Background Are you currently installing the VCF Management services/components and the process is stalled at the "Install VCF Operations - Import legacy components using SDDC lifecycle" stage? The Inside Story At this point, the Fleet lifecycle is attempting to import the legacy components or the inventory data retrieved from VCF Operations. Essentially, it is importing and registering the management components of version 9.0.x. To understand why and how this happens , read this blog :...

Background VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.x introduced VCF Operations fleet management node as part of VCF Operations. This node was solely responsible for managing your lifecycle for Management Components which include VCF Automation VCF Operations VCF Operations for Logs VCF Operations for Networks VCF Identity broker Fleet management node 9.0.x was responsible for Installation Patching Upgrades Day-N actions Backup and Restore The Inside Story of Convergence From the customer's perspective,...

Introduction Welcome back to another deep dive into VMware infrastructure. If your organization is currently running on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0.x and you are mapping out the upgrade journey to the newly released VCF 9.1.0, this guide is crafted specifically for you. Building on our previous explorations of VCF scaling and lifecycle management procedures, this post will serve as your roadmap. Upgrading between these releases requires careful orchestration across your compute,...