Evaluation mode vSAN license applied after upgrading vCenter Server from 6.x to 7.x or 7.x to 8.x
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Article ID: 326916
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Products
VMware vCenter Server
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms: After upgrading from vCenter Server 6.x to 7.x or 7.x to 8.x the vSAN license is set to use Evaluation license.
Environment
VMware vCenter Server 8.0.x VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x
Cause
As vSAN licensing is applied at the cluster level, the version of vCenter (and hence vSphere) in use dictates the version of the vSphere cluster entity and hence which version of license it requires.
vSAN will continue functioning with the feature sets available of a 6.x/7.x cluster, meaning you won't be able to utilize any of the latest 7.x/8.x features until the ESXi version of the hosts has been upgraded and a 7.x/8.x license has been applied to the cluster.