I've seen it mentioned several times in various discussions and blog posts that existing SnS customers will only have 30 days from either the announcement or the GA of 5.0 to accept the new EULA and upgrade their licenses, or else fork out lots of money to do it later.
Is this true? Can anyone link me to an announcement of this?
How does this work if you're going to keep using 4.x anyway?
Looks like as long as you have active Service and Support, you can upgrade anytime. Version 4.1 will use the current licensing model and won't be retrofitted for vRAM. Check page 15:
Q: Is there a cost saving upgrade path from V4 to V5?
A: As long as you have active Support and Subscription (SnS) there is no cost to upgrade from version 4 to version 5. If you have expired SnS then you’ll need to get that current to upgrade.
http://www.slideshare.net/softchoice/softchoice-webinar-vmware-5-release-summary
There's probably a more official source, but I couldn't find it.
EDIT: Just found it
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf
Chris Anderson wrote:
I've seen it mentioned several times in various discussions and blog posts that existing SnS customers will only have 30 days from either the announcement or the GA of 5.0 to accept the new EULA and upgrade their licenses, or else fork out lots of money to do it later.
Is this true?
I saw the same "30 days" mentioned in a message I received from SoftChoice a VMWare partner reseller/distributor.
I have not been able to find any mention on an official VMWare doc/page, so I am also wondering about this myself.
As was posted I think as long as yout SnS was current at the time of vSphere 5 GA release you can upgrade at any time.
http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/upgrade-center/licensing.html
Pete
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