Hello,
I have a client who doesn't want to extend service agreement for vSphere and vCenter.
Their current specs are ;
vCenter 6.5 8815520
vSphere: 6.5 8935087
As Flash support on all browsers ends by Dec, 2020, they have to upgrade to 6.7 Update3, but they don't have service agreement.
So I went to my.vmware.com and was able to download 6.7 Update 3 for vCenter. What is the consequence of installing this update for vCenter without service agreement?
Will it be just for them not having technical support if the upgrade encounters any problem?
Also, is it OK, just to upgrade vCenter only, not vSphere? I think it's OK as vCenter 6.7 supports ESXi vSphere 6.0...
License keys are the same for 6.0/6.5/6.7 so no issue there: VMware Knowledge Base
However...
If they are running any workloads on their environment that they care about, they are already taking a huge risk with not having a contract.
ESXi 6.0 is already out of support, even if they did have a contract.
It is best practice to run vCenter Server and ESXi on the same version if possible.
Technicly you will not get a problem because the license keys did not change within 6.x and VCSA 6.7u3 can manage 6.0 Hosts.
Legally....it depends. If their Subscriptions ends before 6.5u3 becomes available your not "allowed" to use that version.
Question: What vSphere Edition they have in use? The small Essentials bundle costs 62,- EUR Subscription per year.
Regards,
Joerg
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