VMware Cloud Foundation

Configuring Edge cluster using vCenter (VCF9.0.1) In this lab we will go through the deployment of NSX Edge cluster using vCenter.VCF 9 centralizes the NSX Edge cluster deployment workflow into the vCenter UI for Centralized External Connectivity, replacing earlier SDDC Manager driven steps and aligning with the new VPC + Transit Gateway model. How ever you can still do this from NSX Manager UI. A brief overview of Connectivity Models: Centralized Connectivity: The wizard deploys Edge VMs and a Tier-0 that the Transit Gateway uses for north-south traffic.  Distributed Connectivity: The Transit gateway can connect to physical infrastructure via an external VLAN network and doesn't require any Edge VMs for forwarding traffic. Pre-requisites: 1. vCenter should be deployed. 2. NSX Should be deployed. 3. BGP should be configured including BGP Peer ASN and Peer IP 4. DNS, Management IP, VLAN, CIDR, FQDN for Edge nodes. Configuration details used in the lab: Edge01 FQ...

VCF9 Management domain Single Fleet Deployment   (Single Node Deployment Model) VCF 9 introduces the VCF Installer (replacing Cloud Builder) with multiple deployment pathways and a modern, JSON ‑ capable wizard that reduces pre ‑ bring ‑ up friction and improves validation. This post documents how I deployed a single ‑ node management domain for lab purposes. The wizard can export a JSON "as ‑ built" of your inputs for reuse and drift control, you can also start from JSON and "edit in wizard". Once the binaries are uploaded successfully using the offline depot. We can now start the VCF deployment using the VCF installer wizard  Access the VCF installer via FQDN and start the wizard and start deployment Wizard. In the lab we are doing the single fleet deployment. Since we are doing green field install so we don't have any existing components in place. so we skipped this step and moved to next step. Configure general deployment options Deployment model: Simple/Sin...

Preparing Hosts For Commissioning in VCF9.0.1  and Fixing FQDN/SAN & Certificate Mismatches during VCF Management domain installation In this article our focus is on preparing ESX hosts for commissioning during the deployment of VCF management domain and fixing host failures during the hosts adding in VCF installer caused by certificate SAN/FQDN mismatches and misconfigured host identity. When deploying a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 management domain, you must prepare a minimum of three ESX hosts to meet the platform’s baseline requirements. This ensures that core management components have sufficient resources and can operate with the expected level of resilience. A brief specification of hosts used in the lab. No. of ESX 03 Host Memory 128GB Storage 06 Disks 1 100GB, 05 of 250 GB Network adapters 04 Nested Hosts Preparation: I am building these ESX hosts in a nested lab environment and done the following 1.  Download the vendor‑supplied ESX installer and upload the...