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Original Message:
Sent: Mar 06, 2026 06:16 AM
From: Gary Davison
Subject: fail to deploy vcf 9.0.2.0
Amazing thank you so much for this :-) it worked perfectly
Original Message:
Sent: Mar 05, 2026 10:53 PM
From: Nikhil M Kulkarni
Subject: fail to deploy vcf 9.0.2.0
Edit the /holodeck-runtime/dnsmasq/dnsmasq_configmap.yaml file and change the line server=1.1.1.1#cloudflare-dns.com to server=1.1.1.1
Then run the following commands -
kubectl apply -f /holodeck-runtime/dnsmasq/dnsmasq_configmap.yaml
kubectl delete -f /holodeck-runtime/dnsmasq/dnsmasq_deployment.yaml
kubectl apply -f /holodeck-runtime/dnsmasq/dnsmasq_deployment.yaml
Original Message:
Sent: Mar 05, 2026 09:44 AM
From: Levi Bergmann
Subject: fail to deploy vcf 9.0.2.0
I'm running into the same issue using version 9.0.2.0 and 9.0.1.0. It seems like there is an error in the dnsmasq config, screenshots are from 9.0.2.0:

ConfigMap:

Original Message:
Sent: Mar 03, 2026 09:45 PM
From: Dhruv Tyagi
Subject: fail to deploy vcf 9.0.2.0
Can you run nslookup esx-01a.site-a.vcf.lab from vcf installer and see if you still get connection refused?
If yes, run the same from holorouter. If still the same, run kubectl get pods and check if dnsmasq pod is running.
Original Message:
Sent: Mar 03, 2026 12:43 PM
From: Gary Davison
Subject: fail to deploy vcf 9.0.2.0
Hi thank you for that,
I've now tried to deploy it using 9.0.2.0 and get this error:-
i can ping from the SDDC to all the host via ip address, when i try and use the hostname this is what i get:-
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 17, 2026 10:41 PM
From: Dhruv Tyagi
Subject: fail to deploy vcf 9.0.2.0
Holodeck 9.0.2 is now available: https://vmware.github.io/Holodeck/release_notes/#holodeck-902-maintenance-release
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 17, 2026 01:35 PM
From: Joel Nordsving
Subject: fail to deploy vcf 9.0.2.0
Any thoughts on when Holodeck 9.0.2.0 will be released? we also are experiencing deployment issues with version 9.0.1.0, it's continuing to request NSX images for 9.0.2.0 during deployment within VCF Installer. - we've not changed our version of the 2 deployment files required. The processed seemed to break after VCF Installer is now seeing 9.0.2.0 in the available online depot, although the Holodeck script is properly downloading version 9.0.1.0.
Original Message:
Sent: Jan 20, 2026 09:05 PM
From: Dhruv Tyagi
Subject: fail to deploy vcf 9.0.2.0
9.0.2 has been released today so the current Holodeck does not yet support its deployment. We will be validating 9.0.2 on Holodeck and releasing a new version which will support 9.0.2 deployment.
Original Message:
Sent: Jan 20, 2026 12:07 PM
From: Gary Davison
Subject: fail to deploy vcf 9.0.2.0
no matter what i do i keep getting this error:-

i have tried offline, online, different version's with no luck
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