Tag: VCF Lifecycle Management

VCF, VMware & Cloud

VCF 9 Troubleshooting: The Stuck Workflows, Locks and Log Trails That Actually Bite (VCF 9 Series, Part 34)

Dr. Pranay Jha

June 14, 2026

A field guide to VCF 9 troubleshooting: clearing stuck SDDC Manager workflows, releasing the password and certificate system lock, pulling SoS support bundles, and reading the logs that actually tell you what failed.
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VCF, VMware & Cloud

How to Upgrade VMware Cloud Foundation to 9.1: The Full-Stack Runbook (VCF 9 Series, Part 23)

Dr. Pranay Jha

June 14, 2026

VCF Operations now drives lifecycle, so the 9.1 upgrade starts there, not at SDDC Manager. Here is the full-stack sequence, the new Management Services CIDR and License Appliance prep, and the three failures that bite.
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VCF, VMware & Cloud

VCF 9 Fleet Lifecycle Management: The Reference Architecture (VCF 9 Series, Part 21)

Dr. Pranay Jha

June 14, 2026

SDDC Manager is gone. Here is how VCF 9 fleet lifecycle management actually works: the VCF Operations control plane, the software depot, the upgrade sequence, and the design gotchas that catch teams on their first cycle.
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About the Author

Dr Pranay Jha

Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.