VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 6 VCF Offline Depot
To deploy VCF 9 the VCF Installer needs access to the VCF installation media or binaries. This is done by enabling Depot Options in the VCF Installer. For users to move to Part 6 they will need to complete this step using resources available to them. In this blog article I’m going to supply some resources to help users perform these functions.
Why only supply resources? When it comes to downloading and accessing VCF 9 installation media, as a Broadcom/VMware employee, we are not granted the same access as users. I have an internal process to access the installation media. These processes are not publicly available nor would they be helpful to users. This is why I’m supplying information and resources to help users through this step.
What are the Depot choices in the VCF Installer?
Users have 2 options. 1) Connect to an online depot or 2) Off Line Depot
What are the requirements for the 2 Depot options?
1) Connect to an online depot — Users need to have an entitled support.broadcom.com account and a download token. Once their token is authenticated they are enabled to download.
See These URL’s for more information:
2) Offline Depot – This option may be more common for users building out Home labs.
See these URLs for more information:
- Set Up an Offline Depot Web Server for VMware Cloud Foundation
- Set Up an Offline Depot Web Server for VMware Cloud Foundation << Use this method if you want to setup https on the Photon OS.
- How to deploy VVF/VCF 9.0 using VMUG Advantage & VCP-VCF Certification Entitlement
- Setting up a VCF 9.0 Offline Depot
I’ll be using the Offline Depot method to download my binaries and in the next part I’ll be deploying VCF 9.0.1.
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