Category: VMware & Cloud
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How to Converge an Existing vSphere Environment to VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 20)
A step by step guide to converge a standalone vSphere 8.0 Update 3 environment into a VCF 9.1 management domain with the VCF Installer, covering prerequisites, the convert wizard, fresh NSX, and validation.
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How to Configure a Stretched Cluster in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 19)
A step by step how to for configuring a stretched cluster in VCF 9.1 across two availability zones, including the vSAN witness appliance, host commissioning, the stretch operation, fault domains, and a site mirroring storage policy.
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How to Deploy Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA on VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 17)
A step by step guide to deploying VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA on VCF 9.1, from the add-on license and GPU workload domain to configuring vGPU and running the VCF Automation Quickstart to publish the AI catalog items.
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How to Enable vSphere Supervisor and VKS in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 16)
Enable vSphere Supervisor on a VCF 9.1 workload domain and create your first VKS cluster, with prerequisites, the Workload Management wizard, namespaces, and kubectl steps.
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How to Deploy VCF Automation in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 14)
A step by step guide to deploying VCF Automation on a VCF 9.1 fleet, from the network block and software depot binary to the VCF Operations wizard and provider console verification.
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How to Deploy Avi Load Balancer in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 12)
A step by step guide to deploying the Avi Load Balancer controller cluster in VCF 9.1 from VCF Operations, with prerequisites, controller sizing, the install wizard, NSX Cloud configuration, verification, and fixes.
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How to Deploy NSX Edge Clusters in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 11)
An NSX Edge cluster is optional in VCF 9.1. This guide shows how to deploy one from the vCenter Network Connectivity wizard, size the edges, configure the Tier 0 gateway, and verify the result.
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How to Create a VI Workload Domain in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 10)
Step by step guide to creating a VI workload domain in VCF 9.1 using VCF Operations, from commissioning ESX hosts to validating a new vCenter, NSX Manager and vSAN datastore.
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How to Set Up VCF Operations in VCF 9.1 (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 7)
A step by step guide to setting up VCF Operations in a VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 fleet, from credentials and licensing to cloud proxy registration and vCenter collection.
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How to Deploy VCF Management Services and the License Server (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 6)
Deploy VCF management services and the license server in a VCF 9.1 environment with a step by step walkthrough of the Install Components workflow in VCF Operations.
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How to Deploy the VCF 9.1 Management Domain (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 5)
Step by step guide to deploying the mandatory VCF 9.1 management domain with the VCF Installer, from the deployment wizard and host bring-up to vCenter, NSX, SDDC Manager and verification.
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How to Deploy the VCF Installer Appliance (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 4)
A step by step guide to deploying the VCF Installer appliance for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, covering DNS and NTP prerequisites, the OVA deploy wizard, the network and password fields, verification, and common fixes.
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About the Author
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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