Tag: VCF
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NSX 9 Licensing and Editions: VCF vs Standalone and the vDefend Trap (NSX Series, Part 3)
How NSX 9 is licensed in VCF 9: what the base bundle includes, why security needs a vDefend add-on at full core count, and when standalone NSX makes sense.
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VCF 9 Planning and Prerequisites: Sizing, Networking and the Readiness Checklist (VCF 9 Series, Part 4)
Sizing, VLANs, MTU, DNS and the readiness checklist for a VCF 9 deployment. The prerequisites that decide whether your bring-up sails through validation or stalls hours in.
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VCF 9 Licensing Explained: Core Counting, the vSAN TiB Entitlement and 5 Costly Mistakes (VCF 9 Series, Part 3)
VCF 9 licensing looks simple but bites at design time: the 16-core-per-CPU floor, the 1 TiB-per-core vSAN entitlement, and the move of production load balancing to Avi. Five mistakes, with the numbers behind each.
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Architecture: Fleet, Instances and Domains Explained (VCF 9 Series, Part 2)
The VCF 9 hierarchy is fleet, instance, domain, cluster. Here is what each layer really means, the host-count minimums, and why you should schedule change windows by domain and fleet-services, not by vCenter.
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Explained: The Unified Private Cloud Platform (VCF 9 Series, Part 1)
VCF 9 is not VCF 5.x with a new logo. The operate and consume layers moved into the core, Aria became VCF Operations and Automation, and the fleet is the new top-level construct. Here is what actually changed and why it matters.
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5 Things That Break VKS Clusters in VCF 9 (and How to Fix Them)
Most vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) failures in VCF 9 aren’t Kubernetes bugs—they’re infrastructure. Here are the 5 things that break VKS clusters most often and how to diagnose each one fast.
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My VCF 9 Architect (2V0-13.25) Exam Experience
Hey, thanks for visiting here. First of all, I would like to wish you all the best if you are planning to attempt or currently preparing for the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 Architect exam (2V0-13.25). Though I am not the first one sharing this kind of experience, I still thought to write this because…
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Big News for VMUG Advantage Members: Free ANS Licenses Are Here!
Hey tech folks! If you’re a VMUG Advantage member (or thinking about becoming one), there’s a seriously cool update you need to know about. You can now get free personal-use licenses for some of VMware’s advanced networking and security tools—yep, totally free—as long as you’re certified. So, if you’ve passed the VCP-VCF exam, this perk…
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What’s New in VMware Cloud Foundation 9: A Unified Leap in Private Cloud Infrastructure
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 marks a significant evolution in VMware’s private cloud platform. With this release, VMware delivers on its long-standing vision: a truly unified platform that tightly integrates compute, storage, networking, automation, and operations. This white paper explores the major innovations introduced in VCF 9, including advanced memory tiering, global deduplication, native replication,…
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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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