Sometimes VMware's depot is just down or facing depot connection issue. First off, verify the "VMware Customer Connect Depot" connection status from SDDC UI. Administration > Online Depot Start off with a simple ping to verify SDDC network connection with Depot. SSH into your SDDC Manager as vcf and su to root. # ping depot.broadcom.com Can you can ping from the SDDC Manager? If you can, most likely you aren't having a connection issue. SSH into your SDDC Manager as vcf and s

Sometime you are required to remove the old upgrade and installed bundles to free up space on your SDDC Manager. In this blog post, we will see the instructions for removing old upgrade and installed bundles. Supported Environment: VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x Procedure: UI login to SDDC Manager. Go to Lifecycle Management > Bundle Management > Download History. Take a note of Bundle ID that needs to be deleted/cleanedup. Create a snapshot of the SD

Issue: While performing VCF upgrade from 4.5.2 to 5.2.1 , we observed when selecting the "Customize Upgrade" before the vCenter upgrade, it doesn't load and populate for customization options. Cause & Task: This occurs if there is any stale 6.x vCenter bundle reference existing in the LCM database. Check if there was any old & stale 6.x or 7.x vCenter bundle available in downloaded history in SDDC Manager. Resolution: Take a snapshot of the SDDC Manager VM. SSH into the SDDC

You can extract a vSphere Lifecycle Manager image either from Management WLD or VI WLD based on your requirement from a vCenter Server...

Product : VCF 5.2 Issue : Unable to perform decommissioning hosts in SDDC Manager, error reported " This operation is not allowed...

As we all know, regular backup of the management components are very critical, and that ensures you can keep your environment operational by restoring if a data loss or failure occurs. Today, In this blog post we'll perform SDDC Manager "RESTORE" to a fully operational state by using its File-Based backup. Table Of Contents: Overview Of SDDC Manager Backup configuration (Prior restoration) Prerequisites Prepare for Restoring SDDC Manager Restore SDDC Manager from File-Based B

This blog provides steps to clean up a failed task/workflow in VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager. Find the failed task/workflow ID in the SDDC Manager UI. This can also be found from the various logs (depending on which type of operation it is) 1. Click on the failed task/workflow. Record the UUID in the URL field above. This is the ID of the task to be deleted. Log in to the SDDC Manager VM as the vcf user and then issue su - to switch to the root user. Issue a command si