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In this blog post, we’ll be deploying VCF Operations for Logs. Deploying Operations for Logs in VMware Cloud Foundation allows you to centralize log collection, troubleshooting, security auditing, and compliance monitoring across vCenter, NSX, ESXi, and other components. Log into…
For this example, we’ll be showing how to upgrade/converge a basic vSphere 8 environment without VCF to VCF 9. First, review the official documentation for the pre-requisites and relevant steps. Our demo platform here is a single vSphere 8.0u3 vCenter…
In Part 1, I showed how to connect the Identity Broker to your Active Directory. In Part 2 we’ll be configuring the role mappings in vCenter and NSX. First, we need to link the products to the SSO Provider. Click…
Today we’re going to be going through the steps of configuring SSO across the VCF components and integrating with Active Directory. First, log into VCF Operations and browse to Fleet Management / Identity and Access, then select your VCF Instance.…
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 is the latest release of VMware’s integrated Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) platform, combining compute, storage, networking, security, and cloud operations into a single, lifecycle-managed solution. Bundled with NSX 9.0, this release delivers advanced networking, zero-trust…
The upgrade process to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 depends on your current version of VCF and a combination of environmental, software, and hardware considerations. For example, a specific hardware requirement may have changed and is no longer supported in newer versions…
In the last post in this series, we deployed the VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Installer & configured the offline depot. We can now proceed with the VCF 9 Deployment Wizard. Part 1 – Physical ESXi Host ConfigurationPart 2 – Deploying…
In the previous part of this VCF series, we ran through some basic prerequisites and deployed the embedded ESXi hostsThis is a multi-part post. You can find the index of all the posts here: Part 1 – Physical ESXi Host…
VCF 9 was announced in 2024 and became GA on 17th June 2025. Since then, the VMUG Advantage team has collaborated with Broadcom to offer complimentary VCF9 licenses to their members who pass the VCF Architect VCP exam. Most of us do not have large…
Introduction The digital transformation landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with edge computing becoming a critical component for organizations seeking to process data closer to its source. Today, digital transformation is at the front and center of every business and “data”…
