Purchasing ESXi version 8 and downgrading to 7

[JPbalean23]

Hi Support Team


What is the appropriate or specific type of ESXi Version 7 license for our current hardware setup? We are currently using ESXi Version 7.0 U3 (Expired). We purchased 1 License Standard but we got an error upon assigning the license. (Please see attached screenshots for reference).  

 Do we need to purchase a quantity of 2 licenses with 1 processor and then combine them to make it 2 processors?

Hardware Specification

Model: HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9
CPU: 16 CPUs x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz.
Sockets: 2
Cores per Socket: 8
Bios Version: P89
Bios Release Date: January 22, 2018

Thank You Guys

 

[a_p_]

Once you've purchased the required capacity, the licenses will appear in your Cusomer Connect Portal, form where you can combine/divide licenses, and up-/downgrade them to the version that you need.

Note that in order to combine licenses to a single key, they firt need to be up-/downgraded to the same version.

André

[JPbalean23]

Hello a_p_

Thank You for your reply,

Just to clarify, with our current hardware specs do we need to purchase a quantity of 16 licenses, 16 processors then combine, or do we just need 2 licenses, 2 processors then combine? 

Thank You

[Sachchidanand]

As your hardware is having two CPU, you required two license as one license covers one cpu with upto 32 cores. Please see below doc as reference:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-7AFCC64B-7D94-...

Regards,

Sachchidanand