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VCF 9.0.2.0 Released: SSL Auto-Renewal, DVS Sync Fix, and What Got Patched
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.2.0 dropped on 20 January 2026. No CVEs this time, which is a nice change of pace from 9.0.1.0. What you do get is a set of operational improvements, some genuinely useful new automation for SSL certificates, and a solid round of bug fixes that address a few pain points I’d been…
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Patching VCF 9.0 Step by Step: Bundles, Pre-checks, and the Upgrade Sequence
Applying a patch release to VCF is one of those tasks that looks intimidating on paper and is actually pretty manageable once you’ve done it a couple of times. The VCF 9.0.1.0 and 9.0.2.0 posts on this blog cover what changed in each patch release. This post covers how to actually apply them — the…
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VCF 9.0 Security Hardening: The Practical Guide
Security hardening conversations tend to go one of two ways. Either they happen before an audit, which means you’re scrambling to document what you’ve already done (or haven’t), or they happen after an incident, which is the version of the conversation nobody wants. The better approach is to bake hardening into how you operate VCF…
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VCF 9.0.1.0 Released: Security Advisory, 30+ vCenter Fixes, and Full BOM
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.1.0 landed on 29 September 2025, and if you’re running a production VCF 9.0 environment, this one is not optional. There’s a security advisory in the mix, and the vCenter fixes alone are worth the upgrade window. I’ve been tracking this release since the advisory dropped. Here’s what actually matters. The Security…
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VCF 9.0 LCM Upgrade Step by Step: From Download to Done
The first time I ran a VCF upgrade through LCM I probably spent more time reading documentation than actually running the upgrade. The process itself isn’t that complicated once you’ve done it, but the number of moving parts — SDDC Manager, ESXi, vCenter, NSX, Aria components — means there’s a lot to keep track of.…
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VCF 9.0 Day-2 Operations Field Guide: Patching, Certs, Fleet, Cost, and Security
What day-to-day life looks like running VCF 9.0 in production — lifecycle patching, automated certificate rotation, fleet management, cost chargeback, and continuous security compliance.
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VCF 9.0 vs. Running It Separately: An Honest Comparison
An unvarnished look at VCF 9.0 as a unified platform versus managing vSphere, vSAN, and NSX individually. Where the platform premium pays off — and where it doesn’t.
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VCF 9.0 Real-World Use Cases: Five Scenarios Where It Changes the Game
Five practical scenarios where VCF 9.0 makes a real operational difference: AI/ML infrastructure, sovereign cloud, VM + Kubernetes side by side, cloud repatriation, and multi-site deployments.
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Deploying VCF 9.0 from Scratch: The Complete Walkthrough
Deploying VCF from scratch for the first time is one of those tasks where the preparation takes longer than the deployment itself. The actual Cloud Builder bring-up process, once you start it, is largely automated. What takes time is getting every prerequisite exactly right before you click Go — because Cloud Builder will fail fast…
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VCF 9.0 Architecture Deep Dive: Layer by Layer
A layer-by-layer breakdown of the VCF 9.0 platform stack — compute, storage, networking, workload services, and the management plane. What changed, what matters, and how it all fits together.