VMware.LifecycleMatrix

Important Update - July 2nd 2024 The VMware Lifecycle Matrix website has been transitioned to the Broadcom Support Portal which has broken support for this module. I don't actively work on this module, so won't be investing the time to figuring out how to make it work again, however, I will leave this repo up and available for people to look at, and if anyone wants to figure out how to make this work again and submit a pull request, I will be happy to merge it.

A Powershell module to interact with the VMware Product Lifecycle Matrix website (https://lifecycle.vmware.com)

This module is not supported by VMware, and comes with no warranties express or implied. Please test and validate its functionality before using this product in a production environment.

Installing VMware.LifecycleMatrix

Powershell Gallery

VMware.LifecycleMatrix is available from the PowerShell Gallery. Run the following command in a PowerShell session to install the module:

Install-Module VMware.LifecycleMatrix

Manual Install

If for some reason, your system is unable to access PowerShell Gallery to install modules, you can install the module manually:

Open a PowerShell session and run the following command to find all the module installation paths on your system.

$env:PSModulePath

Navigate to one of the paths returned from the command above, and create a new directory for the module

New-Item VMware.LifecycleMatrix -ItemType Directory

Download the .psd1 and .psm1 files from https://github.com/dcoghlan/VMware.LifecycleMatrix/tree/main/module and save them to the directory created above.

Loading the module

Once the VMware.LifecycleMatrix module is loaded onto your system, run the following command to import the module for use:

Import-Module VMware.LifecycleMatrix

What's Available

There are only a couple of cmdlets in this module. To view them all, run the following command:

Get-Command -Module VMware.LifecycleMatrix

Each available cmdlet will return details and examples via the built-in Get-Help cmdlet.

Get-Help Get-PLMProduct -Full

Sample Usage

Connect to PLM Server

PS > Connect-PLMServer

AuthServer : auth.esp.vmware.com
PLMServer  : plm.esp.vmware.com
ClientId   : plm-prod-auth
PLMToken   : <removed>
Protocol   : https

Connect to PLM Server and NOT display connection variable

PS > Connect-PLMServer -Quiet
PS>

List all products available on the VMware Product Lifecycle Matrix website

PS > Get-PLMProduct | ft

Name                                                                              Status    GADate              EOSDate             EOTGDate            EOADate             Policy Notes
----                                                                              ------    ------              -------             --------            -------             ------ -----
App Volumes 2.14 (ESB)                                                            Supported 28/05/2018 00:00:00 28/05/2020 00:00:00 28/05/2021 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 2.15                                                                  Supported 13/12/2018 00:00:00 13/12/2020 00:00:00 13/12/2021 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 2.16                                                                  Supported 14/03/2019 00:00:00 14/03/2021 00:00:00 14/03/2022 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 2.17                                                                  Supported 02/07/2019 00:00:00 02/07/2021 00:00:00 02/07/2022 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 2.18 (ESB)                                                            Supported 16/09/2019 00:00:00 16/09/2021 00:00:00 16/09/2022 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 4                                                                     Supported 14/01/2020 00:00:00 14/01/2022 00:00:00 14/01/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 4 2006                                                                Supported 09/07/2020 00:00:00 09/07/2022 00:00:00 09/07/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 4 2009                                                                Supported 15/10/2020 00:00:00 15/10/2022 00:00:00 15/10/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
Cloud Director App Launchpad 1.0                                                  Supported 09/04/2020 00:00:00 09/04/2022 00:00:00
Cloud Director App Launchpad 2.0                                                  Supported 15/10/2020 00:00:00 15/10/2022 00:00:00
Cloud Director Object Storage Extension 1.5                                       Supported 16/04/2020 00:00:00 16/04/2022 00:00:00
Cloud Director Object Storage Extension 2.0                                       Supported 15/10/2020 00:00:00 15/10/2022 00:00:00
Cloud Provider Pod 1.5                                                            Supported 13/07/2019 00:00:00 31/12/2020 00:00:00                     30/09/2020 00:00:00 EAP
Dynamic Environment Manager 9.9                                                   Supported 17/09/2019 00:00:00 17/09/2021 00:00:00 17/09/2022 00:00:00                     EDP
Dynamic Environment Manager 9.10                                                  Supported 12/12/2019 00:00:00 12/12/2021 00:00:00 12/12/2022 00:00:00                     EDP
Dynamic Environment Manager 9.11                                                  Supported 17/03/2020 00:00:00 17/03/2022 00:00:00 17/03/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
Dynamic Environment Manager 10 2006                                               Supported 11/08/2020 00:00:00 11/08/2022 00:00:00 11/08/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
Dynamic Environment Manager 10 2009                                               Supported 15/10/2020 00:00:00 15/10/2022 00:00:00 15/10/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
ESXi 6.0                                                                          Supported 12/03/2015 00:00:00 12/03/2020 00:00:00 12/03/2022 00:00:00                     EIP
ESXi 6.5                                                                          Supported 15/11/2016 00:00:00 15/11/2021 00:00:00 15/11/2023 00:00:00                     EIP
ESXi 6.7                                                                          Supported 17/04/2018 00:00:00 15/10/2022 00:00:00 15/11/2023 00:00:00                     EIP    {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied., For this product version, an exception to the End of Technical Guidance …
ESXi 7.0                                                                          Supported 02/04/2020 00:00:00 02/04/2025 00:00:00 02/04/2027 00:00:00                     EIP
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List all products available on the VMware Product Lifecycle Matrix website that have a status of SUPPORTED

