VMware Skyline will reach End-of-Life (EOL Oct 4, 2024)

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We are announcing that on October 4, 2024, VMware Skyline will reach End-of-Life (EOL). | |

| This change is necessary as part of our vision for the future of self-help issue avoidance and diagnostics for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) as part of VMware by Broadcom. | | | | Skyline EOL |

| VMware Skyline Advisor service will be turned off for all customers. All collected data will be deleted and Skyline Advisor services will be disabled. | | | | Recommendation |

| VMware Skyline Advisor’s features are being rolled into VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vSphere Foundation, under VCF Operations and Diagnostics - “Powered by Skyline”. We recommend upgrading to VCF/VVF 5.2 or Aria Operations v8.18 to take advantage of the new diagnostics and self-help features. | | |

| Starting with VCF 5.2 (July 2024), Critical Findings and Self-Help recommendations will be available directly in the product. |

| We are planning to bring many of the other Skyline features into VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vSphere Foundation in future release iterations. |

| | | Skyline Health Diagnostics (SHD) will continue to be available until further notice. |

| | | In preparation for Skyline Advisor’s end of life, Skyline customers only need to shut down their Skyline Collector(s) and revert any changes made in the deployment of VMware Skyline such as removing any firewall rules or any accounts created specifically for the purpose of operating the Skyline service. Please refer to the VMware Skyline Advisor Users Guide section on exiting Skyline. | | |

| Thank you for your patience during this transition period. | | |