Sources & Acknowledgements
Every source used in VCDX Academy is summarised and linked from the page that draws on it — nothing is reproduced. All technical claims are checked against the official Broadcom documentation before they are published here.
Acknowledgements
- William Lam (williamlam.com) — years of hands-on VMware, nested-lab and Holodeck insight that shaped many of these labs.
- Cormac Hogan (cormachogan.com) — the definitive deep dives on vSAN and VMware storage.
- The VMware Holodeck team (vmware.github.io/Holodeck) — the toolkit every lab in this Academy runs on.
- Broadcom TechDocs, Knowledge Base and Community — the authoritative sources every technical claim is checked against.
Sources
89 distinct sources, grouped by publisher and sorted by title. The number after each entry is how many Academy pages cite it.
Broadcom TechDocs 26
- Broadcom HCL → https://compatibilityguide.broadcom.com/3 pages
- Cloud Template YAML Reference → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-automation/8-18.html3 pages
- HCX Documentation → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/hcx/vmware-hcx/4-11.html1 page
- Network I/O Control → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/9-0.html7 pages
- Nsx Policy Api → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/nsx/vmware-nsx/4-2.html16 pages
- VCAP-Admin Exam Guide (3V0-11.26) → https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/vcap-admin-exam-guide1 page
- VCAP-Architect Exam Guide (3V0-12.26) → https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/vcap-architect-exam-guide1 page
- VCDX Program Overview & Requirements → https://www.broadcom.com/support/education/vmware/certification/vcdx2 pages
- VCF 9.0 API Reference: Fleet Manager → https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis1 page
- VCF 9.0 Design Library — VCF Edge Options and Patterns → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/design/design-library.html1 page
- VCF 9.1 Components in VCF and vSphere Foundation (VCF Management Services) → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-1/deployment/vcf-management-appliances.html1 page
- Vcf Api Docs → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-5-2-and-earlier/5-2.html4 pages
- VCF Conversion Guide → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0.html37 pages
- VCF Edge Models (platform requirements, Remote Clusters rename) → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/design/vmware-cloud-foundation-concepts/vcf-edge.html1 page
- VCF Edge Pattern 3 — Locally Managed Edge → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/design/design-library/vcf-edge-options-and-patterns-9-x/vcf-edge-locally-managed-edge.html1 page
- VCF Edge Pattern 5 — Dark Site Edge → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/design/design-library/vcf-edge-options-and-patterns-9-x/vcf-edge-dark-site.html1 page
- VCF Edge Pattern 8 — Single Host vSphere Supervisor at the Edge → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/design/design-library/vcf-edge-options-and-patterns-9-x/vcf-edge-single-host-vsphere-supervisor.html1 page
- VCF Operations for Logs → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-operations-for-logs/8-18.html2 pages
- VCF Operations Sizing Guide → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-operations/8-18.html7 pages
- VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Release Notes — What's New → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-1/release-notes/vmware-cloud-foundation-9-1-0-0-release-notes/what-s-new.html1 page
- VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x Networking Documentation (Broadcom Techdocs) → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/2 pages
- VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 8.x Documentation → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/live-recovery/site-recovery-manager/8-8.html2 pages
- vSAN ESA Operations Guide → https://techdocs.broadcom.com1 page
- vSAN Stretched Cluster Deployment Guide → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsan/vsan/8-0.html5 pages
- vSphere Replication Administration Guide → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/live-recovery/vsphere-replication/8-8.html2 pages
- vSphere Upgrade Guide → https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0.html11 pages
Broadcom KB / Support 7
- Broadcom Support Portal → https://support.broadcom.com4 pages
- Holodeck Downloads (Broadcom) → https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productfiles?subFamily=Holodeck&displayGroup=Holodeck1 page
- Interpreting CPU Ready (%RDY) and Co-Stop (%CSTP) in vSphere → https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=20021812 pages
- NUMA and vNUMA Architecture in vSphere → https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=20035821 page
- VMware Cloud Foundation Licensing & Support Guide → https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=3135481 page
- VMware Knowledge Base → https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=10034701 page
- VMware Support Lifecycle and EOL Dates → https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/productlifecycle1 page
Broadcom Community 3
- Broadcom Community — External Jumpserver Access (KB Thread 3) → https://community.broadcom.com/vmware-cloud-foundation/discussion/external-jumpserver-access1 page
- VCF Holodeck Broadcom Community Forum → https://community.broadcom.com/vmware-cloud-foundation/communities/community-home/digestviewer?CommunityKey=da5e3e1f-7070-4284-bf40-0191244ccc0c11 pages
- VCF Holodeck Community Forum → https://community.broadcom.com/vmware-cloud-foundation/4 pages
VMware Blogs 13
- Add Clusters and Hosts in VCF 9.0 using Holodeck — VMware Cloud Foundation Blog → https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2025/11/09/add-clusters-and-hosts-in-vcf-using-holodeck/1 page
- Advanced Memory Tiering Enhancements in VCF 9.1 (VCF Blog) → https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/05/07/advanced-memory-tiering-enhancements-in-vmware-cloud-foundation-9-1/1 page
