VMware Products Going EOL in 2025: The End of Year Rundown

It’s time to review your VMware estate to ensure you’re not running on borrowed time. With 2025 in progress, several VMware products are reaching their End of Life (EOL) or End of Support (EOS) milestones. EOL means no more updates, security patches, or official support from VMware by Broadcom, leaving unsupported versions vulnerable. Below is the updated list of products with EOS dates from September 15, 2025, to December 31, 2025, with all earlier dates removed.

This article provides a rundown of the VMware products and versions hitting EOS in the specified period, along with a summary table for quick reference.

Update as of September 15, 2025: This article includes the latest product lifecycle details from VMware’s official records, focusing on EOS dates between September 15, 2025, and December 31, 2025.

Key VMware EOL Dates in 2025

VMware’s lifecycle policies include a General Support phase (full updates and assistance) followed by a Technical Guidance phase (limited support). Once both are done, it’s EOS or EOL. Here are the key products reaching EOS from September 15, 2025, onward:

While I checked all the data manually, some might be incorrect, please always do your own checks.

September 2025

• VMware vCenter Converter 6.6.0: EOS on September 22, 2025. This tool for converting physical machines to virtual ones reaches the end of its service life.
• vSphere Kubernetes releases VKr 1.30: EOS on September 28, 2025. Part of VMware’s Kubernetes integrations; upgrade to VKr 1.31 or later to maintain support.

October 2025

• VMware vSphere 7.x (including ESXi, all editions: Scale-Out, Standard, Essentials Plus, Essentials, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise, Desktop): EOS on October 2, 2025. Extended from April; this major virtualization platform, including vSAN-included variants, requires an upgrade to vSphere 8.x or later. Impacts many core infrastructure components.
• VMware vSAN 7.x: EOS on October 2, 2025. Aligns with vSphere 7.x; upgrade to 8.x to continue hyper-converged storage support.
• VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.2: EOS on October 2, 2025. The SDDC stack needs migration to a newer release like 5.x or 9.x
• VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.2.x (all sub-versions: 3.2.0.1 to 3.2.3.2, 3.2.4, 3.2.4.1): EOS on October 2, 2025. Networking and security platform; upgrade to 4.x series. Also affects integrations like Container Networking with Antrea, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition, Telco Cloud Platform, vDefend Firewall, and vDefend Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention.
• VMware vCenter Server 7.0 (all updates: 7.0.0 to 7.0U3p): EOS on October 2, 2025. Central management server; migrate to 8.x.
• VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.2.4.2: EOS on October 4, 2025. Latest patch in the 3.2 series; same upgrade recommendations as above.
• VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.x (8.6.0 to 8.8.0.3, including patches): EOS on October 11, 2025. Disaster recovery solution under VMware Live Recovery; upgrade to 9.x.
• VMware vSphere Replication 8.x (8.6.0 to 8.8.0.3, including patches): EOS on October 11, 2025. Replication component; align with SRM upgrade.
• VMware Aria Operations 8.16.x and 8.17.x (8.16.0 to 8.17.2): EOS on October 31, 2025. Monitoring and operations tool; affects VCF Automation, Operations, Aria Suite, Cloud Foundation, Telco Cloud Platform. Upgrade to 8.18+.
• VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.16.x (8.16.0 to 8.16.1): EOS on October 31, 2025. Log management; affects multiple suites. Upgrade to newer versions.
• VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager 1.6 and 1.7: EOS on October 19, 2025. Cloud provider management; plan for alternatives or newer tools.
• VMware Tools 11.2.x (11.2.0 to 11.2.6): EOS on October 15, 2025. Guest OS optimization tools; update to newer releases bundled with vSphere 8+.

November 2025

• VMware vCloud Usage Meter 4.8: EOS on November 1, 2025. Usage tracking for cloud providers; upgrade to 4.9+.
• VMware Workstation Pro and Player 17.x (all sub-versions: 17.0.0 to 17.6.4, for Windows and Linux): EOS on November 17, 2025. Desktop hypervisor; includes personal use editions. Upgrade to 18.x.
• VMware Fusion 13.x (all sub-versions: 13.0.0 to 13.6.4, for Intel and Apple silicon Macs): EOS on November 17, 2025. Mac hypervisor; includes Pro for personal use. Upgrade to 14.x.
• VMware Telco Cloud Automation 3.0: EOS on November 30, 2025. Telco-specific automation; upgrade path to 4.x.
• VMware Bare Metal Automation for VMware Telco Cloud Platform 3.1.0: EOS on November 30, 2025. Bare metal provisioning; align with Telco Cloud updates.
• VMware Horizon 8 2206: EOS on November 30, 2025. Mid-cycle Horizon; aim for 2312 or later.

December 2025

• VMware HCX 4.11.x (4.11.1 and 4.11.2): EOS on December 24, 2025. Hybrid cloud extension; upgrade to 4.12+.
• VMware Aria Automation Config 8.17.0: EOS on December 31, 2025. Configuration management (formerly SaltStack); affects Aria Suite, SaltStack, Tanzu Platform Services.
• VMware Bare Metal Automation for VMware Telco Cloud Platform 4.0: EOS on December 31, 2025. Latest bare metal tool; plan for 5.x.
• VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.12: EOS on December 31, 2025. Ex-Log Insight; upgrade to 8.14+.

Summary Table

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