Concerns Over Support for VMWARE MADE The Headlines Following a Critical Vulnerability and the subsequent patch, which was limited to certain versions of the product. Now, it appears that vmware users may well face audits from broadcom, which purchased the virtualization software company in 2022 for $ 69bn.
Broadcom ended the sale of Perpetual software licenses in 2024Its stated goal has been to move customers to a recurring revival stream by providing vmware products as a service. UnTIL Now, Theose Organizations that Purchased Perpetual License Received Support for VMWAER Products Covered by the support contract. However, broadom now appears to be making it very clear to customers that they can no longer renew these contracts.
According to a letter posted on the Ars Technica WebsiteCustomers that opted not to transition their perpetual licenses to subscriptions are now facing “Cease and desist” notices from broadcom. The letter states that since the customer has not purchased a new subscription, support for the perpetual vmware license will no longer be available.
The Letter States: “VMware, therefore, immediatily demands that all use of support services associated with vmware software, including maintenance releases/updates, major Releases/Upgrades Extensions, Enhancements, Patches, Bug Fixes or Security Patches (With the Exception of Zero-Day Security Patches for vspahere 7.x and 8.x, Cvs Score Great Thans 9.0, so long as those are generally provided by vmware at no cost) Be Ceaased. “
In a LinkedIn Post, Barry Pilling, Principle Consultant At Belittle, Wrote: “These letters serve as a reminder of the contracual terms, indicating that customers are no longer entitled to various software updates and patches e -patches e -thei their Subport Term Ends, Except for Critical Security Patches. “
Although broadom is legally able to assert this position Regarding Support for Perpetual VMWARE LICENCES, Pilling Said: “We have already seen several customers in reception It now appears that the net is being cast even wider in an effort to Generate Further Revenue. “
Pilling noted that some vmware customers have received received receiving letters just days after their support contracts lapsed, which he said he said sugests that broadom is taking a stringing a stringing Auditing, which could Pave the way for more audits.
What seems to be clear from the letter and it asset management experts Expires, they must either migrate to a subscription-based model or use third-party support to receive updates.
Looking at existing vmware deployments, software licensing consultant, Redress compliance said that opening software outright is no longer an option: subscription or goes unsupported. “
As computer weekly has previously reported, it is possible for it department to continue Environment can be secured.
Third-Party support provides Such as Rimini Street or Spinnaker Support Have Expanded Their VMware Support Services to Help VMWARE CUMWARE CUMWARE CUMWARE CUMWARES KEEP AXISTING CONFIGURESTINS SECRE, Even If NON IFN IF NO NON IF NON IF NON IF NON IFING MADE AREBALAIL. And in certain cases, where an organisation needs to expand it vmware footprint, it departments can also source perpetual vmware lions from the Used Software MarketWhich can then be supported using third-sparty provides.