The VMware Infrastructure 3 Support Life Cycle Policy covers the software suites VMware Infrastructure 3 Starter, Standard and Enterprise Editions and includes the following products:
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Charts detail support for major and minor releases. For additional questions and supported configurations, refer to the FAQs and the System Compatibility Guide.
| VMware ESX 1, 2 | General Availability Date (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of General Support (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of Extended Support (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of Technical Guidance (YYYY/MM/DD) |
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| Version 3.5 | 2007/12/10 | 2010/05/21 | 2013/05/21 | 2015/05/21 |
| Version 3.0 | 2006/06/15 | 2008/12/10 | 2011/12/10 | 2013/12/10 |
| Version 2.5 | 2004/11/19 | 2007/06/15 | 2010/06/15 | 2012/06/15 |
| VMware ESXi 1, 3 | General Availability Date (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of General Support (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of Extended Support (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of Technical Guidance (YYYY/MM/DD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version 3.5 | 2008/01/10 | 2010/05/21 | 2013/05/21 | 2015/05/21 |
| VMware Consolidated Backup 1 |
General
Availability Date (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of General Support (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of Extended Support (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of Technical Guidance (YYYY/MM/DD) |
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| Version 1.5 | 2008/07/25 | 2010/07/25 | 2013/07/25 | 2015/07/25 |
| Version 1.1 | 2007/12/10 | 2009/12/10 | 2012/12/10 | 2014/12/10 |
| Version 1.0 | 2006/06/15 | 2008/12/10 | 2011/12/10 | 2013/12/10 |
| VMware vCenter Server (formerly VirtualCenter Server), VMware Vmotion, VMware HA, and VMware DRS 1 | General Availability Date (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of General Support (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of Extended Support (YYYY/MM/DD) |
End of Technical Guidance (YYYY/MM/DD) |
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| Version 2.5 | 2007/12/10 | 2010/05/21 | 2013/05/21 | 2015/05/21 |
| Version 2.0 | 2006/06/15 | 2008/12/10 | 2011/12/10 | 2013/12/10 |
| Version 1.4 | 2006/07/06 | 2008/07/06 | 2011/07/06 | 2013/07/06 |
| Version 1.3 | 2005/09/22 | EOS Reached | Not covered by VI3 | See FAQ |
| Version 1.2 | 2004/12/19 | EOS Reached | Not covered by VI3 | See FAQ |
| Version 1.1 | 2004/08/06 | EOS Reached | Not covered by VI3 | See FAQ |
| Version 1.0 | 2004/03/31 | EOS Reached | Not covered by VI3 | See FAQ |
1. These dates do not apply to each individual maintenance (x.y.z) release or update. They apply to minor release level (x.y) only. For details on the maintenance release support lifecycle within a minor release, click on the appropriate minor release version number above.
2. Formerly known as VMware ESX Server.
3. Formerly known as VMware ESX Server 3i
