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VCF 9.0 – Enable SSO using VCF Identity Broker
One of the new features introduced in VCF 9 is the VCF Identity Broker, which provides an improved Single Sign-On (SSO) experience. In this article, I’ll show you how to prepare your environment to enable…
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VCF 9.0 – Deploying the VCF Fleet Components
If you’re planning to deploy VCF 9.0, it’s important to prepare your environment in advance. In my last article, I explained how to deploy the VCF Installer and how to set up an offline depot.…
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VCF 9.0 – How to Deploy the VCF Installer
Deploying VCF 9 starts with the VCF Installer. If you’re not familiar with it, it have been said the VCF Installer “introduces a more flexible set of deployment workflows to suit an extended set of…
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VCF 9.0 – How to Set Up a VCF Offline Depot
If you decide to deploy VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, one of the first tasks is to download the binaries you will use during the deployment. Broadcom provides two methods for doing this: Although the…
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VCF Automation – Organization for All Apps vs VM Apps
One of the key announcements in VCF Automation 9 is the introduction of two types of organization – Organizations for All Apps and Organizations for VM Apps. While both organization types provide a robust automation…
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Programmatically check Broadcom Compatibility Matrix
For a long time, customers have been able to use the Broadcom Compatibility Guide to check which ESX versions their servers are compatible with. With VCF 9, this type of validation has become even more…
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – Fleet Latency Diagram
Recently, Broadcom published an architecture diagram that defines the maximum supported latency between the components of VMware Cloud Foundation. This material brought more clarity and made life easier for VCF architects, especially when planning multi-site…
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Asymmetry in vSAN ESA – Part 2: The Role of RI and MU Disks
In this second part, we’ll explore how the types of disks used in a host or cluster can directly influence the behavior and construction of a vSAN ESA cluster. In my last article, Asymmetry in…
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Asymmetry in vSAN ESA – Part 1: What You Need to Know
When configuring a vSAN ESA cluster, you may encounter servers that have asymmetrical disks. But what does this mean in practice, and what are the impacts? The asymmetry can occur both in terms of the…
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – A New Architecture Model – Part 2
On June 17, 2025, VMware Cloud Foundation 9 was officially released. Since then, many details about the updates have been shared. If you want to stay current with all the announcements, it’s worth following the…
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – What You Need to Know? – Part 1
Now that VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 is available, more and more people are trying to understand its new features and improvements. To help with that, I’ll create a series of two articles to explain the…
