Tag: VCF 9
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Supervisor Update and Kubernetes Version Upgrade Paths (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 25)
Objective 4.10 as a runbook: legal version paths, the Supervisor Management update flow, and why four control plane VMs mid run is healthy rather than broken. Plus the host evacuation phase that quietly eats your maintenance window.
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Supervisor Cluster Enablement Process on VCF 9 (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 14)
Objective 3.4 is about the process, not the wizard. Five management addresses instead of three, the decisions that lock at activation, and the enablement failures that cost a change window.
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Supervisor Capabilities, Services and Architecture Topologies (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 5)
Objective 2.1 asks you to configure Supervisor capabilities, services and topologies. Here is which activation choice is permanent, which you can change on a Tuesday afternoon, and what a control plane resize actually costs in wall clock.
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Reference Architecture for a VKS Deployment, NSX, VDS and Zones (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 4)
Objective 1.3 asks you to pick a reference architecture, not describe one. Here are the four published vSphere Zone models, the four Supervisor networking paths, and the single decision you can never take back.
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VCAP-VKS Exam Blueprint, Scoring and a Study Plan (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 1)
A working map of the 3V0-24.25 blueprint: 60 items, 135 minutes, 33 published objectives, and the one section that carries 42 percent of them. Plus a six week study plan built around a lab rather than a reading list.
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Day-2 Operations on VKS, Lifecycle, Upgrades and Scaling vs BOSH (TKGI to VKS Series, Part 24)
After the cutover, Day-2 on VKS replaces BOSH and Ops Manager with a declarative model. Here is how to upgrade Kubernetes versions, scale node pools, and roll back safely, with the commands that map to your old TKGI habits.
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First VKS Cluster on VCF 9, Namespaces, Cluster Classes and Node Pools (TKGI to VKS Series, Part 14)
Standing up the first VKS cluster the dev wave lands on: create the vSphere Namespace, bind resources, pick a Cluster Class and Tanzu Kubernetes release, apply the manifest, size node pools, and verify with kubectl.
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Supervisor Networking on VCF 9, NSX VPCs and Load Balancer Choices (TKGI to VKS Series, Part 13)
Your vSphere Supervisor load balancer is a one-way door on VCF 9. Here is how Foundation LB, NSX LB and Avi compare across NSX VPC networking when you move a TKGI estate to VKS.
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Preparing VCF 9 and Enabling the vSphere Supervisor (TKGI to VKS Series, Part 12)
The first hands-on step of the migration: stand up the vSphere Supervisor on VCF 9 beside your TKGI estate, with the design calls, the exact commands, and the failures that stall activation.
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Target Reference Architecture for VKS on VCF 9 (TKGI to VKS Series, Part 11)
A VKS target on VCF 9 resolves into five layers, and the workload network you pick decides your load balancer before you build. Includes the TKGI to VKS component mapping, the load balancer decision table, and reference cluster sizing.
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Networking Assessment for TKGI to VKS, NSX-T vs NSX VPC (TKGI to VKS Series, Part 7)
Assess your TKGI NSX-T pod networking against the NSX VPC and Antrea model VKS uses on VCF 9, with a construct by construct mapping table and the addressing math that decides the target design.
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TKGI to VKS Migration Business Case and Phased Timeline (TKGI to VKS Series, Part 4)
TKGI is on a lifecycle clock and VCF 9 is the destination. Here is the business case, the drivers that set your real deadline, and a phased timeline you can hand a budget owner.
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