VCF on VxRail: 5.2.1.1 to 5.2.2 Upgrade (Management WLD)
In this post I will provide an example walk-thru upgrade of a VCF Management Workload Domain with vLCM enabled.: VCF 5.2.1.1 (VxRail 8.0.322) -> 5.2.2 upgrade (VxRail 8.0.361) One of the […]
VCF On VxRAIL – Flexible BOM Upgrade
Starting with VCF on VxRail 5.2, the Upgrade Planner introduces enhanced functionality that allows administrators to select specific target versions for each individual VMware Cloud Foundation component during an upgrade. […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2 Now Available on Dell VxRail 8.0.361
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2 on Dell VxRail 8.0.361 is now GA (Generally Available) as of September 25th 2025. Dell Technologies and Broadcom are thrilled to announce the General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2. Building on our strong partnership, this announcement marks a significant milestone. This release supports ESXi 8.0 U3g and vCenter Server 8.0 U3g, and introduces several new […]
VCF On VxRAIL – Improved Out-of-Band (OOB) Inventory Sync
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2 introduces an in-product mechanism in SDDC Manager that allows customers to perform inventory version synchronization for key products, including: This enhancement provides automatic in-product recovery […]
VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail – Walkthrough (Part 8: VI WLD ‘Reduce Cluster’)
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This post provides a detailed walkthrough of the procedure for decommissioning a host from a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) […]
VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310 – Walkthrough (Part 7: VI WLD ‘Expand Cluster’)
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This is the 7th in a series of posts covering VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310. The following post provides an example walkthrough covering the […]
VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310 – Walkthrough (Part 6: VI WLD ‘Add Cluster’)
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This is the 6th in a series of posts covering VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310. The following post provides an example walkthrough covering the […]
VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310 – Walkthrough (Part 4: VI WLD vLCM & Isolated SSO)
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This is the 4th in a series of posts covering VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310. The following post provides an example walkthrough covering the […]
VCF 5.2.1 On VxRAIL 8.0.310 – Walkthrough (Part3: Deploy Aria Suite Lifecycle)
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This post provides a detailed guide on deploying VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle in VCF mode as part of a […]
VCF 5.2.1 On VxRAIL 8.0.310 – Walkthrough (Part1: Bring-Up)
Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.311 Release
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.311 is now GA (Generally Available) as of December 5th 2024. Dell Technologies and VMware are thrilled to announce the General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1. This release introduces new features and enhancements, including support for in-place upgrades to VCF 5.2.1.1 from existing VCF 5.2 and higher environments, and most notably support for vSAN […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1 Now Available on Dell VxRail 8.0.310
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.310 is now GA (Generally Available) as of October 24th 2024. Dell Technologies and VMware are thrilled to announce the General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1. Building on our strong partnership, this announcement marks a significant milestone. This release supports ESXi 8.0 U3b and vCenter Server 8.0 U3c, and introduces several new […]
VCF 5.1.1 On VxRAIL 8.0.210 Release
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.210 is now GA (Generally Available) as of March 26th 2024. This is the first VCF release to support VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA for AI workloads within the VMware Cloud Foundation ecosystem. The collaboration with NVIDIA provides optimized support for AI and machine learning tasks, leveraging NVIDIA’s specialized hardware for accelerated […]
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