Qualified Legacy Offerings vSAN exception
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Restriction
- Statement
- VCF SPD June 2026 Legacy Per Core Upgrade Restrictions: licenses obtained as a result of upgrading from a per Core legacy VMware subscription offering (including VCF+/-S (all editions) and VCF Cloud Packs+/-S (Advanced and Enterprise edition)), wherein such legacy offerings were purchased prior to February 4, 2024, (“Qualified Legacy Offerings”) are entitled to use vSAN either (i) on the original metric (per Core) or (ii) 1 TiB for each Core license to use for vSAN storage clusters, until the earlier of the expiration of their VCF subscription or their upgrade to version 9 or later. Not a CPU→Core multiplier. Not a program.
- Applies when
- VCF licenses obtained by upgrading from a per Core legacy subscription purchased prior to 4 February 2024 (Qualified Legacy Offerings), until earlier of VCF subscription expiration or upgrade to version 9 or later.
- Applies to
- Qualified Legacy Offerings upgraded to VMware Cloud Foundation (vSAN metric exception). Not a current VCF 1 TiB-per-Core included entitlement and not the purchased per TiB add-on.
- Aliases
- QLO vSAN; pre-4 February 2024 per Core vSAN exception
- Related metrics