Tag: VCF Automation 9 Series
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VCF Automation Licensing: What the VCF Subscription Includes and What It Does Not (VCF Automation 9 Series, Part 5)
There is no separate VCF Automation license, it is bundled into the VCF per-core subscription. What that means, the VVF trap, how core counting works, and what still costs extra.
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Deploying and Enabling VCF Automation via Fleet Management (VCF Automation 9 Series, Part 4)
VCF Automation is not installed, it is enabled as a fleet component. The prerequisites, the appliance inputs that trip people up, and what to do the moment it comes up.
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VM Apps vs All Apps Organizations in VCF Automation: Which Model to Choose (VCF Automation 9 Series, Part 3)
VM Apps and All Apps are not two skins on one engine, they are two architectures. The differences, a decision tree, and a clear verdict on which organization type to choose.
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VCF Automation 9 Architecture: Assembler, Service Broker, Orchestrator and How a Request Becomes a Deployment (VCF Automation 9 Series, Part 2)
The architecture of VCF Automation 9: the three services, the deployment engine between them, how a catalog request turns into a running workload, and where extensibility hooks in.
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What VCF Automation Is: The Product Formerly Known as vRealize Automation, in VCF 9 (VCF Automation 9 Series, Part 1)
VCF Automation is vRealize Automation’s lineage on VCF’s architecture. What it is, the three services you work in, the provider/tenant/project model, and the VM Apps vs All Apps fork.
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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