Tag: VCF 9.1

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Licensing by Core: How to Count Cores and Avoid Over-Buying

VCF 9.1 and VVF are licensed per physical core with a 16-core minimum per CPU, and VCF includes 1 TiB of vSAN per core. This guide shows how to count cores with Broadcom's script, works through a hypothetical estate and lists the mistakes that lead to over-buying.

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Upgrading VCF 5.2 to VCF 9.1: Prerequisites, Upgrade Order and What Breaks

VCF 5.2.x can skip 9.0 and upgrade straight to VCF 9.1, but only in Broadcom's strict component order. This guide covers the supported paths, prerequisites, upgrade sequence, what breaks and a pre-upgrade checklist.

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HCX Network Extension Explained: MON, Trunk Interfaces, MTU and Cutting Over Extended Networks

A practitioner's guide to VMware HCX Network Extension in VCF Operations HCX 9.1: how the NE appliances bridge networks, what MON fixes, how to size MTU, and how to cut over the gateway and unextend safely.

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How to Migrate HCX Service Meshes from PhotonOS to the Enhanced NSX Edge Appliances in HCX 9.1

HCX 9.1 deprecates the PhotonOS IX and NE appliances, with removal targeted for VCF 10.0.0. This runbook covers how to move live service meshes and network extensions onto the enhanced NSX Edge based appliances without surprising your application owners.

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What's New in VMware HCX 9.1: Enhanced Appliances, VCF Operations Lifecycle and PhotonOS Deprecation

HCX 9.1 rebuilds the IX and NE appliances on the NSX Edge stack, deprecates PhotonOS appliances ahead of VCF 10, moves HCX Manager lifecycle into VCF Operations and brings back WAN optimization. Here is what changed and how to prepare.