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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and Third-Party Certificates
Using Third-Party Certificates with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) I consider this a “Day 1.5” task—VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) has been successfully deployed (Day 1), but there’s still some essential configuration work to be done before handing it off to the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team for Day 2 operations. Certificate Management in VCF By default,…
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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Bundle Transfer Utility (v 5.2) and Offline Depot with Photon OS 5 (Archived)
This post covers building an offline depot for VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 using the legacy Bundle Transfer Utility on Photon OS. It focuses on Photon-specific setup details, repository configuration, and operational considerations encountered in the field. While archived, the content remains relevant for customers supporting existing VCF 5.x environments.
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ESXi – iSCSI Boot from SAN
If you’re setting up iSCSI boot from SAN for your ESXi hosts, there’s an important detail to keep in mind right from the start: each ESXi host gets its own dedicated LUN. That means there’s a one-to-one relationship between LUNs and hosts—these boot LUNs can’t be shared across multiple hosts. Once your hosts are up…