Question about the subscription renewal for vSphere lab Essentials home

First post on the forum here.  My apologies if this isn't the right place for a question like this.

I have a lab at home that I have set up using the "VMware vSphere 5 Kit Essentials" that I had bought on the VMware online store.  It was a pretty fun because it let me familiarize themselves with the technology that I use at work without the same consequences for the mistakes of the project.

To be honest though, I have never much thought about support and subscriptions for it... Setup should really just have to learn and be the main server for my house projects.  The cost for me to buy the Kit of Essentials has been a little more than $500 a year ago, and it seems that my still currently active subscription (my account displays "subscription only" for the Essentials Kit) allows me to download the latest patches and maybe even upgrade to a new major version in the future.  I would like to continue the subscription, as this seems to be more profitable that leave on the subscription and then renew... compared to the initial $ 500, a one or three year renewal looks pretty good - and I'd get to continue to be on the latest versions of the vSphere Essentials.

I thought it would be as simple as clicking on renew somewhere on my account, but that begins to not look like an option.  I think that I am driven to get in touch with a business partner for the subscription renewals (is this sounding right?).  This seems a bit much for me for a small laboratory at home like mine.  Is the only way to renew a subscription via a partner company?  If I'm completely off track here, please let me know.  If I'm here, does anyone know (or recommend) a partner company that manages small renewals as mine would be?

Maybe I'm hesitant for nothing, but I thought I would ask those who understand the subscription and support better than me.

Thank you very much for the help!

Dan

To answer my own question, I discovered that for users with contracts less than $3,000... is it possible to make a renewal online without the need to go through a partner.  It turns out that the link to the online renewal page is available through the 60, 30, 15 days notice in advance of the emails that are sent to the holder of the account (which is how I found it).  The page renewal me related to this FAQ PDF that I found useful.  I was able to successfully renew my subscription from the link.

http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/myvmware/VMware-online-renewals-FAQs-en.PDF

The important bits for me were the following (from the FAQ):

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Q: clients access renewals online from VMware.com or My VMware?

A: access to the online renewal platform is by a "direct link" sent to clients through the electronic communication of renewal.

Q: when VMware will send me the link of renewal online?

R: the link for customers to renew online will appear on reminders e-mail sent 60-30-15 days prior to the expiration of the contract.

Q: can customers renew all contracts renewal online?

A: customers will be able to renew those contracts to a total value of less than $3,000 USD only. Customers will have the option of

move to a higher level of service, or a longer term, as you wish.

====

Hope that helps future lab home amateurs like me.

Dan

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