Tag: VCF9
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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 GPU & vGPU Mistakes That Break VMware Private AI Foundation (and How to Fix Them)
Most failed VMware Private AI Foundation deployments break on host-side GPU configuration, not the model. Here are five vGPU mistakes in VCF 9.1 and the exact commands to confirm and fix each one.
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Why Your VKS Cluster Upgrade Is Stuck: 5 Failure Modes in VCF 9 (and How to Unblock Them)
A VKS cluster upgrade that hangs halfway is almost never a Kubernetes bug. Here are the 5 things that stall VKS/Tanzu cluster upgrades in VCF 9 — version compatibility, PodDisruptionBudgets, stuck worker nodes, etcd health, and Pinniped pods — and how to unblock each one.
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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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VMware Private AI Foundation in VCF 9: Everything You Need to Know (FAQs)
Category Question Answer Deployment & Infrastructure What kind of infrastructure is required to run VMware Private AI on-premises? VMware vSphere / VCF 9 clusters with NVIDIA GPUs (Blackwell GPUs recommended for high-performance AI workloads). Deployment & Infrastructure Can it run on existing VMware vSphere clusters or do we need new hardware? Yes, it integrates with…
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How VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA in VCF 9 is Changing Enterprise AI
A few months ago, I was working with a customer who was running critical workloads on VMware on-premises. They were already using AWS internally for a GenAI chatbot, but now they wanted to expand AI use cases to predict and remediate infrastructure issues, including agentic AI solutions. The challenge? They didn’t want to rely on…
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Zero Downtime for AI Workloads: How VCF 9 Transforms vMotion for AI/ML Environments
Imagine this, your GPUs are crunching away at massive models, everything looks good… and then the dreaded email arrives from IT: “We received a critical patch for ESXi and need to patch the host tonight. Please stop your workload, as there will be slight downtime for heavy workload based VMs during this activity.” Stopping wasn’t…
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How VMware Runs Just ~1% Slower Than Bare Metal in VCF 9 (And Why That’s Amazing)
During one of the migration projects, I was doing workshop sessions with Modern Apps team, and they were pushing hard for bare-metal servers, instead of running on Virtual environment.Their argument was simple: “Virtual machines are slower. We need maximum performance for AI and analytics. Should we really migrate our applications on virtualization platform!” At that…
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An Explanation – How NSX Enhanced Data Path Gives you the 3x Boost in VCF 9?
Let’s start with one of the real time examples I faced in past, I was working with a company that was struggling with slow application performance inside the data center. Business had grown, the number of workloads had tripled, and our users were constantly complaining: “Why does this app take forever to load?”“Why is our…
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How vSAN ESA Global Deduplication in VCF 9 Cuts Storage TCO by 34%?
If you’ve ever run out of storage space in your data center or just paid the bill for another batch of SSDs, you know how costly scaling storage can be. But with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, a new feature called vSAN ESA Global Deduplication is changing the storage game. And it’s not just a…
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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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