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Deploying VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) 9.1 in a Lab
Guest post · James Tiffany
When it comes to installing your VVF environment you have two options available. The first, and most common, is to use the VCF Installer. Don't let the name faze you, the same installer that deploys VCF will also deploy VVF for you. The great thing about doing it this way is the level of automation you get, this process will deploy vCenter, VCFMS, VCF Operations and the License server...
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!
Latest News from the Web
A calm Monday: VMware Tools 13.1.6 is out, and SDDC Manager still waits for its Brotli fix
- Keep the Brotli workaround on SDDC Manager and keep it fenced off. VMSA-2026-0008.1 still says "Patch pending" for every SDDC Manager release, critical (9.8) on 9.1.1 and important (7.5) on 9.0.x, 9.1.0 and 5.2.x, and no SDDC Manager patch has appeared on TechDocs. Use KB 460732 on 9.1.1 and KB 460734 on the others, and re-run the KB 460732 script's check after any upgrade.
- Finish rolling out the ESX fix for the logging flaw CVE-2026-41709 this week. The VMSA-2026-0006 response matrix lists ESXi-9.1.0.0-25370933, ESXi-9.0.2.0100-25595025, ESXi80U3j-25429389 for 8.0 and VCF 5.2.4 for VCF 5.x. Press reports a CISA federal deadline of 11 November, nine days away.
- Pin the vsphere provider to ~> 2.17 if you manage Supervisor namespaces with Terraform. The unreleased 2.18.0 replaces storage_policies on vsphere_namespace with storage_policy blocks, and PR #2794 adds a vsphere_network option that can't be combined with vpc_network. 2.17.1 is still the latest release, so it's a good moment to plan the migration before it lands.
- Security No new VMSA
- Releases & KBs One small release
- Terraform & Packer Nothing released
- Next deadline 5 Nov
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.