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Latest VMware Cloud Foundation Sep 22, 2026

VCF 9.1.1: One Host, One NFS Cluster, and a Validator That Wouldn’t Budge

Unsupported: lab only Changing the host minimum for an SDDC Manager cluster is not supported by Broadcom. Everything in this post modifies SDDC Manager…

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VMware Cloud Foundation Expert Sep 22, 2026

VCF 9.1.1: One Host, One NFS Cluster, and a Validator That Wouldn’t Budge

Unsupported: lab only Changing the host minimum for an SDDC Manager cluster is not supported by Broadcom. Everything in this post modifies SDDC Manager bytecode to get around...

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VMware Cloud Foundation Intermediate Sep 21, 2026

Clearing the “Virtual Machine UEFI Secure Boot Platform Key is out of date” Alarm After VCF 9.1.1

Tested on VCF 9.1.1.0, September 2026 After upgrading to VCF 9.1.1, a new warning showed up on a handful of my VMs and rolled up to the cluster...

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VCF Management Services control plane scaled from three nodes to one
VMware Cloud Foundation Expert Sep 20, 2026

VCF 9.1.1: Scaling VCF Management Services from HA back to Simple

Unsupported: lab only Scaling VCF Management Services down from HA to Simple is not supported by Broadcom. The VCF Operations UI only scales up, and everything in this...

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VMware Cloud Foundation Expert Sep 18, 2026

VCF 9.1.1 worker rightsizing: PodDisruptionBudgets, and why it does not stick

Caution: lab and PoC only Everything here was done in my own home lab. The rightsizing script itself comes from a Broadcom KB and is supported, but several...

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VMware Cloud Foundation Advanced Sep 7, 2026

VCF 9.1.1 – Operations flagged an expired certificate that did not exist

The certificate dashboard in VCF Operations told me one of my workload domains, running vCenter 9.1.1, had an expired certificate. Eight total, one expired, seven active. The row...

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Backup target card showing SFTP error ErrCode 200 and a successful SMB backup
VMware Cloud Foundation Intermediate Sep 5, 2026

VCF 9.1.1: When vCenter’s SFTP Backup Fails Before It Starts

A VCF 9.1.1 upgrade blocked by vcenter.deployment.migration_upgrade.no_recent_vcenter_backup.error, a vCenter SFTP backup that fails in 31 milliseconds without touching the network, and the workaround that actually ships. vCenter 9.1...

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Events Beginner Aug 31, 2026

From Metal to Model: Broadcom’s Private AI Cloud Pitch at VMware Explore 2026

From agentic AI to private cloud, business needs are evolving fast. You come to protect. The threats are real, and the stakes are rising. You come to build,...

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VMware Cloud Foundation Aug 28, 2026

Zero Trust at the Air Gap: Introducing Airlock Depot

TL;DR Airlock Depot 2.0.0 is out and downloadable. It carries the Broadcom/VMware VCF depot across an air gap: a connected appliance syncs and scans, a dark-site appliance serves...

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VMware Cloud Foundation Advanced Aug 21, 2026

VCF 9.1 – The NSX KB Procedure That Locks You Out of the Thing It’s Protecting

We run NSX with Avi Load Balancer, and every so often the Avi Controller manages to lock the NSX admin account. Usually it is credential drift somewhere. The...

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VMware Cloud Foundation Advanced Aug 15, 2026

VCF 9.1: When the Compatibility Matrix Blocks the Documented Upgrade Path

This one started as a five minute question and turned into a full day. If you are planning a VCF 9.0.2 to 9.1 upgrade, the error below may...

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