Leaving VMware Just Got Harder After Broadcom Pulled VDDK Downloads

Broadcom has removed public access to VMware's Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK), a critical library used by migration tools like Azure Migrate, Red Hat's Migration Toolkit, and Nutanix Move to help customers move workloads away from vSphere. The company provided no official announcement or replacement, instead leaving customers and migration vendors discovering broken download links and receiving messages from support that VDDK is no longer available for general use, effectively creating a barrier for those trying to exit the VMware platform.