TF-123
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‎08-10-2023 06:49 AM

Downgrade of vSphere 8 Essentials to 7 and later upgrade possible?

Hello,

is it possible without extra costs to downgrade the licence and later to upgrade it again to version 8?

Same question for VCenter essential 8.

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robinsonjl3
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‎08-10-2023 06:57 AM

I just did this with my licenses.  We purchased new vSphere licenses and I downgraded them to version 7 and I still have the option to upgrade them back to 8.

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bmcb555
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‎08-10-2023 07:53 AM

Yes it's possible to downgrade and upgrade later. Just do it via the licensing portal or contact your vmware rep and they'll sort it

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Sachchidanand
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‎08-10-2023 08:36 AM

Yes, it's possible to downgrade and later upgrade it. Below KB will help you doing the same:

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/81665

Regards,

Sachchidanand

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TF-123
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‎08-20-2023 11:15 PM

Thanks a lot for the Information. For me was clear for downgrading - but not upgrading later on again. This Topic can be marked as resolved.

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scott28tt
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‎08-21-2023 01:00 AM

It's up to you as the creator of the post to mark a response as the solution to "resolve" the topic, you can do that from the menu to the right of any comment.

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