The decision has to be made on a case-by-case basis, because your particular issues are not the same as those of someone else."īesides Nutanix, other alternatives to ESXi include archrival Microsoft's Hyper-V, which comes closest to matching ESXi's feature set and scalability Oracle VM or the Citrix Hypervisor. "Making a move from VMware to, say, Nutanix is not free. "When everyone talks about changing, they don't think through all the hidden costs," said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J.Gold Associates. Jack GoldPrincipal analyst, J.Gold Associates Making a move from VMware to, say, Nutanix is not free. When everyone talks about changing, they don't think through all the hidden costs. VMware recommends users upgrade to vSphere 7, which requires upgrades to a number of other software components as well. Lansweeper estimates that about 26% of ESXi servers are still supported and will continue to receive regular security updates through April 2, 2025. Already this year, ESXi has been targeted by the likes of Black Basta, RedAlert, GwisinLocker, Hive and the Cheers ransomware gangs. On top of the 57% now facing the elevated risks of security breaches, an additional 15.8% of organizations are running even older versions - going all the way back to version 3.5, which reached end of life several years ago. Of that number, 36.5% run version 6.7, and 21% run 6.5. Lansweeper discovered that there were 79,000 ESXi servers installed. Lansweeper, a Belgium-based asset management software company, collected information from 6,000 of its own users and found that more than 57% - some 45,000 ESXi servers - will no longer receive software and security updates unless they purchase a separate extended support contract.
The end of support also means the end of general support for Windows-based vCenter Server instances and the flash-based vSphere Web Client. The end of general support affects vSphere 6.5 and 6.7.
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