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VCF 9.1.1 Is Here – Secure Boot PK Fix, Full BOM, and Patch Order
Broadcom dropped VCF 9.1.1.0 today, September 3rd. I saw the version number floating around this morning and had to go dig through the release notes myself to confirm it wasn’t just a rumor. It’s a maintenance release, so don’t expect fireworks, but there’s one fix in here that a lot of us have been waiting…
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Broadcom’s VMware AI Factory: bringing production AI to your own metal
VMware Explore 2026 kicked off this week in Las Vegas, and Broadcom used the stage to announce VMware AI Factory, the software-defined foundation behind a bigger push called VMware Private AI Cloud. I’ve been buried in VCF 9.1 on my own R640s for the lab build, so this one caught my attention fast. The pitch…
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VCAP-VCF Storage Practice Scenarios and Study Reference
This is the companion post to I Passed the VCAP-VCF Storage Exam: What to Expect and How to Prepare. That post covers the exam breakdown, what came up, and where to focus your study time. This one is the hands-on study reference: storage role classifications, a decision matrix, and practice scenarios in the style of…
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I Passed the VCAP Storage Exam: What to Expect and How to Prepare
I sat the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VMware Cloud Foundation Storage (VCAP-VCF Storage) exam (3V0-23.25) today and passed. If you’re planning to take it, here’s a breakdown of what I ran into and where I’d focus your study time. Exam Overview Exam Name Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage Exam Code 3V0-23.25 Duration 135…
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TLS Certificate Error on the VCF 9.1 Lifecycle Tab (KB 448618)
If you’ve recently opened the Lifecycle tab in VCF Operations on a 9.1 environment and hit a wall of red TLS errors, Broadcom published KB 448618 to address it. I wanted to break down what’s happening because the root cause goes beyond the usual “certificate expired, renew it” situation. What You’ll See The error shows…
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VCF Inspector: The New Zero-Footprint Diagnostic Fling for VCF 9.1
VCF Inspector is a new zero-footprint fling for VCF 9.1: pre-upgrade readiness, live upgrade timelines, and day-2 health checks for VCF management services, all from a single binary.
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VMSA-2026-0006: Critical vCenter Auth Bypass and ESX Escape, Patch This Week
VMSA-2026-0006 landed on 29 July 2026 with patches for VMware ESX, vCenter, Workstation and Fusion. Here is what is confirmed so far, and the exact order I patch vSphere in when an advisory like this drops.
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CPU Deprecation in VCF 9.x: Is Your Hardware Still Supported?
Broadwell-EP and all Skylake variants are hard-blocked in VCF 9.x. Cascade Lake and AMD Rome still run but show deprecation warnings. Here’s the full CPU table and what it means for your upgrade plan.
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How to Deploy an Offline Depot for VCF 9.0 and 9.1
If your VCF environment sits behind a firewall with no outbound internet access, or you simply want deterministic control over what binaries reach your platform, you need an offline depot. I have built these for both VCF 9.0 and 9.1, and the process changed between versions in ways that will trip you up if you…
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Mastering VCF 9.x (Part 10): Deploying VCF 9.1 Step by Step
Part 10 of the 10-part VCF series. This technical reference guide walks through the end-to-end deployment workflow utilizing the VCF Cloud Builder engine to bootstrap a clean VCF 9.1 Management Domain configuration from bare metal. Orchestration Overview: The Cloud Builder Architecture In VCF 9.x, deployment automation is driven by an updated VCF Cloud Builder appliance.…