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Updated Plan for CPU Support Discontinuation In Future Major vSphere Releases after 7.0 (82794)

During instalation vSphere 7.0 Update 2 and later we can see new message for Haswell and Broadwell CPUs.

This is the warning message shown by the ESX installer:

CPU_SUPPORT_WARNING: The CPUs in this host may not be supported in future ESXi releases. Please plan accordingly.

Summary for warnings

vSphere 7.0
- onwards for Intel Sandy Bridge, Intel Ivy Bridge-DT CPUs and AMD Bulldozer CPUs.
Sphere 7.0 Update 2 and later
- onwards for Intel Haswell,Broadwell, Avoton CPUs and AMD Piledriver CPUs

I wish we could solve this in the future major release with – How to fix? The CPU in this host is not supported by ESXi 7.0.0. -> allowLegacyCPU=True

Table 1: VMware vSphere Planned Intel CPU Support Discontinuation List

VCG CPU Series Name	CPU Info	Raw CPUIDs	Code Name
Intel Xeon E3-1200 Series	6.2A	0x000206A0	Intel Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)
Intel Xeon E3-1100 Series	6.2A	0x000206A0	Intel Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)
Intel Xeon E5-1600 Series	6.2D	0x000206D0	SandyBridge-EP WS
Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series	6.2D	0x000206D0	SandyBridge-EP 2S
Intel Xeon E5-1400 Series	6.2D	0x000206D0	SandyBridge-EN
Intel Xeon E5-4600 Series	6.2D	0x000206D0	SandyBridge-EP 4S
Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series	6.2D	0x000206D0	SandyBridge-EN

Intel i7-3600-QE	6.3A	0x000306A0	IvyBridge-DT
Intel Xeon E3-1200-v2 Series	6.3A	0x000306A0	IvyBridge-DT
Intel i7-3500-LE/UE	6.3A	0x000306A0	IvyBridge-DT
Intel i3-3200 Series	6.3A	0x000306A0	IvyBridge-DT
Intel Pentium B925C	6.3A	0x000306A0	IvyBridge-DT- Gladden
Intel Xeon E3-1100-C-v2 Series	6.3A	0x000306A0	IvyBridge-DT- Gladden
Intel Xeon E5-1600-v2 Series	6.3E	0x000306E0	IvyBridge EP
Intel Xeon E5-2600-v2 Series	6.3E	0x000306E0	IvyBridge EP
Intel Xeon E5-2400-v2 Series	6.3E	0x000306E0	IvyBridge-EN
Intel Xeon E5-1400-v2 Series	6.3E	0x000306E0	IvyBridge-EN
Intel Xeon E5-4600-v2 Series	6.3E	0x000306E0	IvyBridge-EP 4S
Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800/2800-v2	6.3E	0x000306E0	IvyBridge-EX

Intel i7-4700-EQ Series	6.3C	0x000306C0	Haswell-DT
Intel Xeon E3-1200-v3 Series	6.3C	0x000306C0	Haswell-DT
Intel i5-4500-TE Series	6.3C	0x000306C0	Haswell-DT
Intel i3-4300 Series	6.3C	0x000306C0	Haswell-DT

Intel Xeon E5-1600-v3 Series	6.3F	0x000306F0	Haswell-EP
Intel Xeon E5-2600-v3 Series	6.3F	0x000306F0	Haswell-EP
Intel Xeon E5-1400-v3 Series	6.3F	0x000306F0	Haswell-EN
Intel Xeon E5-2400-v3 Series	6.3F	0x000306F0	Haswell-EN
Intel Xeon E5-4600-v3 Series	6.3F	0x000306F0	Haswell-EP
Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v3 Series	6.3F	0x000306F0	Intel Haswell-EX

Intel Xeon E3-1200-v4 Series	6.47	0x00040670	Broadwell-DT
Intel Core i7-5700EQ	6.47	0x00040670	Broadwell-H

Intel Atom C2700 Series	6.4D	0x000406D0	Intel Avoton 8c
Intel Atom C2300 Series	6.4D	0x000406D0	Intel Avoton 2c
Intel Atom C2500 Series	6.4D	0x000406D0	Intel Avoton 4c

Table 2: VMware vSphere Planned AMD CPU Support Discontinuation List

VCG CPU Series Name	CPU Info	Raw CPUIDs	Code Name
AMD Opteron 6200 Series	15.01	0x00600F10	Interlagos BullDozer G34
AMD Opteron 4200 Series	15.01	0x00600F10	Valencia BullDozer C32
AMD Opteron 3200 Series	15.01	0x00600F10	Zurich AM3
AMD Opteron 4300 Series	15.02	0x00600F20	Piledriver-C32 (seoul)
AMD Opteron 3300 Series	15.02	0x00600F20	Piledriver-AM3 (Dehli)
AMD Opteron 6300 Series	15.02	0x00600F20	PileDriver-G34 (Abu Dhabi)
AMD Opteron X2250 Series	15.30	0x00630F00	Steamroller-Berlin
AMD Opteron X1250 Series	15.30	0x00630F00	Steamroller-Berlin
AMD Opteron X1100 Series	16.00	0x00700F00	Kyoto
AMD Opteron X2100 Series	16.00	0x00700F00	Kyoto

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How to fix vCenter password expiration “Exception in invoking authentication handler User password expired”

The Appliance was deployed more than 90 days ago with default settings. Logging in to the VAMI page of a vCenter (https://:5480) fails with the message “Exception in invoking authentication handler User password expired”

Check password expiration

root@localhost [ ~ ]# chage -l root
You are required to change your password immediately (password expired)
chage: PAM: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required

Change password

root@localhost [ ~ ]# passwd root
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully

Change expiration – use it only for LABs …

root@localhost [ ~ ]# chage -M -1 root

Verify password expiration

root@localhost [ ~ ]# chage -l root
Last password change : Dec 21, 2021
Password expires : never
Password inactive : never
Account expires : never
Minimum number of days between password change : 0
Maximum number of days between password change : -1
Number of days of warning before password expires : 7

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