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  • 1.  vSphere Essential Plus to Standard Acceleration Kit upgrade

    Posted Oct 17, 2011 08:17 PM

    We are currently licensed for vSphere 4 Essential Plus and we want to grow beyond the 3 hosts limit.  Is it safe to assume we could just need to get Standard Acceleration Kit upgrade licenses for us to go beyond the 3 hosts limit?  Also, is it possible for us to get the vSphere 5 Standard Acceleration Kit and downgrade our license to vSphere 4?  vSphere 4 licenses are not available anymore.



  • 2.  RE: vSphere Essential Plus to Standard Acceleration Kit upgrade

    Posted Oct 17, 2011 08:50 PM

    If you are current on subscription you should have no issues upgrading to any of the Acceleration kits (see http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf page 9) According to http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/upgrade-center/licensing.html (see Version Downgrade) it's also possible to downgrade from version 5 to 4. However, I never did this with an Acceleration Kit, although I think this should not matter. I'd recommend you double check this with your VMware dealer or your VMware representative before placing the order.

    André



  • 3.  RE: vSphere Essential Plus to Standard Acceleration Kit upgrade

    Posted Oct 18, 2011 08:40 AM

    We are current with our subscription and our VMware dealer is as confused, if not more, as we are about the licensing upgrade path.  To be fair, I was talking to our sales rep but he's going to bring in his VMware licensing person.  Never knew licensing could be this convoluted.