{"id":1170,"date":"2025-04-02T09:11:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:12:55","slug":"zavedenie-tokenu-pre-update-vmware-vcentra-broadcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/2025\/04\/zavedenie-tokenu-pre-update-vmware-vcentra-broadcom\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware vCenter Broadcom Token &#8211; New Authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>VMware vCenter Broadcom token<\/strong> is a new authentication method for updates after VMware&#8217;s acquisition by Broadcom. In this article, I will show you how to configure <strong>VMware vCenter Broadcom token<\/strong> for access to updates.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Broadcom acquisition, authentication for VMware products has changed. <strong>VMware vCenter Broadcom token<\/strong> replaces the original login credentials.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Do You Need VMware vCenter Broadcom Token?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Broadcom changed the licensing model<\/li>\n<li>New support portal requires token authentication<\/li>\n<li>vCenter Update Manager needs new credentials<\/li>\n<li>Updates are not available without token<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information on <a href=\"https:\/\/support.broadcom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\">Broadcom Support portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting VMware vCenter Broadcom Token<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to support.broadcom.com<\/li>\n<li>Go to API Keys section<\/li>\n<li>Generate new token<\/li>\n<li>Copy token for use in vCenter<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Configuration in vCenter<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Open vSphere Client<\/li>\n<li>Menu \u2192 Lifecycle Manager<\/li>\n<li>Settings \u2192 Download Settings<\/li>\n<li>Enter Broadcom credentials with token<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p><strong>VMware vCenter Broadcom token<\/strong> is essential for updates. Key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Broadcom changed authentication model<\/li>\n<li>Token is generated on support portal<\/li>\n<li>Patches and updates unavailable without token<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More guides on <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/category\/vmware\/\">VMware configuration<\/a> in our section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postup popisuje, ako vygenerova\u0165 a importova\u0165 licen\u010dn\u00fd token pre VMware vCenter pod\u013ea KB 389276 od Broadcomu. Proces zah\u0155\u0148a tri kroky: vytvorenie tokenu na port\u00e1li Broadcom, pr\u00edpravu VM (napr. Windows 10) s PowerShellom a PowerCLI, a n\u00e1sledn\u00fd import tokenu do vCentra pomocou skriptu. Je potrebn\u00e9 ma\u0165 pr\u00edstup k Site ID, nakonfigurova\u0165 sie\u0165ov\u00e9 spojenie a povoli\u0165 sp\u00fa\u0161\u0165anie skriptov. Skript umo\u017e\u0148uje overi\u0165 pripojenie, nahra\u0165 token a dokon\u010di\u0165 proces aktualiz\u00e1cie licencovania VMware produktov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,66],"tags":[167,161,9,6],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automation","category-vmware","tag-broadcom-site-id-vmware","tag-broadcom-vmware-licencovanie","tag-esxi","tag-vcenter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1936,"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions\/1936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualall.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}