Category: Architect Workshop Series
Architect-level field notes and technical deep dives from real VMware Cloud Foundation and vSphere workshops — customer concerns, design decisions, and remediation steps captured from assessments.
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Architect Workshop Series #1 — Converting vSphere 8 Clusters to vLCM Images Before VCF 9
A field note from a recent VCF workshop: a customer running a baseline-managed (VUM) vSphere 8 cluster wanted to converge onto VMware Cloud Foundation 9 and asked a simple question — is vLCM optional, or required? Here is the story, the deep dive on why baselines are gone in VCF 9, and the exact steps…
Architect’s Toolkit
PJ’s Tools
VMware Cloud Foundation
- VCF Documentation
- VCF 9 Planning & Preparation Workbook
- VCF Bill of Materials (BoM)
- VMware Compatibility Guide
- VMware Interoperability Matrix
- VMware Configuration Maximums
- VMware Ports & Protocols
- VMware Hands-on Labs
- RVTools Download
Nutanix
AI & Cloud-Native Platform
- NVIDIA Build (Model Catalog)
- NVIDIA AI Enterprise Reference Architecture
- NVIDIA NIM Performance Benchmarking
- NVIDIA NGC Catalog
- NeMo Microservices Helm Chart
- Helm Charts Repository
- Hugging Face Models
Architecture & Design
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Dr Pranay Jha
Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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