Category Archives: VCF Core

Deploying a Three-Zone Supervisor in VCF 9.0.0 (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the API)

By | 31. July 2025

So, you’ve made it to VMware Cloud Foundation 9, and you’re dreaming of a production-grade, highly available Kubernetes setup. You want Supervisor spread across three fault domains like a proper cloud-native boss. Well… buckle up, because this ain’t your usual click-click-done setup. Why? Because the vCenter GUI forgot something important (again 😅). But fear not—I’m… Read More »

VCF 9 – Integrating a vSphere 8 environment as a new Workload Domain

By | 31. July 2025

There are many VMware users who are still using pure vSphere environments and now want to switch to VCF. This can also lead to constellations where an upgrade to vSphere 9 (vCenter and ESX) is not planned or possible. Nevertheless, it is possible to import the vSphere 8 environments and operate and manage them as… Read More »

How to Add a Cluster to a Workload Domain in VCF 9.0.0 (Yes, It’s Weird Right Now)

By | 30. July 2025

So, you want to add a cluster to a workload domain in VCF? Great! Just log in to your WLD vCenter, right-click the datacenter, and hit “New SDDC Cluster”, right? Nope 😊 Turns out, things aren’t that straightforward—because that button? Yeah, it didn’t make it to the code. 🙃 But don’t worry, I’ll walk you… Read More »

vCenter Linking in VCF 9 – The New Shiny ELM

By | 30. July 2025

So, you’ve upgraded (or are thinking about upgrading) to VCF 9.0, and someone drops this bombshell: “Hey… ELM is gone.” Yep. That’s right. Enhanced Linked Mode is officially out in VCF 9. But don’t panic! You still get ELM-like magic with a shiny new feature called vCenter Linking just with a few differences and one… Read More »