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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.
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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
No new patches today, but Broadcom's six-part VPC connectivity series is worth your time
- If any vCenter is still unpatched, it's still the first job of the day. CVE-2026-59310 is in CISA KEV with known ransomware use. 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, and 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.
- A few minutes of checks will save you a stuck 9.1.1 upgrade. Run the KB 455737 VUM schema check on Supervisor estates (KB 457944 still has no fixed build). If the NSX Manager precheck times out with "Resource validation timeout", KB 457342 explains the stale ACTIVATING status in SDDC Manager's inventory. And if you're on NSX 9.0.1, keep an eye out for a "Security Services Health Degraded" alarm after upgrading (KB 452660), especially if you rely on L7 rules or IDPS.
- 31 October is the cut-off for AVS licence-included PayGo SKUs. Reserved-instance licence-included SKUs run until 30 August 2027, per Microsoft. Insight's North American VMware partner status also ends on 31 October, and new VCSP contracts move to VCSP Commit on 1 November.
- Security No new advisories
- Releases & KBs No new patches
- Terraform & Packer All quiet
- Next deadline 10 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.