VCF 9.x vSAN witness appliance is deployed with evaluation license

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

VCF 9.x vSAN witness appliance is deployed with evaluation license 

Environment

VCF 9.0

VMware vSAN 9.x

Cause

Host license is managed by vCenter and witness host appliance is deployed with evaluation license from date of deployment. 

Resolution

Issue resolved in VCF 9.0.1

Upgrade data node to 90P01, and deploy 90P01 witness appliance.

Workaround: 

Deploy vsan witness appliance 8.x and upgrade appliance to 9.x since vsan ova comes with embedded license.