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  • 1.  Do we need subscription license?

    Posted Jul 24, 2023 07:16 PM

    I'm a bit confused about the Production Support and Subscription Licenses. All of our hosts has both license.

    I know Production Support means you are entitled with VMware Tech support. How about Subscription? Is it means license to use the software?



  • 2.  RE: Do we need subscription license?

    Posted Jul 24, 2023 07:50 PM
    Need a bit more detail of what vSphere licenses you have…


  • 3.  RE: Do we need subscription license?

    Posted Jul 24, 2023 08:04 PM

    I have extracted all of our license in License Management and could see that our vCenter has Basic Support contract. Is this what you need?

    Also, it looks like when you have Production Support, you automatically have Support + Subscription already? which different to Subscriptions Only



  • 4.  RE: Do we need subscription license?

    Posted Jul 25, 2023 03:35 PM

    Subscription grants the right for updates, and upgrades which are released while the subscription is active.
    AFAIK Support always includes Subscription, but you can Subscription without support for e.g. vSphere Essentials.

    Basic and Production support basically differ in the response time.

    André