VCF Upgrades — Page 2

With VCF 9.1.1 released on September 3, 2026, I wanted to continue patching the management services in my lab. This post is a follow-up to my VCF 9.1 management services upgrade walkthrough and focuses on Real-Time Metrics through VCF Operations. VCF 9.1.1 is a maintenance release focused mostly on improving product supportability. The VCF 9.1.1 release notes include the Bill of Materials, upgrade sequence, dependencies, known issues, and the component build numbers. The VCF Operations 9.1.1 release notes list Real-Time Metrics at build 25679622. ...

With VCF 9.1.1 released on September 3, 2026, I wanted to continue patching the management services in my lab. This post is a follow-up to my VCF 9.1 management services upgrade walkthrough and focuses on Log Management through VCF Operations. VCF 9.1.1 is a maintenance release focused mostly on supportability improvements. The main VCF 9.1.1 release notes and the VCF Operations 9.1.1 release notes are the references I used for this upgrade. In VCF 9.1, Log Management is a VCF management service hosted on the VCF services runtime. The supported lifecycle workflow is therefore in VCF Operations under Build -> Lifecycle -> VCF Management -> Upgrade. This walkthrough covers a 9.1.0.x maintenance upgrade; an environment coming from an older VCF or Aria release should follow the matching Log Management upgrade procedure first. ...

With VCF Services Runtime upgraded to 9.1.1, the next component I wanted to upgrade in my lab was SDDC Lifecycle. In this post I will go over upgrading it from 9.1.0.0400 to 9.1.1.0 through VCF Operations. VCF 9.1.1 was released on September 3, 2026. This is a maintenance release focused mostly on supportability improvements. The release notes can be found here. Before You Begin For an existing 9.1.0.x environment, upgrade Fleet Lifecycle to 9.1.1 first, before any other VCF component. In my lab it is already on 9.1.1.0.25713934. Continue to follow the release-specific dependencies in the 9.1.1 release notes when planning the remaining components. ...

With Fleet Lifecycle upgraded to 9.1.1, the next component I wanted to upgrade in my lab was VCF Services Runtime. In this post I will go over upgrading it from 9.1.0.0200 to 9.1.1.0 through VCF Operations. VCF 9.1.1 was released on September 3, 2026. The release notes can be found here. The runtime fixes listed in the VCF Operations release notes include improvements for mixed-case FQDNs, services recovering after a cluster power-on, and log buffers filling the logging disk. ...

With the release of VCF 9.1.1 on September 3, 2026, I wanted to get Fleet Lifecycle in my lab upgraded. This is a maintenance release focused mostly on supportability improvements. The release notes can be found here. In this post I will go over upgrading Fleet Lifecycle through VCF Operations, from 9.1.0.0400 to 9.1.1.0. Before You Begin For an existing 9.1.0.x environment, Broadcom requires us to upgrade Fleet Lifecycle to 9.1.1.0 before any other VCF component. Make sure to follow the 9.1.1 release-specific dependencies when planning the rest of the upgrade. ...

On July 13, 2026 Broadcom shipped the next VCF 9.1 patch wave, and this post walks through the part of it that lives under Build -> Lifecycle -> VCF Management -> Upgrade: the VCF Management services. The headline releases on this surface are VCF Operations 9.1.0.0400 and VCF Automation 9.1.0.0200, mostly security enhancements plus a batch of fixes. This post is the follow-up to my 9.1.0.0300 walkthrough. To be clear on scope: this post covers only the management services. SDDC Manager 9.1.0.0400 and the core components (vCenter, NSX, ESX, vSAN) go through the VCF Instances flow and are not covered here; see the short section at the end. ...

The 9.1.0.0300 patch train for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is applied through a few different lifecycle views. In my lab, the update covered the Fleet Lifecycle component, VCF Operations, SDDC Lifecycle, and SDDC Manager. Before starting, review the official Broadcom release notes: SDDC Manager 9.1.0.0300 Release Notes VCF Operations 9.1.0.0300 Release Notes Broadcom describes these patch releases as time-sensitive fixes that can be applied between major, minor, and maintenance releases. That also means every component may not move at the same time, so check what is actually offered in your environment instead of assuming the whole VCF bill of materials changes together. ...

Upgrading your SDDC Manager from version 9.0 to 9.0.1 is a relatively straightforward process when done through the integrated Lifecycle interface. Below is a guide to go over this patch upgrade. 1. Navigate to the Update Section Log into Operations → Fleet Management. Under Lifecycle → VCF Instances, select the VCF instance you want to upgrade. Look for the available update section. If you see SDDC Manager Update 9.0.1, click the Download icon. If no update appears, double-check your depot configuration and ensure your binary repositories are correctly set up. ...

Upgrading your VCF Fleet Management from version 9.0.0 to 9.0.1 is a relatively modest patch update, but careful execution ensures minimal disruption. Below is a step-by-step guide to walk you through the process safely. Download the Patch Download the patch by going to Fleet Management -> Binary Management -> Patch Binaries -> Select fleet management -> Download. ...

With the release of VCF 9 I wanted to get my lab upgraded. The release blog can be found here and the release notes are here Please note that some of the components within the VCF will still need additional upgrading. Please read the release notes for additional details. Planning the Upgrade We can start by going to Inventory -> Workload Domains -> Select the domain -> Updates -> Plan Upgrade. ...