Just when we thought that Broadcom wouldn’t be able to slow down customers moving off of vSphere to another platform. They may just now have done something that will have that net effect. This time it involves VMware’s Virtual Disk Development Kit, which we have always known as the VDDK. Broadcom has just killed the download of this library, and it will have far reaching consequences if this is a permanent move. Let’s see why this is a cause for alarm and why the VDDK is so important. What is the VMware VDDK? If you have never personally downloaded the VDDK you might assume this is some obscure VMware developer package that most just won’t ever need. And, you are right to some extent if you have no need to use the VDDK directly. However, what you might not realize is just how many tools that you probably ARE using that make use of it. Like what? Well, here is the kicker. This library is central to many of the migration tools that are used to migrate from VMware to other platforms.…