End of life

VMware (Broadcom) ESXi / vSphere · 6.5

All published support, including security fixes, has ended. The published end-of-support date was 2022-10-15 — 1385 days ago.

Scope: software releaseAs of 2026-08-01

Lifecycle timeline

2016-11-15 — Release date · General availability
2022-10-15 — End of support · End of standard support

Why this status?

“End of support” (end-of-standard-support, 2022-10-15, confirmed) has passed and no later support phase is published.

ESXi / vSphere releases still inside the support window

9.1 — support ends 2028-08-12
9.0 — support ends 2027-09-17
8.0 — support ends 2027-10-11

Reported as still supported by the cited source. VMware documents the upgrade path for your edition and contract — confirm there before planning change work.

Evidence

Broadcom product lifecycle Official · checked 2026-08-01
endoflife.date product data independent-open · checked 2026-08-01

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