2026-01-31 10:47:53

VMware 官宣：终止永久许可和 SaaS 服务

2024年1月22日，VMware 官方发布《VMware 终止永久许可和 SaaS 服务》为标题的文章。

内容翻译如下。

此博客文章是对2024年1月15日发表的文章（KB 96168）的更新，对原文章中关于某些 VMware 产品终止可用性的信息做进一步阐述，以及如果客户产品的独立 SKU 已无法使用，如何继续获得解决方案。

在此感谢我们的客户和合作伙伴，因为他们分享了其沟通情况，帮助我们更清楚地了解这一话题。

如 2023 年 12 月 11 日所宣称的那样，VMware 在过去两年时间实现了一个新的里程碑，即精简和简化其产品组合，从永久许可过渡到订阅模式。

目前 VMware Cloud Foundation 和 VMware vSphere Foundation 这两个新产品仅提供订阅模式。与此同时，VMware 还提供可与这些解决方案配套使用的可选性高级附加组件。

由于简化了产品组合，许多 VMware 软件解决方案只能作为 VMware Cloud Foundation（VCF）或 VMware vSphere Foundation（VVF）的一部分来销售，因此客户将无法作为独立的单点解决方案购买它们。

为便于说明，我们将对产品组合变化进行总结：

（1）VMware Cloud Foundation 是 VMware 的新解决方案，适用于希望获取全套基础设施的价值的客户，该基础设施附带提供 vSphere、vSAN 和 NSX 的平台，以及整合新服务的成套 Aria 管理和编排套件。

（2）VMware vSphere Foundation 是 VMware 在传统 vSphere 环境中用于数据中心优化的解决方案。除了 Aria Operations 和 Aria Operations for Logs 之外，还包括 Tanzu Kubernetes Grid，作为其标准功能套件的一部分。此外，要求较低的客户（如在少量服务器上进行基本硬件整合或虚拟化）仍然可以购买 vSphere Standard 和 vSphere Essentials Plus Kit 的订阅版。

（3）提供面向 VMware vSphere Foundation 和 VMware Cloud Foundation 的 VMware 附加服务，以进一步增强客户体验，并支持额外的存储、安全性、灾难恢复、生成式 AI 和其他特定用例。

这种产品组合简化将使客户能够从其 VMware 投资中获得更多价值，并使 VMware 能够加快交付新创新成果的步伐，为客户简化部署和管理。

此外，VMware by Broadcom 还计划提供“自带许可证”功能，允许客户从 Broadcom 购买 VMware Cloud Foundation 的订阅版，从而将这些订阅版灵活地部署到经过 VMware 验证的混合云端点以及本地数据中心。

这一转变带来的变化是以下列表中的产品将不再作为独立产品出售。不过，某些产品仍可以作为 VMware Cloud Foundation 或 VMware vSphere Foundation 产品的一部分以订阅版的方式出售。

此外，VMware 还宣布不再提供 Aria SaaS 服务，但是将对现有 Aria SaaS 客户继续提供支持，直到其订阅期结束。在订阅期结束时，客户将需要过渡至 VCF 或 VVF。需要注意的是 Aria SaaS 服务处于维护模式，不再发布新功能，不过 VMware 会在订阅期内将提供安全和关键更新。

本通告涵盖所有许可选项，包括永久、支持和订阅（SnS）、SaaS/托管和其他订阅类型。此外，还涵盖了每款产品的每一个版本、套件和定价指标。例外情况将另有明确说明。

后续

如果您是现有客户，购买了上述“终止可用性”产品且尚未续订，那么无需立即采取措施。VMware 将在支持合同有效期内继续提供主动支持。

未来在续订时，客户可以与 VMware 代表或 VMware 合作伙伴联系，以便未来需求与 VMware 更新的产品组合保持一致。

有关此方面的其他详细信息，请联系 VMware 客户团队和销售代表。

英文原文

VMware End Of Availability of Perpetual Licensing and SaaS Services

Editorial Note: This blog post updates and replaces the original KB article (KB 96168) published on January 15, 2024. The intent is to bring further clarity to some of the communications contained in the original article related to the End of Availability of certain VMware offerings. We are also clarifying how customers can continue to acquire solutions they are currently using if a standalone SKU for their product has reached End of Availability. We appreciate our customers and partners who shared their input on the communications to help us bring more clarity to this topic. Thank you.

As announced on December 11, 2023, VMware reached a new milestone in its journey over the last two years to streamline and simplify its portfolio and transition from perpetual licensing to a subscription model. VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vSphere Foundation, available as subscription software only, are now our two new offers. We also offer optional advanced add-ons which can be used with these solutions.

As an outcome of this portfolio simplification, many VMware software solutions will only be offered as part of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) or VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF). They will not be available for purchase as standalone point solutions.

In the interest of clarity, presented below is a recap of the changes we have brought to our portfolio:

VMware Cloud Foundation is VMware’s new solution for customers looking to capture the value of full stack infrastructure with a platform that offers vSphere, vSAN and NSX with the full Aria management and orchestration suite with new services included.

VMware vSphere Foundation is VMware’s solution for data center optimization in traditional vSphere environments. It includes Tanzu Kubernetes Grid in addition to Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs as part of its standard suite of features. Additionally, customers with lighter requirements such as basic hardware consolidation or virtualization on a very small number of servers can still purchase subscriptions to vSphere Standard and vSphere Essentials Plus Kit.

VMware add-on services are available for VMware vSphere Foundation and VMware Cloud Foundation to further enhance the customer journey and address additional storage, security, disaster recovery, Generative AI and other specific use cases.

This portfolio simplification will allow customers to extract more value from their VMware investment, and enable VMware to accelerate delivery of new innovations and ease both deployment and management for customers.

Additionally, VMware by Broadcom also plans to offer “Bring Your Own License” capability that will allow customers to purchase subscriptions of VMware Cloud Foundation from Broadcom and flexibly deploy those subscriptions to VMware validated hybrid cloud endpoints, as well as their own on-prem data centers.

The other outcome of this transition is that the products listed in the table below are now at End of Availability (EOA) as standalone offers. Some offerings may still be available for consumption as part of VMware Cloud Foundation or VMware vSphere Foundation offers, which we have noted.

As detailed in this blog, VMware is also announcing EoA of the Aria SaaS services, but will continue to support those customers currently using Aria SaaS services until the end of their subscription term. At the end of the subscription term, customers will need to transition to either VCF or VVF. Also note that Aria SaaS Services are in maintenance mode, meaning no new features will be published, although security and critical updates will be provided during the active subscription period.

This announcement encompasses all licensing options, including Perpetual, Support & Subscription (SnS), SaaS/hosted and other subscription types. It also covers every edition, suite, and pricing metric for each product. Any exception to this coverage will be specified separately.

Next Steps

If you are an existing customer and purchased the above End of Availability products, but are not up for renewal there is no immediate action required at this time. VMware will continue to offer active support through the duration of your support contract. In the future, at the time of renewal, you can work with your VMware representative or VMware partner to align your go forward requirements to VMware’s updated portfolio of offerings.

For additional details surrounding this, please reach out to your VMware Account team and Sales Representative.