- Announcing the General Availability of Holodeck 9.1 — VMware Cloud Foundation Blog → https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/07/01/announcing-the-general-availability-of-holodeck-9-1/3 pages
- Announcing VCF 9.1 — Modern Private Cloud Built for Efficiency and Resilience (VCF Blog) → https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/05/05/announcing-vcf-9-1-modern-private-cloud-built-for-efficiency-and-resilience/1 page
- Holodeck 9.0 GA Blog Post → https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2025/06/30/announcing-the-general-availability-of-holodeck-9-0/1 page
- Holodeck 9.0.1 GA Blog Post → https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2025/10/21/announcing-the-general-availability-of-holodeck-9-0-1-0/1 page
- Holodeck 9.0.2 GA Blog Post → https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/03/05/announcing-the-general-availability-of-holodeck-9-0-2/1 page
- Simplify Multisite PoCs Using Holodeck — VMware Cloud Foundation Blog → https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/03/10/holodeck-multisite/1 page
- vCenter Quick Patch (VCF Blog) → https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/05/12/vcenter-quick-patch/1 page
- Vcenter Rest Api → https://developer.vmware.com/docs/vsphere-automation/latest/1 page
- VCF 9.0 Licensing Guide → https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vmware-cloud-foundation4 pages
- VCF Upgrade Planner Tool → https://www.vmware.com/support/vcf/vcf-upgrade-planner1 page
- What's New with vSphere in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 (VCF Blog) → https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/05/12/whats-new-with-vsphere-9-1/1 page
GitHub 10
- HAProxy for vSphere with Tanzu → https://github.com/haproxytech/vmware-haproxy1 page
- Holodeck 9.1 Documentation → https://vmware.github.io/Holodeck/9.1/6 pages
- Holodeck GitHub Issue #117 — TKC creation from pre-installed Supervisor fails (9.0.2-era, open) → https://github.com/vmware/Holodeck/issues/1171 page
- Holodeck GitHub Issue #143 — the community-verified VNA deployment record → https://github.com/vmware/Holodeck/issues/1432 pages
- Holodeck GitHub Issues → https://github.com/vmware/Holodeck/issues6 pages
- Holodeck Official Documentation → https://vmware.github.io/Holodeck/1 page
- Holodeck Toolkit Dual-Site Deployment Documentation → https://vmware.github.io/Holodeck/#dual-site-deployment1 page
- VCF Holodeck GitHub Repository → https://github.com/vmware/Holodeck5 pages
- VCF Holodeck Toolkit GitHub — HoloRouter Configuration → https://github.com/vmware/Holodeck/wiki/HoloRouter-Network-Configuration1 page
- VMware Security Hardening Guide → https://github.com/vmware/vcf-security-and-compliance-guidelines2 pages
williamlam.com 3
- William Lam — VCF 9.1 Automated Nested Lab Deployment → https://williamlam.com/2026/05/vcf-9-1-automated-vmware-cloud-foundation-vcf-vmware-vsphere-foundation-vvf-nested-lab-deployment.html1 page
- William Lam — VCF vLCM Deep Dive → https://williamlam.com/tag/vcf21 pages
- William Lam — vLCM Cluster Image Deep Dive and Drift Detection → https://williamlam.com/tag/vlcm1 page
cormachogan.com 3
- Cormac Hogan — VCF 9.0 Fleet Manager Deep Dive → https://cormachogan.com/4 pages
- Cormac Hogan — vSAN in VCF Workload Domains → https://cormachogan.com/tag/vcf/2 pages
- Cormac Hogan — vSAN Stretched Cluster Architecture → https://cormachogan.com/tag/stretched-cluster/1 page
Other 24
- Antrea CNI for Tanzu → https://antrea.io/docs/1 page
- Authentik Documentation → https://docs.goauthentik.io/1 page
- Avi Networks Knowledge Base - Health Monitor Configuration → https://avinetworks.com/docs/latest/health-monitor-troubleshooting/1 page
- Avi Service Engine Sizing and Scaling Best Practices → https://avinetworks.com/docs/latest/se-sizing-and-scaling/1 page
- Avi Vantage Kubernetes Operator (AKO) for vSphere Kubernetes Service → https://avinetworks.com/docs/ako/1 page
- CIS ESXi Benchmark → https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/vmware1 page
- DNS and BIND Essentials — O'Reilly → https://oreilly.com/library/view/dns-and-bind/0596004753/1 page
- FRR (Free Range Routing) BGP Troubleshooting → https://docs.frrouting.org/en/stable/troubleshooting.html1 page
- GitLab CI/CD Documentation → https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/1 page
- GitLab CI/CD Pipelines Documentation → https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/1 page
- HashiCorp Vault Documentation → https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs1 page
- HashiCorp Vault — Enterprise Secret Management → https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/1 page
- Holodeck Toolkit → https://holodeck.community/forum/holodeck-toolkit-powershell-cmdlets1 page
- Okta SAML 2.0 Application Setup (or Entra ID OIDC Setup) → https://developer.okta.com/docs/guides/saml-application-setup/overview/ or https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/v2-protocols-oidc1 page
- OpenGitOps Principles → https://opengitops.dev/2 pages
- PCI-DSS Requirement 1 (Network Segmentation) → https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/1 page
- PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) for Infrastructure Automation → https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/dsc/overview1 page
- PowerShell Select-String and log filtering best practices → https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/select-string1 page
- RFC 1918 — Private Internet Address Space → https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc19181 page
- SCIM 2.0 — RFC 7644 (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) → https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc76441 page
- SOC 2 Type II Compliance — Credential & Access Management (CC-6, CC-7) → https://www.aicpa.org/interestareas/informationmanagement/sodp.html1 page
- Technitium DNS Server Documentation → https://technitium.com/dns/1 page
- VCDX Design Principles — Design Quality Matrix Framework → https://www.vcdxn.com/design-quality-matrix.html1 page
- X.509 Certificates and PKI Best Practices → https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/security/kerberos/pki-best-practices1 page
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