Downgrade of vSphere 8 Essentials to 7 and later upgrade possible?

[TF-123]

Hello,

is it possible without extra costs to downgrade the licence and later to upgrade it again to version 8?

Same question for VCenter essential 8.

[robinsonjl3]

I just did this with my licenses.  We purchased new vSphere licenses and I downgraded them to version 7 and I still have the option to upgrade them back to 8.

[bmcb555]

Yes it's possible to downgrade and upgrade later. Just do it via the licensing portal or contact your vmware rep and they'll sort it

[Sachchidanand · Accepted solution]

Yes, it's possible to downgrade and later upgrade it. Below KB will help you doing the same:

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/81665

Regards,

Sachchidanand

[TF-123]

Thanks a lot for the Information. For me was clear for downgrading - but not upgrading later on again. This Topic can be marked as resolved.

[scott28tt]

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