Starting March 24, 2025, there will be an important change to how you download VMware software binaries (including updates\/patches) for VCF, vCenter, ESX, and vSAN File Services.\u00a0This update streamlines access and aligns with current industry best practices.<\/p>\n
Software binaries will be downloaded from a single download site, and downloads will require authorization via a unique token as part of a new download verification process. This will impact how you download binaries. Current download URLs will continue to work until April 23, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You will need to obtain your unique \u201cdownload token,\u201d review the technical documentation, and update in-product URLs.\u00a0If you have any custom scripts, you will need to update the URLs according to the guidance provided in the KB articles.<\/p>\n Refer to the blog<\/a> and KB articles<\/a> with detailed instructions.\u00a0If you run into issues implementing the steps in the KB, please reach out to our global support team<\/a>.<\/p>\n Please feel free to share this information with the appropriate person, such as the site administrator, in your organization managing the VMware software downloads.<\/p>\n\n Starting March 24, 2025, there will be an important change to how you download VMware software binaries (including updates\/patches) for VCF, vCenter, ESX, and vSAN File Services.\u00a0This update streamlines access and aligns with current industry best practices. Software binaries will be downloaded from a single download site, and downloads will require authorization via a unique … Continue reading “Changes to How You Download VMware Software Binaries”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdbackslash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdbackslash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdbackslash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdbackslash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdbackslash.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdbackslash.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdbackslash.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdbackslash.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdbackslash.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}