
🗓️ Oct 19, 2026 · 7 min read
Part 1 covered the management plane. This part moves on to the core components.
Tested onEnvironmentNested VCF 9.1.1 labDepotOffline, VCF Download ToolCoversNSX Manager, vCenter, ESX, NSX Edge and finalize, in both …

🗓️ Oct 19, 2026 · 9 min read
In the series overview I covered what’s in the October 12th patch set and the caveats to know first. This part patches the management plane.
Tested onEnvironmentNested VCF 9.1.1 labDepotOffline, VCF Download …

🗓️ Oct 19, 2026 · 3 min read
On October 12th, Broadcom published a new round of patches for VCF 9.1.1 components. This series applies them to the lab I upgraded from 9.0.2 to 9.1.1, in the order the documentation gives, using the upgrade planner …

🗓️ Oct 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Before I started the upgrade series, I wrote down five readiness gates I’d want in front of anyone booking a window for a 9.0.x to 9.1.x upgrade. Now that I’ve run the whole thing end to end, here’s …

🗓️ Sep 29, 2026 · 10 min read
VCF 9.1.1 has been out since September 3rd, and the 9.1.1.0100 patches for fleet lifecycle and SDDC lifecycle landed on the 21st, so the upgrade guidance has finally settled enough to plan against. Downloading the …