VMware defends ending downloads of SDK that helps VM backups– or migrations to rivals

VMware has defended its decision to end public downloads of its Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK). VDDK is an SDK that a Broadcom technical document describes as “a set of libraries and utilities that enable software developers to create applications that can access and manipulate virtual disks used” and also “provides APIs for backup and recovery, cloning, and other operations on virtual disks.” Those qualiies mean VDDK is also useful when moving VMs from VMware to another virtualization envi