In our last blog we discussed and show how to upgrade VCF Operation 9.0.2 to 9.1.x . Once the VCF Operation is upgrade to 9.1 we now proceed to upgrade the SDDC Manager to 9.1. Before we do that connect to the depot and make sure we have the bundle downloaded. if Not we can download it now i.e. SDDC Manager , NSX , vCenter and ESX Binaries . In this Blog we will cover two Parts 1 is SDDC Manager upgrade and other part is to download the binaries for Deploying VCF Managed Se

VMware cloud foundation 9 has re-architected how day 2 operations like host commissioning, password change , certification change are handled . In this Blog we will walk through the steps how do we commission a single host or bulk host in VCF 9 . 🚀 Key Change in VCF 9: Host Commissioning Is Now in vCenter Pre-VCF 9 (e.g. VCF 5.x) : Hosts were commissioned and decommissioned via SDDC Manager GUI under Inventory → Hosts . VCF 9 : These tasks have moved to vSphere Client (vCen

✳️ Introduction With the release of VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF 9) , VMware has introduced a major architectural evolution—consolidating Day-2 operations, automation, and lifecycle tasks into VCF Operations (VCF OPS) . One of the most notable changes is how Workload Domains (WLDs) are created. Previously, administrators used the SDDC Manager GUI to provision a new WLD. In VCF 9, this process now happens exclusively through VCF OPS , offering more flexibility, automation,

When upgrading VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2 , you may encounter an error in Bundle Management where the upgrade bundle does not appear. The UI displays the following error: Error "Retrieving available bundles failed" is observed with below message in Bundle Management: Encountered fetching http://127.0.0.1/lcm/inventory/upgrades.api - Target VCF version 5.2.1.0 is lower than source VCF version 5.2.2.0 🔍 Root Cause The SDDC Manager detects a mismatch

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