Managing VMware software updates
End of Marketing: As of 31 October 2025, new deployments of VMware Solutions offerings are no longer available for new customers. Existing customers can still use and expand their active VMware® workloads on IBM Cloud®. For more information, see End of Marketing for VMware on IBM Cloud.
To update VMware software, you can open a support ticket to access software downloads or to perform automated downloads and updates.
Downloading VMware software
To download VMware software, open a support ticket in the VMware Solutions console. You can either:
- Request to access the software downloads to which you are entitled, or
- If you want to use a tool such as vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) to perform automated downloads and updates, request the required Broadcom® download token from IBM®. For more information about how to apply this token to multiple products, see VCF authenticated downloads configuration update instructions.