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VCF 9 HomeLab Equipment
Overview Greetings, I was recently asked about what equipment is in my lab and its capabilities. In talking with Aaron about it, he was willing to host this on his website (thanks!), so here is a breakdown of the equipment in my newly acquired lab and its intended uses. Overall, this environment will be used…
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vSphere Lifecycle Manager (LCM) Image Build in an Air-Gapped Infrastructure
Overview There are certain situations that call for maintaining an air-gapped infrastructure. Of course when there is no path to the internet, things also get more complicated. Hopefully this short post will demystify and simplify this. RTFM How to Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images The vSphere Lifecycle Manager Depot Broadcom Support – ESXi Depot File Log in to the…
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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Bundle Transfer Utility (v 5.2) and Offline Depot with RHEL 9 (Archived)
This post documents building an offline depot for VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 using the legacy Bundle Transfer Utility on RHEL-compatible systems. It covers practical setup steps, repository hosting considerations, and operational caveats encountered in real environments. While archived, the content remains relevant for customers maintaining VCF 5.x deployments.