Goodbye old friend.... vSphere 5.0 and 5.1 R.I.P - End of Support today - 24 August 2016

Goodbye old friend.... vSphere 5.0 and 5.1 R.I.P - End of Support today - 24 August 2016

we've had some good times...

End of General Support for vSphere 5.0 and vSphere 5.1 (2145103)

So if you are still on 5.0 time to upgrade I'm afraid...

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Senior IT System Engineer2016-08-25 11:09 PMID: 1932000

Andrew, what's the implication of not upgrading it ?

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE Fellow)2016-08-26 12:00 AMID: 1932004

NO SUPPORT! from VMware Support.

NO more security patches, no more upgrades.

if you want to take out Extended Support, you can purchase from VMware at $300,000 per year.

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Senior IT System Engineer2016-08-26 12:16 AMID: 1932005

Whoa USD $300,000 per year?
That's too much man...

I thought that there will only be the case of no patches and upgrade.

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE Fellow)2016-08-26 12:27 AMID: 1932007

Just like trying to call Microsoft for Windows XP support.