Bundle Management: Online vs Offline/Air-Gapped
Introduction “Air-gapped” gets treated as a single scenario in most VCF conversations, you either have internet access or you don’t. VCF 9.1’s software depot architecture disagrees: it defines three distinct connection modes, and the two that cover no-internet environments, Offline Depot and Disconnected, are genuinely different operational models, not two names for the same workaround. Picking the wrong one, or assuming they’re interchangeable, is a common source of confused prechecks during upgrade planning. ...