https://ithinkvirtual.com/tags/patching/Recent content in Patching on iThinkVirtual™Hugoen-usMon, 19 Oct 2026 23:09:00 -0400https://ithinkvirtual.com/posts/vcf-9-1-1-patch-part-2-core-components/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:09:00 -0400https://ithinkvirtual.com/posts/vcf-9-1-1-patch-part-2-core-components/<p><a href="https://ithinkvirtual.com/posts/vcf-9-1-1-patch-part-1-management-components/">Part 1</a> covered the management plane. This part moves on to the core components.</p> <aside class="tested-on"><strong>Tested on</strong><dl><div><dt>Environment</dt><dd>Nested VCF 9.1.1 lab</dd></div><div><dt>Depot</dt><dd>Offline, VCF Download Tool</dd></div><div><dt>Covers</dt><dd>NSX Manager, vCenter, ESX, NSX Edge and finalize, in both domains</dd></div></dl></aside> <h2 id="planning-the-component-upgrade">Planning the component upgrade</h2> <p>I planned NSX Manager, vCenter, and ESX in the same component upgrade plan as SDDC Manager in <a href="https://ithinkvirtual.com/posts/vcf-9-1-1-patch-part-1-management-components/">Part 1</a>, so there was nothing to plan again for the management domain.</p>https://ithinkvirtual.com/posts/vcf-9-1-1-patch-part-1-management-components/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:08:00 -0400https://ithinkvirtual.com/posts/vcf-9-1-1-patch-part-1-management-components/<p>In the <a href="https://ithinkvirtual.com/posts/vcf-9-1-1-patch-series-overview/">series overview</a> I covered what&rsquo;s in the October 12th patch set and the caveats to know first. This part patches the management plane.</p> <aside class="tested-on"><strong>Tested on</strong><dl><div><dt>Environment</dt><dd>Nested VCF 9.1.1 lab</dd></div><div><dt>Depot</dt><dd>Offline, VCF Download Tool</dd></div><div><dt>Covers</dt><dd>Fleet Lifecycle, SDDC Manager, VCF management components</dd></div></dl></aside> <h2 id="patch-binaries">Patch binaries</h2> <p>On the instance&rsquo;s <strong>Binary Management</strong> tab, <strong>Patch binaries</strong> for VCF version 9.1 lists five patches, and I downloaded the vCenter, SDDC Manager, NSX, and ESX ones before planning anything.</p>https://ithinkvirtual.com/posts/vcf-9-1-1-patch-series-overview/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:07:00 -0400https://ithinkvirtual.com/posts/vcf-9-1-1-patch-series-overview/<p>On October 12th, Broadcom published a new round of patches for VCF 9.1.1 components. This series applies them to the lab I <a href="https://ithinkvirtual.com/posts/vcf-9-1-upgrade-series-overview/">upgraded from 9.0.2 to 9.1.1</a>, in the order the documentation gives, using the upgrade planner where it applies. This post covers what&rsquo;s in the patch set, the caveats to know first, and how the series is laid out.</p>