Before you deploy. Work through the VCF 9.x pre-installation checklist and clear every precheck first, then start at Part 1 below. A clean checklist is what keeps the VCF Installer prechecks green on the first run.
A complete, step by step guide to deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, product by product. It covers the mandatory core, every optional component, and the converge and import scenarios for existing environments. New parts publish regularly. Start at Part 1, or jump to the part you need.
Complete · all 24 parts published
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Phase 1 · Plan and prepare
- 01Deployment overview and component checklist
- 02Prerequisites and readiness checklist
- 03Network, DNS and NTP setup
- 04Deploy the VCF Installer appliance
Phase 2 · Build the mandatory core
- 05Deploy the management domain
- 06Deploy VCF Management Services and the license server
- 07Set up VCF Operations
Phase 3 · Operations add-ons (optional)
Phase 4 · Optional components and services (optional)
- 10Create a VI workload domain
- 11Deploy NSX Edge clusters
- 12Deploy Avi Load Balancer
- 13Deploy vDefend Distributed Firewall
- 14Deploy VCF Automation
- 15Deploy Data Services Manager
- 16Enable vSphere Supervisor and VKS
- 17Deploy Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA
- 18Deploy VMware HCX
- 19Configure a stretched cluster
Phase 5 · Existing environments (scenarios)
- 20Converge an existing vSphere environment
- 21Import a brownfield vSphere, vSAN and NSX environment
- 22Convert an existing vSphere 8 environment
Phase 6 · Validate and license
Phase 7 · Deployment for different scenarios
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