VMware ESXi 5.0 to 5.5 upgrade license question on UCS-C260

[pbosio]

Hi All,

UCS-C260 currently running ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard with the following license;

Product: VMware vSphere 5 Foundation Licensed for 2 physical CPUs (unlimited cores per CPU)

Expires: Never

If the ESXi is upgraded from 5.0 to 5.5 do you need new a VMware license for 5.5 or will the existing 5.0 license be OK?

I've searched and searched and cannot find the answer.

Thanks

[Terry Cheema · Accepted solution]

According to VMware source you dont need new key for going from 5.X to 5.5.

Ref:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=2059926

[pbosio]

Thanks Terry