PS > Get-PLMProduct -Supported | ft

Name                                                                              Status    GADate              EOSDate             EOTGDate            EOADate             Policy Notes
----                                                                              ------    ------              -------             --------            -------             ------ -----
App Volumes 2.14 (ESB)                                                            Supported 28/05/2018 00:00:00 28/05/2020 00:00:00 28/05/2021 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 2.15                                                                  Supported 13/12/2018 00:00:00 13/12/2020 00:00:00 13/12/2021 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 2.16                                                                  Supported 14/03/2019 00:00:00 14/03/2021 00:00:00 14/03/2022 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 2.17                                                                  Supported 02/07/2019 00:00:00 02/07/2021 00:00:00 02/07/2022 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 2.18 (ESB)                                                            Supported 16/09/2019 00:00:00 16/09/2021 00:00:00 16/09/2022 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 4                                                                     Supported 14/01/2020 00:00:00 14/01/2022 00:00:00 14/01/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 4 2006                                                                Supported 09/07/2020 00:00:00 09/07/2022 00:00:00 09/07/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
App Volumes 4 2009                                                                Supported 15/10/2020 00:00:00 15/10/2022 00:00:00 15/10/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
Cloud Director App Launchpad 1.0                                                  Supported 09/04/2020 00:00:00 09/04/2022 00:00:00
Cloud Director App Launchpad 2.0                                                  Supported 15/10/2020 00:00:00 15/10/2022 00:00:00
Cloud Director Object Storage Extension 1.5                                       Supported 16/04/2020 00:00:00 16/04/2022 00:00:00
Cloud Director Object Storage Extension 2.0                                       Supported 15/10/2020 00:00:00 15/10/2022 00:00:00
Cloud Provider Pod 1.5                                                            Supported 13/07/2019 00:00:00 31/12/2020 00:00:00                     30/09/2020 00:00:00 EAP
Dynamic Environment Manager 9.9                                                   Supported 17/09/2019 00:00:00 17/09/2021 00:00:00 17/09/2022 00:00:00                     EDP
Dynamic Environment Manager 9.10                                                  Supported 12/12/2019 00:00:00 12/12/2021 00:00:00 12/12/2022 00:00:00                     EDP
Dynamic Environment Manager 9.11                                                  Supported 17/03/2020 00:00:00 17/03/2022 00:00:00 17/03/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
Dynamic Environment Manager 10 2006                                               Supported 11/08/2020 00:00:00 11/08/2022 00:00:00 11/08/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
Dynamic Environment Manager 10 2009                                               Supported 15/10/2020 00:00:00 15/10/2022 00:00:00 15/10/2023 00:00:00                     EDP
ESXi 6.0                                                                          Supported 12/03/2015 00:00:00 12/03/2020 00:00:00 12/03/2022 00:00:00                     EIP
ESXi 6.5                                                                          Supported 15/11/2016 00:00:00 15/11/2021 00:00:00 15/11/2023 00:00:00                     EIP
ESXi 6.7                                                                          Supported 17/04/2018 00:00:00 15/10/2022 00:00:00 15/11/2023 00:00:00                     EIP    {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied., For this product version, an exception to the End of Technical Guidance …
ESXi 7.0                                                                          Supported 02/04/2020 00:00:00 02/04/2025 00:00:00 02/04/2027 00:00:00                     EIP
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List all products available on the VMware Product Lifecycle Matrix website that have a status of UNSUPPORTED

