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Nutanix Move Drops the VMware VDDK Requirement

ByIvan Tarin

Oct 16, 2026
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Nutanix Move 6.3.3 removes the VMware VDDK from ESXi migrations, weeks after Broadcom pulled the download the tool depended on.

  • Broadcom stopped publishing the VMware VDDK in August 2026, and Nutanix Move had read source disks through that library.
  • Move 6.3.3 adds DirectPath, which attaches source-disk snapshots and copies data straight to Nutanix AHV.
  • The Move appliance now runs inside the source VMware environment and needs NFS reach to every target controller VM on ports 111 and 2049.
  • It installs as a new appliance only. There is no upgrade into 6.3.3 or out of it yet.
  • Support covers ESXi 6.5 through 8.0 Update 3 and vCenter up to 9.0.

The migration workflow itself is unchanged, which is the point. Read the full analysis here.

By Ivan Tarin

Ivan Tarin is a Principal Product Marketing Manager at SUSE, where he owns go-to-market strategy and positioning for a seven-product cloud-native portfolio spanning Kubernetes, virtualization, storage, security, and observability. A former full-stack developer who shipped production code for enterprise and public-sector clients including U.S. national laboratories, Ivan translates complex infrastructure and AI technology into messaging that lands with developers, platform teams, and enterprise buyers. He has presented at KubeCon, SUSECON, and AWS Developer Week, and is currently pursuing an MS in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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