Tag: vSphere Supervisor
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Enabling vSphere Supervisor and the VKS Runtime in VCF 9 (VKS Series, Part 3)
Two gates stand between a workload domain and a running VKS cluster: a healthy Supervisor and a content library. Here are the prerequisites, and the blockers that actually bite.
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VKS Architecture: Supervisor, Namespaces and Workload Clusters (VKS Series, Part 2)
The Supervisor, vSphere Namespaces and workload clusters look alike and behave nothing alike. Here is how the three layers fit together, and where tenancy actually lives.
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VCF Automation in VCF 9 Explained: Provider, Organizations and Self-Service Cloud (VCF 9 Series, Part 25)
VCF Automation is not just Aria Automation with a new badge. Here is how the provider model, organizations, projects and built-in cloud services work in VCF 9, and the All Apps vs VM Apps decision you need to get right.
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vSphere Supervisor and VKS Architecture in VCF 9: The Reference Design (VCF 9 Series, Part 24)
How vSphere Supervisor and VKS fit together in VCF 9, from the control plane and vSphere Zones to networking, storage, and the design defaults you should override before you commit.
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Deploy a VI Workload Domain in VCF 9 with VCF Operations (VCF 9 Series, Part 9)
Deploy a VI workload domain in VCF 9 from the VCF Operations console: commission hosts, choose storage and NSX, and the default-on Supervisor toggle worth turning off.
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5 Things That Block vSphere Supervisor Enablement in VCF 9 (and How to Fix Each)
Workload Management says your cluster is ‘incompatible,’ or the Supervisor control plane VMs hang at Configuring. Here are the five most common reasons vSphere Supervisor enablement fails in VCF 9 — and the exact checks and commands to fix each.
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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.
Architect’s Toolkit
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
- AI Infra Sizing & Cost Calculator
- 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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