PS > Get-PLMProduct -Unsupported | ft

Name                                                      Status      GADate              EOSDate             EOTGDate            EOADate             Policy Notes
----                                                      ------      ------              -------             --------            -------             ------ -----
Workspace ONE UEM Console 1905 (SaaS Only)                Unsupported 30/05/2019 00:00:00 30/11/2020 00:00:00                                         EDP
ACE 1.x                                                   Unsupported 04/08/2005 00:00:00                                         31/12/2011 00:00:00 GSP
ACE 2.x                                                   Unsupported 09/05/2007 00:00:00 31/12/2013 00:00:00                     31/12/2011 00:00:00 GSP
AirWatch Console 9.1                                      Unsupported 26/04/2017 00:00:00 26/10/2018 00:00:00                                         EDP    {For older AirWatch Console end of general support dates, refer to the AirWatch Console End of Genera…
AirWatch Console 9.2                                      Unsupported 21/09/2017 00:00:00 21/03/2019 00:00:00                                         EDP    {For older AirWatch Console end of general support dates, refer to the AirWatch Console End of Genera…
AirWatch Console 9.3                                      Unsupported 14/03/2018 00:00:00 14/09/2019 00:00:00                                         EDP    {For older AirWatch Console end of general support dates, refer to the AirWatch Console End of Genera…

List a specific product by name

PS > Get-PLMProduct -Name 'vSphere Replication 5.1'

Name     : vSphere Replication 5.1
Status   : Unsupported
GADate   : 10/09/2012 00:00:00
EOSDate  : 24/08/2016 00:00:00
EOTGDate : 24/08/2018 00:00:00
EOADate  :
Policy   : EIP
Notes    : {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied., For this product version, an exception to the End of Technical Guidance has been applied.}

List products that contain a specific string in the name

PS > Get-PLMProduct -Name '*replication*' | ft

Name                           Status      GADate              EOSDate             EOTGDate            EOADate             Policy Notes
----                           ------      ------              -------             --------            -------             ------ -----
vSphere Replication 6.0        Supported   12/03/2015 00:00:00 12/03/2020 00:00:00 12/03/2022 00:00:00                     EIP
vSphere Replication 6.1        Supported   10/09/2015 00:00:00 12/03/2020 00:00:00 12/03/2022 00:00:00                     EIP
vSphere Replication 6.5        Supported   15/11/2016 00:00:00 15/11/2021 00:00:00 15/11/2023 00:00:00                     EIP    {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied., For this product version, an exception to the End of Technical Guidance has been applied.}
vSphere Replication 8.1        Supported   17/04/2018 00:00:00 15/11/2021 00:00:00 15/11/2023 00:00:00                     EIP    {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied., For this product version, an exception to the End of Technical Guidance has been applied.}
vSphere Replication 8.2        Supported   09/05/2019 00:00:00 15/11/2021 00:00:00 15/11/2023 00:00:00                     EIP
vSphere Replication 8.3        Supported   02/04/2020 00:00:00 01/04/2023 00:00:00 01/04/2024 00:00:00                     APP
Continuent for Replication 4.0 Unsupported 17/04/2015 00:00:00 17/04/2017 00:00:00                     04/05/2016 00:00:00 EAP
Continuent for Replication 5.0 Unsupported 07/12/2015 00:00:00 07/12/2017 00:00:00                     04/05/2016 00:00:00 EAP
vSphere Replication 5.1        Unsupported 10/09/2012 00:00:00 24/08/2016 00:00:00 24/08/2018 00:00:00                     EIP    {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied., For this product version, an exception to the End of Technical Guidance has been applied.}
vSphere Replication 5.5        Unsupported 22/09/2013 00:00:00 22/09/2018 00:00:00 22/09/2020 00:00:00                     EIP
vSphere Replication 5.6        Unsupported 14/04/2014 00:00:00 22/09/2018 00:00:00 22/09/2020 00:00:00                     EIP
vSphere Replication 5.8        Unsupported 09/09/2014 00:00:00 22/09/2018 00:00:00 22/09/2020 00:00:00                     EIP

List all SUPPORTED products that contain a specific string in the name

PS > Get-PLMProduct -Name '*replication*' -Supported | ft

Name                    Status    GADate              EOSDate             EOTGDate            EOADate Policy Notes
----                    ------    ------              -------             --------            ------- ------ -----
vSphere Replication 6.0 Supported 12/03/2015 00:00:00 12/03/2020 00:00:00 12/03/2022 00:00:00         EIP
vSphere Replication 6.1 Supported 10/09/2015 00:00:00 12/03/2020 00:00:00 12/03/2022 00:00:00         EIP
vSphere Replication 6.5 Supported 15/11/2016 00:00:00 15/11/2021 00:00:00 15/11/2023 00:00:00         EIP    {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied., For this product version, an exception to the End of Technical Guidance has been applied.}
vSphere Replication 8.1 Supported 17/04/2018 00:00:00 15/11/2021 00:00:00 15/11/2023 00:00:00         EIP    {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied., For this product version, an exception to the End of Technical Guidance has been applied.}
vSphere Replication 8.2 Supported 09/05/2019 00:00:00 15/11/2021 00:00:00 15/11/2023 00:00:00         EIP
vSphere Replication 8.3 Supported 02/04/2020 00:00:00 01/04/2023 00:00:00 01/04/2024 00:00:00         APP

