VSphere Essentials Upgrade Cost?

BillHicksRIP · 17 May 2018 at 10:52

Anyone running a VSphere homelab? I bought the VSphere Essentials Kit a couple of years back and have been sitting on 5.5 for a while but thinking about upgrading to 6.5? Looking at the VMWare store, I can't seem to find an upgrade price from 5.5 to 6.5. Just seems to be a new license purchase and a 1 year's S&S which is about £500. I'll stick on 5.5 for the forseeable future if that's the case. Anyone got experience of this?

Thanks

Little_Crow · 17 May 2018 at 19:02

You can upgrade your license as long as your support is still valid.
If you've let it lapse, then you'll either have to pay a reinstatement fee, or buy it again from scratch.

BillHicksRIP · 17 May 2018 at 22:24

Definitely have let the support lapse. It's a learning homelab so had no intention of actually asking for support so I think I'll save the £500 and stick with 5.5.

BattFink · 17 May 2018 at 22:30

If you're interested in learning, have a look at this:

https://www.vmug.com/Join//EVALExperience

Cost's $200/year & gives you access to a decent selection of vmware apps

BillHicksRIP · 18 May 2018 at 22:31

BattFink said:
If you're interested in learning, have a look at this:

https://www.vmug.com/Join//EVALExperience

Cost's $200/year & gives you access to a decent selection of vmware apps

That is interesting, thanks. Will have a look.

khrall · 19 May 2018 at 00:25

BillHicksRIP said:
That is interesting, thanks. Will have a look.

You *may* also be able to get another 10% off by using the code ADV18.

Lanz · 22 May 2018 at 15:12

Just renew with whatever the minimum length of basic support is, might only cost about £100.

droyden · 26 May 2018 at 12:13

Just use the evaluation license?

aowc02 · 1 Jun 2018 at 17:26

yes - dont purchase software - just keep rolling over the evaluation licenses.