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Vince1973
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Availability of option to downgrade esxi from 7.x to 6.x

Hi,

we have a managed service built on specific application and servers that use ESXI 6.x.
We are seeing that the latest server bundles are shipped with ESXI 7.X, I have seen that It is possible to downgrade ESXI7.x to 6.x with a valid service contract, using the portal and selecting the option 6.x.

Is there a planned date to phase out the option? I am asking because we are planning the certification of our APP with 7.x but until we finish we will need to buy ESXI7.x and downgrade to 6.X

 

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Downgrade options to earlier versions are usually available until the version goes end of life, so there's most likely no need to worry.
Once you are ready for a newer version, you may then upgrade to any version that went GA at a time when your subscription was still active.

André

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asajm
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Hi @Vince1973 

If I understood correctly
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Vince1973
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hi @asajm 

thanks for the feedback, it is very useful anyway I was also looking on a more specific answer for my situation.

Basically I am going to order multiple ESXI 7.0 but I will need to downgrade those license to 6.x an I would ask if the 6.x will be available for a while or there is a plan to remove it from the option.

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ashilkrishnan
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Hi @Vince1973 ,

Downgrade/upgrade options will be available as long as you have a valid contract. 

Hope that helps

Vince1973
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Thanks @ashilkrishnan 

I am just trying to understand if option to downgrade to 6.x will go away soon and so being deleted from the option.

But probably it is a Q not easy to answer 🙂


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Downgrade options to earlier versions are usually available until the version goes end of life, so there's most likely no need to worry.
Once you are ready for a newer version, you may then upgrade to any version that went GA at a time when your subscription was still active.

André