VSphere license downgrade then upgrade

[waywardson79]

I have purchases VSphere licenses that are 7.X however, i need to downgrade them to 6.7 for now as we are not ready to upgrade to the 7.X yet. My question is, can I downgrade these licenses to the 6.x and then in a few months when we are ready upgrade them again to 7.x licenses?  Any clarification on this would help and links to any documentation for verification of this would be wonderful! Thanks!!

[fabio1975 · Accepted solution]

Ciao

You can safely proceed with the license downgrade from 7.x to 6.x and when you are ready redo the upgrade from 6.x to 7.x. The only thing you need to check is to always have an active "Support and Subscription contract".

You can find other posts in the forums where they talk about it:

https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Downgrade-vSphere-7-Enterprise-Plus-to-6-0...

and there is this KB that explains how to upgrade and downgrade and what constraints there are.

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

[waywardson79]

Thank you so much for the quick reply and the links to additional information!

[raghuvm1]

Is it it possible to directly upgrade the divided license from vsphere6 to vsphere8 without upgrading to vsphere 7 i am taking about liscence

[a_p_]

No, up- and downgrades only go from one version to the next one, i.e. this has to be done in two steps.

André