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Hello friends, I use VMware and the license is expiring, and my question is, what happens to the product when the license expires? What do I lose? What are the benefits?
Upon license expiration, the vCenter Server software and the ESX/ESXi software continue to run, but certain operations stop working.
If a vCenter Server license expires, the managed hosts become disconnected from the vCenter Server inventory, and you cannot add hosts to the inventory. The hosts and the virtual machines on the hosts continue to run. By using the vSphere Client to connect directly to the host, you can power on or reset the virtual machines.
If an ESX/ESXi host license expires, the virtual machines that reside on the host continue to run, but you cannot power on the virtual machines or reset them.
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You lose the APIs. So anything that would use APIs to connect to VMware (like Veeam backup) will no longer work.
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Upon license expiration, the vCenter Server software and the ESX/ESXi software continue to run, but certain operations stop working.
If a vCenter Server license expires, the managed hosts become disconnected from the vCenter Server inventory, and you cannot add hosts to the inventory. The hosts and the virtual machines on the hosts continue to run. By using the vSphere Client to connect directly to the host, you can power on or reset the virtual machines.
If an ESX/ESXi host license expires, the virtual machines that reside on the host continue to run, but you cannot power on the virtual machines or reset them.
It would depend on the level of the license that is currently applied and what features you are using from it.
If the license expires, it will reduce the feature set to the Free level , which means no clustering, no vMotion, no Distributed switch.
Typically the license, when purchased, is a permanent key. The only thing that expires is the service and support, which means no technical support and no upgrades.
If you haven't already, reach out to a Local Partner or a VAR like CDW , Insight, PCMall, etc. They should be able to answer any licensing questions you might have and help you understand the right choice for your environment,
Jason
As long as there isn't a power outage, things run fine. But they become completely unmanageable.
What product? VMWare is a company.
Are you talking about a license expiring or maintenance? If maintenance you just lose access to tech support and product updates.
in the description of the email that they sent me informing me that the license would win, it said "... your SnS contract - VMware Support and Subscription ..."
the product is vSphere Client v.5.5 and VMware vCenter Server v.5.5
Edited Dec 3, 2018 at 15:26 UTC Considering that 5.5 reached end of support in August, I would say that it would be a good protection for your license investment to renew the SnS and then make a plan to upgrade to 6.5 or better.
If you let SnS lapse , there is a 20% fee to reinstate, if you can no longer reinstate the SnS , then you would need to repurchase the licenses which could be costly.
The "Enterprise" level tech in me is suggesting that renewing is the best value... but you could also continue to run your 5.5 unsupported for another 2 years as well... not recommended, but possible....
Jason
Don't forget that if your use of vmware is what is keeping production running and the virtuals are what brings in revenue, that's is a whole different level of problem.
Also check your hardware against the VMWare Hardware Compatibility list so you understand on what version you can go to, and thus how much longer you can live on what you have and still be able to get help from VMWare support for that version.
You realise that it's time to look at a platform that is still Enterprise ready but not priced as VMware licensing and their maintenance costs.
Not quite the answer you were looking for, but if you are running ESXi 5.5 it's most certainly time to review the platform you are running your VM's on.
There are a mass of other platforms (yes some completely free of licensing cost, but not support costs) that probably fit your price / value for money ratio better than keeping your VMware 'production fit'
I am not anti VMware in any way but it is no longer the best fit for many organisations who purchased it some time ago.
The others have answered your options with Entitlement to certain functions with the hosts and the way they are licensed.
If you do not need integration with anything like automatic backups with third party software and advanced functions (if you have multiple hosts) then you have the option to leave it as it is. This does leave you in a non-production safe place as you no longer have any support from your hypervisor vendor etc.
Some food for thought from an alternative aspect.
Mark.
Brand Representative for VMware
Here's the Knowledge Base article for 5.5 on the license expiration: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/5.5/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-34BEE18C-C026-...
That being said, vSphere 5.5 is currently End of General Support (asJasonValentine stated) and you should upgrade to a newer version. vSphere 6.7 comes with a ton of new security and productivity features including:
- vSphere Persistent Memory
- Single Reboot Upgrade and vSphere Quick Boot
- VM Encryption and VMware vSphere Encrypted vMotion
We have an infographic that details the Top 10 reasons to upgrade to vSphere 6.7: https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsphere/vmware-top-10-rea...
And an eBook you can download that will give you tips on planning and executing the vSphere 6.7 upgrade process, including reference scenarios: https://secure.vmware.com/48980_DMD-ebook_REG?src=so_5a314d0604f0c&cid=70134000001SluU
But, last thing, make sure your hardware is compatible with the version of vSphere you plan on upgrading to. Our hardware compatibility guide is located here and you can find information about the upgrade path here.
Good luck!
mmmm... we just bought a few VMware license. Wasn't cheap, got into the 5th figure. I like hyper-v, price is right.
Well in the case of vCenter license expiring, the hosts will get disconnected and if it the hosts license expires they will keep running with limited feature availability.
Have a look here for more details - https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-4-esx-vcenter/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vsphere.installclassic.doc...
spicehead-3cd50 wrote:
Hello friends, I use VMware and the license is expiring, and my question is, what happens to the product when the license expires? What do I lose? What are the benefits?
You may want to confirm as most VMware licenses do not expire (at least not for 5.x or later).
Only subscription or maintenance expire....then you will not be able to have support or update to later versions.
spicehead-3cd50 wrote:
Hello friends, I use VMware and the license is expiring, and my question is, what happens to the product when the license expires? What do I lose? What are the benefits?
Someone from VMware comes by, and sets your VM on fire, unless you pay before he gets there. He doesn't even talk to you.... so rude.
if you only need 3 host (which can run lots of vm's) - the vmware basic is not that costly and money easily justified - vmware just works.
Before we updated to 6.5 - uptime on host1 773 days, host2 797 days , host3 350 days.
We have vSphere 5 Standard licenses. Our ESXi hosts are running 5.5. We also have a vCenter Server 5 Foundation license, for which I let the support expire a few years ago. The licenses are permanent licenses. I am still able to manage the hosts using vCenter Server (also 5.5), even though I no longer have an active support and maintenance contract on it. Everything runs, but I no longer have access to support and updates if I have to troubleshoot vCenter Server.
My virtual machine not showing on host.
I have two host with 3 three virtual machine one host is showing 2 host showing 2 virtual
Machine only
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