Refine OCVS BYOL transition guidance

Author: Daniel-Jamil

cloud-infrastructure/virtualization-solutions/oracle-cloud-vmware-solution/disaster-recovery-to-ocvs-solution-definition/files/OCVS-Disaster-Recovery-Solution-Definition-Template.md

@@ -323,7 +323,9 @@ At the time this document was created, no resilience or recovery requirements we
 
 ### Disaster Recovery to OCVS
 
-This section describes the disaster recovery options and tools that can be used to protect selected workloads to Oracle Cloud VMware Solution. Oracle Cloud VMware Solution is no longer positioned as a VMware license-included service. Customers must bring, procure, and maintain the VMware software licenses required for the SDDC and any disaster recovery tooling, according to the licensing terms agreed with Broadcom or an authorized VMware partner. This bring-your-own-license (BYOL) model must be validated during commercial and technical discovery.
+This section describes the disaster recovery options and tools that can be used to protect selected workloads to Oracle Cloud VMware Solution. Bring Your Own License (BYOL) for Oracle Cloud VMware Solution is generally available and aligns Oracle Cloud VMware Solution with Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) license portability model. Customers can use eligible VMware VCF subscription entitlements procured directly from Broadcom or an authorized partner when deploying and scaling Oracle Cloud VMware Solution environments on OCI.
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+Oracle discontinued new long-term license-included Oracle Cloud VMware Solution SKUs, including monthly, 1-year, and 3-year license-included options, effective March 22, 2026. New SDDCs could be deployed using the license-included model until March 21, 2026, and existing SDDCs could continue scaling out with hourly license-included hosts until May 20, 2026. After these dates, all new Oracle Cloud VMware Solution capacity must be provisioned using BYOL. Existing license-included environments continue under their current commitment terms until they are transitioned to BYOL or the commitments expire. Customers must bring, procure, and maintain the VMware software licenses required for the SDDC and any disaster recovery tooling, according to the licensing terms agreed with Broadcom or an authorized VMware partner. This BYOL model must be validated during commercial and technical discovery.
 
 VMware HCX Disaster Recovery can provide basic virtual machine protection capabilities, but HCX DR has been deprecated by Broadcom and is planned for removal in a future HCX release. For enterprise disaster recovery and business continuity, VMware Site Recovery Manager, now part of the [VMware Live Recovery](https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/advanced-services/live-recovery) portfolio, should be evaluated. VMware Site Recovery Manager automates and orchestrates failover, failback, and non-disruptive testing of virtual machines between sites to help minimize downtime and prevent data loss. Third-party solutions such as Zerto, RackWare, and Veeam can also be used where they better align with customer recovery objectives, operational model, or existing tooling.
 
@@ -536,7 +538,7 @@ Oracle Cloud VMware Solution supports two primary architecture options:
 - Oracle Cloud VMware Solution with DenseIO shapes: This architecture primarily uses VMware vSAN storage backed by NVMe drives from the local Bare Metal servers.
 - Oracle Cloud VMware Solution with Standard Shapes: This architecture uses OCI Block Storage as the primary storage option for virtual machine workloads.
 
-Oracle Cloud VMware Solution requires customer-provided VMware software licensing under a BYOL model. The customer is responsible for bringing, procuring, and maintaining the VMware licenses required for the selected SDDC architecture, including any additional VMware disaster recovery or business continuity components. License eligibility, portability, support, and commercial terms must be validated with Broadcom or an authorized VMware partner before implementation.
+Oracle Cloud VMware Solution requires customer-provided VMware software licensing under a BYOL model for new capacity. The customer is responsible for bringing, procuring, registering, allocating, and maintaining the VMware licenses required for the selected SDDC architecture, including any additional VMware disaster recovery or business continuity components. Eligible VMware VCF subscription entitlements are registered in Oracle Cloud VMware Solution License Management, allocated to the target OCI region, and selected during SDDC provisioning, workload cluster creation, or ESXi host scale-out. License eligibility, portability, support, and commercial terms must be validated with Broadcom or an authorized VMware partner before implementation.
 
 ![Future State Architecture](images/ocvs-overview.png)
 
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 The __VMware SDDC__ consists of vSphere (ESXi and vCenter), NSX-T, vSAN, and HCX. The SDDC can be deployed on OCI DenseIO shapes that provide vSAN storage, or on OCI Standard Shapes with OCI Block Storage as the primary storage option.
 
-* __VMware licensing__ - Oracle Cloud VMware Solution is consumed with customer-provided VMware licenses. The solution design must confirm the VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere, vSAN, NSX, HCX, VMware Live Recovery, Site Recovery Manager, or other VMware entitlements required for the selected architecture and recovery approach.
+* __VMware licensing__ - New Oracle Cloud VMware Solution capacity is consumed with customer-provided VMware licenses under the BYOL model. The solution design must confirm the VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere, vSAN, NSX, HCX, VMware Live Recovery, Site Recovery Manager, or other VMware entitlements required for the selected architecture and recovery approach. It must also confirm that the required VCF license allocations are registered in Oracle Cloud VMware Solution License Management and available in the target OCI region before provisioning or scale-out.
 
 * __VMware HCX__ - An application mobility platform designed to simplify application migration and workload rebalancing across data centers and clouds. HCX can support selected mobility use cases for VMware workloads to Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, subject to licensing, entitlement, compatibility, and lifecycle considerations.