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VMware Cloud Foundation 9: Upgrade to 9.1 – Part 3: Upgrading vCenter, NSX, and ESX. #VCF91 #VMware #VCFHomeLab #vExpert #VMUGAdvantage captainvops.com/2026/06/16/v…

VMware Cloud Foundation 9: Upgrade to 9.1 – Part 3: Upgrading vCenter, NSX, and ESX.

#VCF91 #VMware #VCFHomeLab #vExpert #VMUGAdvantage

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9: Upgrade to 9.1 – Part 2: Upgrading SDDC Manager and Deploying VCF Service Components. #VCF9 #VCF91 #VMware #vExpert captainvops.com/2026/05/18/v…
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9: Upgrade to 9.1 - Part 1: Upgrading VCF Ops to 9.1 and VCF License Appliance Deployment #VCF9 #VMware #vExpert captainvops.com/2026/05/13/v…

VMware Cloud Foundation 9: Upgrade to 9.1 – Part 1: Upgrading VCF Ops to 9.1 and VCF License...

Blog Date: May 2026 In part 1 of this blog series, I will run through how I upgraded my VCF 9.0.2 instance to VCF 9.1. The upgrade itself is partially automated with a few out of band steps involve…

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VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 9 (Configuration for SDDC, NSX and vCenter Backups) #VCF9 #VCF9Homelab captainvops.com/2026/02/13/v…

VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 9 (Configuration for SDDC, NSX and vCenter Backups)

VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 9 (Configuration for SDDC, NSX and vCenter Backups) #VCF9

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VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 8 (QNAP NAS Configuration for SDDC and vCenter Backups) #VCF9 #VCF9Homelab captainvops.com/2026/02/11/v…
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Thank you, VMUG Advantage and vExpert Programs. #VMUGAdvantage #VMUG #vExpert #VMware captainvops.com/2025/12/19/t…

Thank you, VMUG Advantage and vExpert Programs.

#VCF9HomeLab #vExpert #VMUGAdvantage #VMware #VMwareAlumni

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My VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Home Lab #VCF9 #HomeLab #VMUGAdvantage #vExpert #VMware captainvops.com/2025/12/18/m…

My VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Home Lab

#VCF9 #VCF9HomeLab #VMware #VMUGAdvantage #vExpert

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VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 6 (VCF Business Services Console Online Registration) #VCF9 #VMware #vExpert captainvops.com/2025/12/18/v…

VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 7 (VCF Business Services Console Online Registration)

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VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 5 (VCF Core Deployment) #VCF9 #VMware #vExpert captainvops.com/2025/12/17/v…
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VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 5 (Cloud Foundation Installer Password Requirements) #VCF9 #VMware #vExpert captainvops.com/2025/12/17/v…

VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 5 (Cloud Foundation Installer Password Requirements)

VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 5 (Cloud Foundation Installer Admin@local) #VCF9

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VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 4 (VCF Installer with VMUG Advantage Download Token) #VCF9 #VMUGAdvantage #VMUG #vExpert captainvops.com/2025/12/10/v…
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VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 3 (ESX Host Prep) #VCF9 captainvops.com/2025/12/10/v…

VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 3 (ESX Host Prep)

Blog Date: December 2025 In this post I’ll cover the basic ESX host prep needed for VMware Cloud Foundation. This post assumes that ESX 9 has already been installed. This post also assumes th…

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VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 2 (Network Topology) #VCF9 captainvops.com/2025/12/10/v…

VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 2 (Network Topology)

Blog Date: December 2025 Below is the basic network Topology and vlan config for my new VMware Cloud Foundation home lab. For my home network, I had replaced my off the shelf consumer wifi router a…

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VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 1 (MS-A2 BIOS) #VCF9 captainvops.com/2025/12/10/v…

VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab – Part 1 (MS-A2 BIOS)

Blog Date: December 2025 Continuing this blog series about my new home lab, I thought I would go over the BIOS setting I have selected for these MINISFORUM MS-A2’s. Security– Secure Boo…

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VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab Bom - Part 2 #VCF9 #VCFHomelab #VMware #vExpert captainvops.com/2025/10/24/v…

VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab Bom – Part 2

Blog Date: October 2025 Continuing from my original blog post entitled: VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab Bom, I went over the mini pc components and x4 MINISFORUM MS-A2 9955HX systems. In this…

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My VMware Cloud Foundation Home Lab Bom captainvops.com/2025/10/03/v…
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What's New with VCF Fleet Management (Formally Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager) #VCF9 captainvops.com/2025/06/17/w…

What’s New with VCF Fleet Management (Formally Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager)

Blog Date: June 2025 Aria Suite Life Cycle Manager has been renamed to VCF Fleet Management, and no longer has it’s own accessible UI. VCF Operations, formally Aria Operations, will now be yo…

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🚨 VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1.2 is GA. This is a Brownfield only bug and security patch VCF on Ready Nodes techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/… VCF on VXRAIL techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/… #VMware #VCF #vExpert #Broadcom
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VMware by Broadcom announces the availability of vCert - Automated Replacement of Expired Certificates on vCenter Server. #VMware #Broadcom #vExpert support.broadcom.com/web/ecx…

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Announcing the VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Beta Program dy.si/yfvVS
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