Leaving VMware just got harder after Broadcom pulled VDDK downloads
- ID
- 22383
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 08 Sep 2026, 4:32 AM
- Fetched
- 09 Sep 2026, 9:52 PM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2026/09/leaving-vmware-just-got-harder-after-broadcom-pulled-vddk-downloads/
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 6.0
- Created
- 09 Sep 2026, 11:00 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas-startup-founders
What happened
Broadcom has quietly removed public download pages for VMware's Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK), with support reportedly telling customers it is no longer available for general use. The VDDK is a core library used by migration tools including Azure Migrate, Nutanix Move, Red Hat Migration Toolkit, virtv2v, and nbdkit, making it significantly harder for customers to move workloads off vSphere to competing platforms.
Why it matters
If your team is planning or actively migrating off VMware, check whether your migration tooling still has a cached or licensed VDDK copy before Broadcom cuts access further. Teams running on-prem VMware in Malaysia who were banking on Azure Migrate or Nutanix Move for their exit path may now face delays or need to find alternative migration approaches.
Discussion angle
For teams still on VMware: what's your migration plan now that Broadcom is systematically removing exit ramps, and which alternative tooling paths still work without VDDK?