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VCF 9.0 to 9.1 – Upgrade Guide

In this guide, I’ll walk you through the complete upgrade process from VCF 9.0 to VCF 9.1, covering every major component involved in the lifecycle. Along the way I’ll share what went wrong, what I did to fix it and lessons learned. Summary

·9 min read
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VCF 9.0 – SSO with VCF Identity Broker

One of the new features introduced in VCF 9 is the VCF Identity Broker, which provides an improved Single Sign-On (SSO) experience. In this article, I’ll show you how to prepare your environment to enable SSO across your VCF Fleet. To get s

·2 min read
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VCF 9.0 – Deploying the VCF Fleet Components

If you’re planning to deploy VCF 9.0, it’s important to prepare your environment in advance. In my last article, I explained how to deploy the VCF Installer and how to set up an offline depot. But now the real deployment begins. Although de

·6 min read
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VCF 9.0 – How to Deploy the VCF Installer

Deploying VCF 9 starts with the VCF Installer. If you’re not familiar with it, it have been said the VCF Installer “introduces a more flexible set of deployment workflows to suit an extended set of use cases.“ Deployment During the installa

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VCF 9.0 – How to Set Up a VCF Offline Depot

If you decide to deploy VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, one of the first tasks is to download the binaries you will use during the deployment. Broadcom provides two methods for doing this: Although the online method is simple and straigh

·2 min read
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Programmatically check Broadcom Compatibility Matrix

For a long time, customers have been able to use the Broadcom Compatibility Guide to check which ESX versions their servers are compatible with. With VCF 9, this type of validation has become even more important. However, what if you have s

·1 min read
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – Fleet Latency Diagram

Recently, Broadcom published an architecture diagram that defines the maximum supported latency between the components of VMware Cloud Foundation. This material brought more clarity and made life easier for VCF architects, especially when p

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – A New Architecture Model – Part 2

On June 17, 2025, VMware Cloud Foundation 9 was officially released. Since then, many details about the updates have been shared. If you want to stay current with all the announcements, it’s worth following the official VMware blog. Last we

·3 min read
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – What You Need to Know? – Part 1

Now that VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 is available, more and more people are trying to understand its new features and improvements. To help with that, I’ll create a series of two articles to explain the main changes that are coming. In this

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VMware by Broadcom — Licensing Changes That Will Affect You!

Recently, Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware, and this has led to a number of changes. Broadcom reorganized the business into four divisions: New Licensing Model Broadcom also announced a change in the product portfolio and licens

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