List all products where the name begins with a specified string

PS > Get-PLMProduct -Name 'nsx*' | ft

Name                                             Status      GADate              EOSDate             EOTGDate            EOADate Policy Notes
----                                             ------      ------              -------             --------            ------- ------ -----
NSX Advanced Load Balancer 18.2                  Supported   04/03/2019 00:00:00 31/08/2021 00:00:00 31/08/2021 00:00:00         EAP
NSX Advanced Load Balancer 20.1                  Supported   30/07/2020 00:00:00 31/07/2022 00:00:00 31/07/2022 00:00:00         EAP
NSX Defender 9                                   Supported   29/10/2020 00:00:00 31/12/2023 00:00:00 31/12/2024 00:00:00         EAP
NSX Detonator 9                                  Supported   29/10/2020 00:00:00 31/12/2023 00:00:00 31/12/2024 00:00:00         EAP
NSX Firewall 3.1                                 Supported   29/10/2020 00:00:00 30/10/2022 00:00:00 30/10/2023 00:00:00         APP
NSX Firewall with Advanced Threat Prevention 3.1 Supported   29/10/2020 00:00:00 30/10/2022 00:00:00 30/10/2023 00:00:00         APP
NSX for vSphere 6.3                              Supported   02/02/2017 00:00:00 02/02/2020 00:00:00 02/02/2021 00:00:00         APP
NSX for vSphere 6.4                              Supported   16/01/2018 00:00:00 16/01/2022 00:00:00 16/01/2023 00:00:00         APP
NSX-T Data Center 2 Major Release Series         Supported   07/09/2017 00:00:00 19/09/2021 00:00:00 19/09/2022 00:00:00         APP
NSX-T Data Center 2.4                            Supported   28/02/2019 00:00:00 07/09/2020 00:00:00 07/09/2021 00:00:00         APP
NSX-T Data Center 2.5                            Supported   19/09/2019 00:00:00 19/09/2021 00:00:00 19/09/2022 00:00:00         APP
NSX-T Data Center 3 Major Release Series         Supported   07/04/2020 00:00:00 07/04/2023 00:00:00 07/04/2024 00:00:00         APP
NSX-T Data Center 3.0                            Supported   07/04/2020 00:00:00 07/04/2022 00:00:00 07/04/2023 00:00:00         APP
NSX-T Data Center 3.1                            Supported   30/10/2020 00:00:00 30/10/2022 00:00:00 30/10/2023 00:00:00         APP
NSX for Multi-Hypervisor 4.1                     Unsupported 15/10/2013 00:00:00 15/10/2015 00:00:00                             EAP
NSX for Multi-Hypervisor 4.2                     Unsupported 19/08/2014 00:00:00 15/10/2016 00:00:00                             EAP
NSX for vSphere 6.0                              Unsupported 15/10/2013 00:00:00 15/10/2015 00:00:00                             EAP
NSX for vSphere 6.1                              Unsupported 11/09/2014 00:00:00 15/01/2017 00:00:00                             EAP
NSX for vSphere 6.2                              Unsupported 20/08/2015 00:00:00 20/08/2018 00:00:00 20/08/2019 00:00:00         APP
NSX-T 1.0                                        Unsupported 03/05/2016 00:00:00 03/05/2018 00:00:00                             EAP
NSX-T 1.1                                        Unsupported 02/02/2017 00:00:00 07/09/2018 00:00:00                             EAP
NSX-T 2.0                                        Unsupported 07/09/2017 00:00:00 07/09/2019 00:00:00                             EAP
NSX-T 2.1                                        Unsupported 21/12/2017 00:00:00 07/09/2019 00:00:00                             EAP
NSX-T Data Center 2.2                            Unsupported 05/06/2018 00:00:00 18/09/2019 00:00:00                             EAP
NSX-T Data Center 2.3                            Unsupported 18/09/2018 00:00:00 28/02/2020 00:00:00                             EAP

Search all products and display any which has a date within the next 8 days from the current date

