VMware

The following products are covered under VMware's General Support Life Cycle Policy. VMware will support the current release of software as per the Support and Subscription Terms and Conditions. Upon the general availability of the next major release, we will support the immediately preceding major release and its minor releases for an additional 18 months. EOS Reached in the tables below indicates that the product version is no longer supported by VMware.

Datacenter Products

Desktop Products

Acquired Products
VMware GSX Server* General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 3.x 2004/03/11 EOS Reached
Version 2.x 2002/07/15 EOS Reached
Version 1.x - Windows 2001/07/24 EOS Reached
Version 1.x - Linux
2001/01/24 EOS Reached
*GSX is no longer available for purchase.
VMware P2V* General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 2.x 2004/08/26 EOS Reached
Version 1.x 2003/07/23 EOS Reached
*P2V is available as a free download.
VMware Server General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 2.x 2008/09/23 2011/06/30
Version 1.x 2006/07/12 2010/03/23
*VMware Server was declared End Of Availability on January 2010. Support will be limited to Technical Guidance for the duration of the support term.
VMware vCenter Lab Manager General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 3.x 2008/08/04 2011/01/13
Version 2.x 2006/12/22 2010/02/04
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 1.x 2008/03/31 2012/03/01
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 5.x 2009/03/10 2011/03/10
Version 6.3 2010/07/13 2012/07/13
VMware vCenter Site Recovery
Manager		 General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 1.x 2008/06/19 2011/05/05
VMware vCenter Stage Manager* General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 1.x 2008/05/30 2011/01/13
*Stage Manager has been folded into Lab Manager 4.0.
VMware vCenter Update Manager General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 1.0 Update 6 2010/01/29 2010/11/29
VMware View Manager (formerly Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM)) General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 3.x 2008/12/02 2011/05/11
Version 2.x 2008/01/30 2010/06/02
VMware ACE General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 2.x 2007/05/09 2013/12/31
Version 1.x 2005/08/04 EOS Reached
VMware Fusion General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 2.x 2008/09/12 2011/10/01
Version 1.x 2007/08/06 2010/03/12
VMware ThinApp General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 3.x (Thinstall) NA 2009/06/27
Version 2.x (Thinstall) NA EOS Reached
VMware Workstation General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 6.x
2007/05/09 2011/10/01
Version 5.x
2005/04/07 EOS Reached
Version 4.x
2003/04/07 EOS Reached
Version 3.x
2001/11/05 EOS Reached
Version 2.x
2000/03/03 EOS Reached
Version 1.x - Windows 1999/10/07 EOS Reached
Version 1.x - Linux 1999/05/15 EOS Reached
VMware Akimbi Slingshot General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 2.x N/A EOS Reached
VMware Propero workSpace
Professional		 General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 5.x/6.x N/A EOS Reached
VMware Service
Orchestrator		 General Availability
(YYYY/MM/DD)		 End of General Support
(YYYY/MM/DD)
Version 3.x N/A 2009/08/31

Check the VMware Infrastructure Support Life Cycle Policy for information on the VMware Infrastructure (“VI”) software suite.

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