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Blog articles, news and useful information on VMware Cloud Foundation, automation and PowerShell — all from the home lab, where everything gets broken and rebuilt first.
- Blog posts
- 77
- vExpert since
- 2020
- In IT since
- 2008
- Days since I broke the lab
- 01
Installing and Activating VMware Intelligent Assist in VCF Operations
So last week during VMware Explore in Las Vegas, a new feature was announced, VMware Intelligent Assist!
VCF Automation Deployment Fails Bootstrapping the VCF Services Runtime (VSP)
Quick one from the lab this week. I redeployed the lab after some physical changes and choose to deploy without VCF Automation this time, and deploy after the bring up. The deployment failed while bootstrapping the VCF services runtime cluster...
Latest News from the Web
Broadcom has put a firm date on the end of vSphere 8, NSX 4 and VCF 5.2: 11 October 2027
- If you haven't patched vCenter yet, now is the time. CVE-2026-59310 is in CISA KEV and has been used in ransomware campaigns. Get every reachable vCenter, lab ones included, to 9.1.0.0300 or any later 9.1.x patch, 9.0.2.0100, or 8.0 U3k / U2f. While you're there, check VCF Operations is on 9.0.2.0 or later and VMware Tools on 13.0.5 or 12.5.4, since both carry older KEV-listed CVEs.
- Run the VUM schema check before you upgrade anything with a Supervisor. KB 457944 still doesn't name a fixed build, and a broken VUM schema can remove Supervisor control-plane VMs during a vCenter 9.1.x upgrade. Run the KB 455737 check first (the VCF Diagnostic Tool flags it as "[FAIL] VUM SCHEMA CHECK"), keep vCenter on UTC for the 9.1.1 NTP precheck, clear any stale VM sharing a management-services IP (KB 454179), and on imported workload domains make sure no old NSX upgrade is sitting paused (KB 457950).
- Two deadlines land on 31 October. Azure VMware Solution licence-included nodes need to move to VCF bring-your-own-licence, and Insight's North American VMware partner status ends. VCSP Commit follows on 1 November, so cloud provider partners should have their paperwork sorted.
- Security No new advisories
- Releases & KBs No new patches
- Terraform & Packer All quiet
- Next deadline 11 days
Code Projects
VMware Explore 2024 Hackathon Winning team
Project and code from the Las Vegas hackathon at VMware Explore 2024.
Simplify VCF Deployment & Operations with Terraform
Session code with examples for deploying VCF and common post-bring-up tasks.
Automating VCF Day 1 Operations
Session code covering Day 1 actions via the API and PowerVCF.
Presentations
Every slide deck and demo from the events I've been lucky enough to present at.