A VMware cloud migration has gone awry, representing the latest in Broadcom’s problematic transition for users.

According to The Register, a planned migration from VMware Cloud Services Portal to a new Cloud Services Console on Broadcom has seen delays from its original intended go-live of September 21. Broadcom notified users on that day that the scheduled transition would be postponed to the following weekend. This attempt also proved unsuccessful.

Despite The Register noting an active migration in VMware Cloud Services Portal occurring over the weekend of September 26 to 28, an email sent the following Monday revealed that internal teams had already pre-emptively decided to change the migration date. The new migration is now set for this weekend, beginning October 3. Coincidentally, the day before will see the company end support for its legacy vSphere platform, in favor of later subscription-based models such as vSphere 9.

With the October deadline putting a stop to technical support, security patches, and updates, vendors such as Spinnaker Support have announced they will provide vSphere 7 support for customers wary of making the jump to Broadcom's cloud.

The latest in the saga

The VMware migration delay follows recent issues as the folding of the virtual machine (VM) giant into Broadcom rumbles along. In July, it was reported some perpetual VMware license holders were unable to download software patches via their portal pages, with some not capable of doing so for months while awaiting action from Broadcom.

Such examples of migration issues, coupled with reported price hikes, have seen the number of alternatives rise in recent months, with vendors and system integrators such as Caylent, OVHcloud, and Platform9 joining the likes of Nutanix in offering exit options for VMware clientele.

Broadcom also faces competition from the cloud giants, with Gartner recently warning that VMware will lose 35% of workloads by 2028, as hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud prove an attractive proposition for current customers.

So far, Broadcom has stood its ground on its controversial changes, stressing in a recent earnings call that 87% of VMware's top 10,000 customers have signed up for bundles such as VCF.

Company CEO Hock Tan recently suggested it wasn’t worth Broadcom targeting smaller customers with its new approach, potentially leaving rivals to target the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) market with their wares.