VxRail: VxRail Licensing Requirements for 9.0 Update

Summary: VxRail license compliance prechecks before upgrading to 9.0.

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VMware perpetual licenses are not entitled to update to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 or VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) 9.0.

  • VCF perpetual licenses are only entitled to update from the 5.x releases.
  • vSphere and vSAN perpetual licenses are only entitled to update from the 8.x releases.

To upgrade your customer-managed VMware vCenter Server to 9.0, secure VMware vSphere 9.0 and VMware vSAN licenses for all connected VxRail clusters.

If customers want to access the 9.0 release, they must purchase a new VCF or VVF subscription offer.

Before updating the cluster to VCF 9.0 or VVF, customers first must confirm whether their current entitlements are compliant.

  • All nodes in the cluster must be entitled with a VCF or VVF subscription offer before updating.

To identify if all nodes in the cluster are compliant, browse Broadcom's licensing portal.This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.

Updating a noncompliant cluster could result in failure to update or require purchasing a new VCF or VVF subscription offer to replace the existing valid perpetual license post update. Once the cluster is successfully updated, it cannot be downgraded to the previous version.

 

Affected Products

VxRail, VxRail Appliance Series, VxRail E560 VCF, VxRail E560F VCF, VxRail E560N VCF, VxRail G560 VCF, VxRail G560F VCF, VxRail P570 VCF, VxRail P570F VCF, VxRail P580N VCF, VxRail S570 VCF, VxRail Software, VxRail V570 VCF, VxRail V570F VCF
Article Properties
Article Number: 000310965
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 06 مايو 2026
Version:  4
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