https://cloudmanaged.online/tags/vcf/ Recent content in VCF on CloudManaged.online Hugo en-us Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://cloudmanaged.online/platforms/vmware/ Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://cloudmanaged.online/platforms/vmware/ <h1 id="vmware-vsphere--vsan">VMware vSphere &amp; vSAN</h1> <p><strong>VMware vSphere</strong> remains one of the most battle-tested virtualization platforms in enterprise IT. Combined with <strong>vSAN</strong>, <strong>NSX</strong>, and lifecycle tooling in <strong>VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)</strong>, it can provide a full-stack private cloud experience with deep ISV support and strong operational consistency.</p> <p>Even with significant market disruption after Broadcom&rsquo;s acquisition of VMware, vSphere is still the baseline against which most private cloud platforms are evaluated.</p> <hr> <h2 id="platform-architecture">Platform Architecture</h2> <h3 id="core-components">Core Components</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Role</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>ESXi</strong></td> <td>Bare-metal hypervisor on each host</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>vCenter Server</strong></td> <td>Centralized management, policy, inventory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>vSAN</strong></td> <td>Software-defined storage integrated with ESXi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>NSX</strong></td> <td>Network virtualization, microsegmentation, distributed routing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Aria Suite</strong></td> <td>Monitoring, automation, and operations management</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 id="vcenter-centric-control-plane">vCenter-Centric Control Plane</h3> <p>vCenter coordinates provisioning, migration, policy enforcement, and inventory. Running workloads can continue without vCenter during outages, but management and orchestration operations are degraded or unavailable.</p>