VMware Cloud Foundation

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VMWare Cloud Foundation, is a suite of software-defined data center (SDDC) technologies consisting of vSphere, NSX, and vSAN. It is available in multiple editions - Starter, Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise.

Release Released General Support Latest
5.1 1 year ago
(07 Nov 2023)
Ends in 2 years and 6 months
(01 Jun 2027)
5.1.1
(26 Mar 2024)
5.0 1 year and 6 months ago
(01 Jun 2023)
Ends in 2 years and 6 months
(01 Jun 2027)
5.0.0.1
(29 Sep 2023)
4.5 2 years ago
(11 Oct 2022)
Ends in 6 months
(31 May 2025)
4.5.2
(17 Aug 2023)
3.11 2 years and 9 months ago
(14 Feb 2022)
Ended 1 year and 7 months ago
(30 Apr 2023)
3.11.0.1
(07 Apr 2022)
4.4 2 years and 9 months ago
(10 Feb 2022)
Ended 2 months ago
(30 Sep 2024)
4.4.1
(12 May 2022)
4.3 3 years ago
(24 Aug 2021)
Ended 1 year ago
(31 Oct 2023)
4.3.1
(21 Sep 2021)
4.2 3 years and 10 months ago
(04 Feb 2021)
Ended 3 years and 6 months ago
(25 May 2021)
4.2.1
(25 May 2021)
4.1 4 years ago
(06 Oct 2020)
Ended 2 years and 9 months ago
(10 Feb 2022)
4.1.0
(06 Oct 2020)
3.10 4 years and 6 months ago
(26 May 2020)
Ended 2 years and 3 months ago
(01 Sep 2022)
3.10.2
(14 Apr 2021)
4.0 4 years and 7 months ago
(14 Apr 2020)
Ended 3 years ago
(24 Aug 2021)
4.0.1
(25 Jun 2020)
3.9 5 years ago
(24 Oct 2019)
Ended 4 years ago
(24 Oct 2020)
3.9.1
(14 Jan 2020)
3.8 5 years ago
(18 Jul 2019)
Ended 4 years ago
(18 Jul 2020)
3.8.1
(03 Sep 2019)
2.3 6 years ago
(15 Aug 2018)
Ended 4 years ago
(15 Nov 2020)
2.3.2
(24 Apr 2018)

Cloud Foundation 3,4 were covered under the N-2 Lifecycle Policy, supporting three latest releases, with a minimum support duration of 12 months. Cloud Foundation 5 and above are covered under the Enterprise HCI Policy, with 4 years of General Support followed by 1 year of Technical Guidance.

General Support

The last date on which customers can request support; the end of regular VMWare maintenance updates and upgrades, bug and security fixes, and technical assistance as per the Support and Subscription Terms and Conditions.

Technical Guidance

The last date on which customers can access support and workarounds for low-severity issues on supported configurations only. During the Technical Guidance phase, VMWare does not offer new hardware support, server/client/guest OS updates, new security patches or bug fixes unless otherwise noted.

Release Technical Guidance Ends
5.0 2028-06-01
5.1 2028-06-01

More information is available on the VMware Cloud Foundation website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.


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