrics)Replacement Product Included in VCF/VVF/Add-on?
(Y/N)Which Product or Add-On?
(Source: VMware)
By our count, that is 59 total entries. Of which, only 27 have a “Y” in that middle column for there being a replacement product included in VCF or VVF potentially with an add-on.
At this point, you may be trying to reference back to the original KB96168 article and see if there are differences. There are since this is 59 items, we have three net new lines added to this list:
- VMware vSphere Enterprise
- VMware vSAN+
- VMware Aria Suite Cloud for US Public Sector
Five recent inclusions have been found not to be VCF/ VVF/ add-on path items, differentiating them from last week’s list.
Concluding Thoughts
The strategic approach Broadcom employs relies on focusing on bigger clients, thereby making additional profit from their existing product range and services compared to the standalone services offered by VMware. The repeated use of this strategy, even to the extent of involving the chip level, was elucidated to our readers during the public divulgence. Fast forward two years, most minor clients may have left VMware of their own accord and are hence unaffected by it. However, there are certain dormant clients who haven’t migrated yet and for them, such EOA disclosures could be challenging. As we learned from several comments in the past, many fall under this category.
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