As part of the VCF 9 deployment it is essential to establish a management domain which includes VCF Operations, Fleet Manager and SDDC Manager for lifecycle management of the infrastructure and management layer. Customers can decide if they want to build the management domain from ground-up or if they would like to converge an existing… Read More »
A few weeks ago, I described in the blog https://vrealize.it/2025/06/02/vcf-nsx-edge-setup-aus-netzwerksicht/ how the NSX Edges in VCF5.x are deployed via the SDDC Manager.
In my opinion, the interaction between the individual components has been improved in VCF9, making it more user-friendly. Some changes can also be seen in the interaction with NSX.
The installation of the NSX Manager and configuration of the overlay network on the ESX hosts is performed in VCF9 via VCF Operations. Edges can be installed and configured directly from vCenter. However, installation and configuration via the NSX Manager is still possible.