Tag: VCF
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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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VCF 9.1 Network, DNS and NTP Setup (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 3)
A step by step guide to preparing DNS, NTP, VLANs and IP ranges for a VCF 9.1 management domain, so the VCF Installer prechecks pass on the first run.
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VCF 9.1 Deployment Prerequisites and Readiness Checklist (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 2)
A step by step VCF 9.1 deployment prerequisites and readiness checklist covering ESX hosts, DNS, NTP, IP addressing, appliance sizing and the installer pre checks you run before bring up.
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VCF 9.1 Deployment Overview and Component Checklist (VCF 9.1 Deployment Step by Step Guide, Part 1)
The three supported ways into VCF 9.1, a greenfield VCF Installer build, converging an existing vSphere estate, or importing a brownfield vSAN and NSX environment, and how to choose the right one for your starting point.
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A VCF 9 Disaster Recovery Runbook You Can Trust at 3 a.m. (VMware Live Recovery for VCF 9, Part 14)
A field-tested runbook for VCF 9 disaster recovery on VMware Live Recovery: how to tier recovery plans, avoid the cross-group dependency and message-step traps, and budget an RTO you can actually hit at 3 a.m.
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DR Design Mistakes in VCF 9 That Bite During a Real Outage (VMware Live Recovery for VCF 9, Part 13)
Some DR design mistakes pass every non-disruptive test and only surface during a real failover or failback. Here are the ones that bite in VCF 9, and how to fix them before an outage does.
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Size the Replication Bandwidth Your VCF 9 DR Actually Needs (VMware Live Recovery for VCF 9, Part 12)
DR bandwidth for VCF 9 is set by change rate in your busy window, not dataset size or a daily average. A worked 8 TB example, the vSphere Replication method, and what Enhanced replication does and does not change.
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Should VCF 9 Disaster Recovery Run to the Cloud? (VMware Live Recovery for VCF 9, Part 11)
Two roads take VCF 9 disaster recovery off-site: a cloud VCF site with a 1-minute RPO, or VMware Live Cyber Recovery on VMware Cloud on AWS. When each one fits, and what failback actually costs.
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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
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AI & Cloud-Native Platform
- NVIDIA Build (Model Catalog)
- NVIDIA AI Enterprise Reference Architecture
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- NVIDIA NGC Catalog
- NeMo Microservices Helm Chart
- Helm Charts Repository
- Hugging Face Models
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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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