Tag: infrastructure
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Flavor Mappings, Image Mappings and Network and Storage Profiles in VCF Automation (VCF Automation 9 Series, Part 11)
Mappings and profiles are the translation layer that makes one template deploy in any region. Flavor and image mappings, network profiles, storage, and the naming contract that ties them together.
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Cloud Zones, Regions and Placement in VCF Automation (VCF Automation 9 Series, Part 10)
A cloud zone is where deploy a VM becomes this VM on that cluster. Regions and zones, the many-to-many with projects, placement policies, and capability and compute tags that steer where work lands.
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Setting Up the VCF Automation Provider Organization: Regions, IP Spaces and the Provider Gateway (VCF Automation 9 Series, Part 6)
Your first login is to the system org, not your cloud. Quick Start vs Manual setup, building provider infrastructure with regions, IP spaces and a provider gateway, then the first tenant.
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
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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