PS > Get-PLMProduct | Get-PLMInterestingEvent -Days 8 | ft

Name                         Status    GADate              EOSDate             EOTGDate            EOADate Policy Notes
----                         ------    ------              -------             --------            ------- ------ -----
App Volumes 2.15             Supported 13/12/2018 00:00:00 13/12/2020 00:00:00 13/12/2021 00:00:00         EDP
User Environment Manager 9.6 Supported 13/12/2018 00:00:00 13/12/2020 00:00:00 13/12/2021 00:00:00         EDP

Search all products and display any which has a date from the previous 8 days to the current date

PS > Get-PLMProduct | Get-PLMInterestingEvent -Days -8 | ft

Name                                       Status      GADate              EOSDate             EOTGDate            EOADate Policy Notes
----                                       ------      ------              -------             --------            ------- ------ -----
Horizon 7.5 ESB                            Supported   29/05/2018 00:00:00 30/11/2020 00:00:00 22/03/2023 00:00:00         EDP
Workspace ONE UEM Console 1905 (SaaS Only) Unsupported 30/05/2019 00:00:00 30/11/2020 00:00:00                             EDP

Search all products and display any which has a date between the current date and the future date specified

PS > (get-date).date

Tuesday, 8 December 2020 00:00:00

PS > Get-PLMProduct | Get-PLMInterestingEvent -date $(Get-date -date "26/1/2021") | ft

Name                         Status    GADate              EOSDate             EOTGDate            EOADate             Policy Notes
----                         ------    ------              -------             --------            -------             ------ -----
App Volumes 2.15             Supported 13/12/2018 00:00:00 13/12/2020 00:00:00 13/12/2021 00:00:00                     EDP
Cloud Provider Pod 1.5       Supported 13/07/2019 00:00:00 31/12/2020 00:00:00                     30/09/2020 00:00:00 EAP
Fusion 11                    Supported 24/09/2018 00:00:00 19/12/2020 00:00:00                                         PDP
Smart Assurance 9.5          Supported 26/09/2017 00:00:00 20/12/2020 00:00:00                     03/09/2020 00:00:00 EAP
Smart Assurance 9.6          Supported 21/01/2019 00:00:00 21/01/2021 00:00:00                     03/09/2020 00:00:00 EAP
Smart Experience 3.1         Supported 24/04/2017 00:00:00 31/12/2020 00:00:00                                         EAP    {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied.}
User Environment Manager 9.3 Supported 04/01/2018 00:00:00 04/01/2020 00:00:00 04/01/2021 00:00:00                     EDP
User Environment Manager 9.6 Supported 13/12/2018 00:00:00 13/12/2020 00:00:00 13/12/2021 00:00:00                     EDP
VMware Enterprise PKS 1.7    Supported 16/04/2020 00:00:00 16/01/2021 00:00:00                                         N-2    {The listed lifecycle policy is N-2, but their dates align with Pivotals N-2 Lifecycle Policy of 9 months support.}
vRealize Automation 7.4, 7.5 Supported 20/09/2018 00:00:00 17/12/2020 00:00:00                                         EAP
vRealize Business for Cloud… Supported 20/09/2018 00:00:00 17/12/2020 00:00:00                                         EAP
vRealize Network Insight 4.0 Supported 20/12/2018 00:00:00 20/12/2020 00:00:00                                         EAP
vRealize Network Insight 4.1 Supported 11/04/2019 00:00:00 20/12/2020 00:00:00                                         EAP
vRealize Network Insight 4.2 Supported 18/07/2019 00:00:00 20/12/2020 00:00:00                                         EAP
vRealize Orchestrator 7.4, … Supported 19/09/2018 00:00:00 17/12/2020 00:00:00                                         EAP    {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied.}
vRealize Suite Lifecycle Ma… Supported 10/07/2018 00:00:00 17/12/2020 00:00:00                                         EAP    {For this product version, an exception to the End of General Support has been applied.}
Workstation 15 Pro and Work… Supported 24/09/2018 00:00:00 19/12/2020 00:00:00                                         PDP

Search all products and display any which has a date between the current date and the historical date specified

PS > (get-date).date

Tuesday, 8 December 2020 00:00:00

PS > Get-PLMProduct | Get-PLMInterestingEvent -date $(Get-date -date "26/11/2020") | ft

Name                                       Status      GADate              EOSDate             EOTGDate            EOADate Policy Notes
----                                       ------      ------              -------             --------            ------- ------ -----
Horizon 7.5 ESB                            Supported   29/05/2018 00:00:00 30/11/2020 00:00:00 22/03/2023 00:00:00         EDP
Workspace ONE UEM Console 1905 (SaaS Only) Unsupported 30/05/2019 00:00:00 30/11/2020 00:00:00                             EDP