There are so many postings and discussions about Meltdown and Spectra. They are keep getting updated.
We have applied the early release VMware patches and BISO update for E5-2699 V4 CPU.
I think there is an issue with that patches based on VMware KB 552345
1 Do we have to add cpuid.7.edx = "----:00--:----:----:----:----:----:----" to workaround in addition to the patches?
2. Do we have to power down/power up the VMs?