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VCF Upgrades Are Still a Pain. This Tool Actually Helps.NEW
The VCF Upgrade Planner does not perform the upgrade, but it takes a painful amount of manual research out of building the plan.
The Matrix Did Not Show the Full Story
SDDC Manager identified Avi / NSX ALB 22.1.6 as the blocker, but the installed version was not selectable in the matrix view we were using. GSS confirmed a d...
The Upgrade Plan Was Ready. Avi Was Not.
The VCF 9.0.2 management domain upgrade plan looked ready to go, until SDDC Manager's compatibility checks exposed an Avi / NSX ALB version blocker.
Introducing the VCF Insider Community
VCF Insider now has a community forum built for VMware Cloud Foundation engineers, homelab builders, and anyone working through real-world VCF deployments, t...
SRM, vSphere Replication, and VLR: Untangling the 9.0.4 Upgrade Path
Some upgrades are difficult because the technology is complicated. Others are difficult because the path is not as obvious as it should be. My recent VMwar...
Broadcom Announces VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1: A Private Cloud Release Built Around AI, Efficiency, and Resilience
Broadcom announced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 today, and while the version number makes it sound like a normal point release, the messaging around this one ...
Deploying VCF Automation in the Lab: The Primary VIP Lesson That Tripped Me Up
I deployed VCF Automation in my lab yesterday, and one thing became obvious pretty quickly: this is not the same mental model I had from the older Aria Autom...
Breaking ELM Between Two VCF Instances to Restore a Supported Upgrade Path
Introduction Most VMware Cloud Foundation upgrade blockers look like lifecycle problems—version mismatches, failed prechecks, or sequencing issues. This on...
Planning a VCF 9 Upgrade: Why We Broke It Into Phases
Upgrading to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 sounds fairly straightforward when you first talk about it at a high level. There is a supported path, a target versio...
Aria Operations 8.18.5 Upgrade to VCF Operations 9.0.2 (Lab Field Notes)
Over the last week or so, I upgraded our lab Aria Operations (vROps) 8.18.5 to VCF Operations 9.0.2. For the most part it went smoothly, but I hit a couple o...
Upgrading from VCF 5.2 to VCF 9.x
Upgrading from VCF 5.2 to VCF 9.x Field Notes from a Live Lab Upgrade This is not a how-to guide. This is not a success story written after the dust settle...
VCF 9 Part 1 — Design Considerations: Instances, Fleets, Private Clouds, Fault Domains & DR
VCF 9 clarifies Private Cloud → Fleet → Instance and offers two resilience patterns: Site-HA across zones and DR across regions.
Aria Operations 8.18.5 — Pre-Req Upgrade Process (KB)
Lead This runbook upgrades Aria Operations to 8.18.5 by first updating vIDM and Aria Suite Lifecycle (LCM) during the same maintenance window. It’s writte...
Upgrading to Aria Ops 8.18.5? It’s not as easy as you may think.
Upgrading to Aria Ops 8.18.5? It’s not as easy as you may think. VMware recently released a security update for Aria Ops (vRops for the old school guys out ...
VCF 9.0: New Features and Capabilities Overview
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 brings significant enhancements to automation, security, and hybrid cloud capabilities. Here's what you need to know.
Welcome to VCF Insider
Welcome to VCF Insider, your comprehensive resource for VMware Cloud Foundation insights, best practices, and expert guidance.