One blueprint: namespace, trunk topology, two nested hosts, two VIPs — requested as a catalog item

A datacenter in a catalog tile: nested ESXi pods via VCF Automation All Apps

The whole isolated pod, nested ESXi hosts and all, as one VCF Automation blueprint in the catalog. How the blueprint is built, the order it enforces, and the three things it can’t express.

16 September 2026 · Updated 1 October 2026 · 7 min · Adam Stretton
ContentValid: False — and the seven reasons why

Blueprinting the supervisor: seven CCI blueprint gotchas

Seven ways the nested-ESXi pod blueprint failed validation before it worked, from ${input} inside flow mappings to an image-sync race. Short, specific, and each one cost me a cycle.

16 September 2026 · Updated 1 October 2026 · 5 min · Adam Stretton