VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2 on Dell VxRail 8.0.361 is now GA (Generally Available) as of September 25th 2025. Dell Technologies and Broadcom are thrilled to announce the General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2. Building on our strong partnership, this announcement marks a significant milestone. This release supports ESXi 8.0 U3g and vCenter Server 8.0 U3g, and introduces several new features and enhancements, including support for in-place upgrades to VCF 5.2.2 from existing VCF 4.5.2 and higher environments (N-3 upgrade support). This is the first VCF release to support the transition of clusters from vSphere Lifecycle Manager baseline-managed to vSphere Lifecycle Manager image-based. It also offers support for vSphere Lifecycle Manager baseline and vSphere Lifecycle Manager image-based clusters in same workload domain.

Release Notes: the bill-of-materials below can be officially referenced in the subsequent Release Notes links :

DELL: VCF 5.2.2 on VxRail Release Notes

VMware: VCF 5.2.2 on VxRail Release Notes

The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2:

VCF 5.2.2 release includes the following major updates:

DELL VxRail 8.0.361 release components aligned with VCF 5.2.2:

Some other notable highlights of this VCF 5.2.2 On VxRail 8.0.361 release include:

• N-3 upgrade support: Support upgrades to VCF 5.2.2 from existing VCF 4.5.2 and higher environments (N-3 upgrade support). To upgrade from VCF 5.x on VxRail 8.0.x to VCF 5.2.2 on VxRail 8.0.361, see Broadcom KB 94747.
• Security fixes: VCF 5.2.2 on VxRail 8.0.361 includes patches that address the issues outlined in VMSA-2025-0013, resolving multiple VMware ESXi vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41236, CVE-2025-41237, CVE-2025-41238, CVE-2025-41239).
• Ability to have a workload domain with both vLCM and legacy LCM clusters. This offers support for both vSphere Lifecycle Manager baseline and image-based clusters within the same workload domain: VCF now allows users to deploy and upgrade clusters using either vLCM baselines or vLCM images in a single workload domain.
• Ability to convert an existing legacy LCM cluster to vLCM cluster. This offers support for transitioning clusters from vSphere Lifecycle Manager baseline-managed to image-based management: VCF users can now switch cluster lifecycle management from baselines to images using either a PowerShell script or the SDDC Manager API.

Cloudbuilder & WFO API Script Download Links:

Broadcom support – Download VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2 Cloud Builder

Broadcom community – VCF on VxRail Workflow Optimization #5.2.2

Some Additional Useful Links:

• VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2 Release Notes
• VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail Guide
• Support Matrix of VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail
• VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Support Matrix
• Correlating VMware Cloud Foundation version with the versions of its constituent products

Supported Cloudbuilder Configurations: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x on VxRail 8.0.x