This is the final part of my blog series in which I talk about automating the VMware Cloud Foundation upgrade process. At this point you should have completed the following tasks:

• Downloaded All Bundles
• Initial Health Check
• SDDC Manager Upgrade
• SDDC Manager Configuration Drift Update

We are now ready to begin the …

This is part three of a four part blog series in which I talk about automating the VMware Cloud Foundation upgrade process. If you have been following the series so far then you will have your bundles downloaded, and performed various health checks to confirm that all is well and will now be ready to start the upgrade …

This is part two of a four part blog series in which I talk about automating the VMware Cloud Foundation upgrade process. In part one we discussed downloading the bundles to SDDC Manager to prepare the system for the upgrade process, in this post we discuss performing the upgrade pre-checks.

Ensuring your VMware Cloud …

Last Updated: 21-Sep-2023

A couple of years ago I wrote a series of blogs ( href = "/archive/2020/powervcf-automation" > <span> see here </span>

) which discussed the process of automating the deployment procedures of VMware Cloud Foundation using the Public APIs, in this new series we will take a look at how we …

In order to upgrade VMware Cloud Foundation you must first download the upgrade bundles, I recently wrote a blog href = "/post/vcf/vcf-bundle-download" > <span> Automating the Download of VCF Bundles for a Release </span>

on this topic which I shared a script vcfBundleDownload.ps1 which can be downloaded from …

It's been a while since the last update but I'm pleased to announce the general availability of PowerVCF v2.3.0 for download from the Microsoft PowerShell Library. PowerVCF is a open source project and the team works on adding support when time permits.

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In a recent blog ( href = "/archive/2023/vvs-password-policy" > <span> see here </span>

) I provided an overview of Password Policy Configuration for VMware Cloud Foundation, in this blog we will take a deep dive on using Start-PasswordPolicyConfig which actually performs the configuration of all password policies …

Last Updated: 25-Apr-2023

In a recent blog ( href = "/archive/2023/vvs-password-policy" > <span> see here </span>

) I provided an overview of Password Policy Configuration for VMware Cloud Foundation, in this blog we will take a deep dive on using Invoke-PasswordPolicyManager to generate the password policy …

Last Updated: 25-Apr-2023

Password Policy Configuration may not be that important to some but for security teams it’s critical for ensuring their organization is protected. If you have ever looked deep into this area when it comes to VMware Cloud Foundation and the components involved you will quickly realize that …

If your not already familiar with the href = "https://core.vmware.com/private-cloud-automation-vmware-cloud-foundation" target = "_blank" rel = "nofollow noopener noreferrer" > <span> Private Cloud Automation for VMware Cloud Foundation </span>

validated solution it’s primary purpose is to implement a …