Upcoming End of Service for vSphere 8, vSAN 8, Aria 8, NSX 4 and VCF 5 product suite
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Upcoming End of Service for vSphere 8, vSAN 8, Aria 8, NSX 4 and VCF 5 product suite

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Article ID: 456708

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Products

VMware Cloud Foundation VMware NSX VMware HCX VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite) VMware Live Recovery VMware vSphere ESXi VMware vCenter Server VMware vSAN VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) 8.x VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on the upcoming End of Service for the following VMware product versions.

ProductReleaseEnd of Service(2027)
VMware Aria Automation8.18.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware Aria Operations8.18.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware Aria Operations for Logs8.18.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware Aria Operations for Networks6.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware Cloud Foundation5.2.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware Data Services Manager2.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware ESXi8.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware HCX4.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware Identity Manager3.3.7October 11, 2027
VMware Live Recovery9.0.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware NSX4.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware vCenter Server8.xOctober 11, 2027
VMware vSAN8.xOctober 11, 2027
ProductReleaseEnd of Service(2028)
VMware Cloud Director10.6.2August 12, 2028
VMware Cloud Director Availability4.7.6August 12, 2028


Note: "VVF for VDI" licensed environments follow a separate lifecycle, see  VVF for VDI Lifecycle Support.

Resolution

Post the listed End of Service dates, there will be no Technical Support and no new patches for these product versions.

Broadcom recommends adoption of VMware Cloud Foundation(VCF) 9 or VMware vSphere Foundation(VVF) 9.

Important references for upgrades and adoption: