VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 and later support an offline depot that you can connect to from multiple instances of SDDC Manager. Use the Bundle Transfer Utility to download and transfer bundles to the offline depot and then any SDDC Manager connected to the offline depot can access the bundles.
Prerequisites
- Set up an offline depot.
- The offline depot must have:
- The latest version of the Bundle Transfer Utility. You can download it from the Broadcom Support portal.
- Internet connectivity (either directly or through a proxy) for downloading the bundles and other required files.
- Configure TCP keepalive in your SSH client to prevent socket connection timeouts when using the Bundle Transfer Utility for long-running operations.
- Connect SDDC Manager to the offline depot. See Connect SDDC Manager to a Software Depot for Downloading Bundles.
Note: You can also connect SDDC Manager to the offline depot after you download bundles to the offline depot.