Before deploying a VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) or VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 environment, the VCF Installer must download the required VCF software binaries and metadata from either an online or offline depot, which can also support air-gapped environments. One of the lesser-known enhancements in VCF 9.0 is the re-architecture of the VCF software depot […]
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