A set of interactive, click-through walkthroughs for deploying, upgrading and operating VMware Cloud Foundation 9 and its components. Pick one below — each opens a full-screen, step-by-step navigator you can follow on a second screen, with a Full plan / print export.
Planning & Preparation WorkbookPlan, size and validate your VCF 9.1 build before deployment — interactive, step by step.Open →
VCF 9 Deployment WalkthroughGreenfield bring-up of the management domain via the VCF Installer — 21 steps, with 9.1 notes.Open →
VCF Upgrade PlannerBrownfield → 9.x, 9.0.1→9.0.2, 9.0→9.1, plus a product-checklist plan builder following the official update sequence.Open →
NSX Deployment & SetupStandalone or VCF NSX — install & transport fabric, routing, security and NSX ALB load balancing.Open →
VCF Automation Deployment & SetupTwo deploy modes plus 10 use cases, including Kubernetes (VKS) and Private AI self-service.Open →
VCF Operations Deployment & SetupConnect adapters, then monitoring & alerting, capacity, cost/chargeback and compliance.Open →
VKS Deployment & SetupEnable Supervisor (NSX/VDS toggle), namespaces, VKS clusters, registry, GitOps, backup & day-2.Open →
Private AI Foundation with NVIDIADeploy Private AI Foundation on VCF 9 — GPU enablement, licensing, NIM serving — then RAG, fine-tuning, agents and more.Open →
vSAN Deployment & SetupESA vs OSA storage architecture — HCL, disk design, fault domains, stretched clusters, policies and day-2.Open →
HCX & Workload MigrationOnboard to VCF or move between sites — HCX, service mesh, network extension and Bulk/vMotion/RAV migrations.Open →
vDefend / VCF SecurityZero Trust micro-segmentation (DFW) or advanced threat prevention (IDS/IPS, malware, NDR) for VCF.Open →
NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi)App load balancing (L4-L7, WAF, GSLB) or Kubernetes ingress for VKS (AKO / Gateway API).Open →
VCF Design Models CheatsheetAll 65 VCF 9 design models — fleet blueprints, cluster and switch models, storage, NSX Edge, SSO and Supervisor — each with a diagram and the real numbers.Open →
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