Where Do I Perform Tasks in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 With the release of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 and if you’re familiar with previous releases there are some significant changes when it comes to navigating and performing various tasks. If you’re not aware with VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Broadcom has announced …

What is the VCF Installer Appliance? The VCF Installer is a new unified appliance for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 which is a direct replacement for VMware Cloud Builder used in previous versions. Developed and delivered as part of the same OVA as SDDC Manager the bring-up capabilities of VMware Cloud Builder have been …

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 has finally arrived, this much anticipated release brings together what were a collection of individual products into what is now considered a single on-premies private cloud platform. In this post I'm going to help you understand some of the terminology and constructs behind VMware Cloud …

In this post we will look at the process of authenticating to VCF Operations Fleet Management. VCF Operations Fleet Management APIs Used GET /lcmversion Authenticating to VCF Operations Fleet Management Using Curl Procedure Connect to a Linux based operating system over SSH. Replace the values in the sample code with …

In this post we will look at the process of obtaining an authentication token from VCF Operations for networks which we can then use in subsequent API requests. VCF Operations for Networks APIs Used POST /api/ni/auth/token DELETE /api/ni/auth/token GET /api/ni/info/version Obtaining an Authentication Token From VCF …

In this procedure, we will use the /v1/vcf-services API to retrieve service details for a SDDC Manager instance. SDDC Manager APIs Used POST /v1/tokens GET /v1/vcf-services Obtaining Service Details for all Services from SDDC Manager Procedure Connect to the SDDC Manager appliance over SSH. Replace the values in the …

In this post we will use curl to view the details of a Network Pool in SDDC Manager. SDDC Manager APIs Used POST /v1/tokens GET /v1/network-pools View All Network Pools Configured in SDDC Manager In this procedure we will authenticate to SDDC Manager and then using the /v1/network-pools API we will retrieve a list of …

Interacting with the Public APIs for SDDC Manager can be achieved in many ways, my normal goto is PowerCLI but that requires the installation of the required modules and of course PowerShell itself to be available on either the component your wanting to interact with or a remote management host. If your looking for a …

The Birth of PowerVCF Back in January 2020 my friend and colleague Brian OConnell embarked on a community project to write a PowerShell module to make consumption of the VMware Cloud Foundation APIs simple and easy to consume by VI Admins, each cmdlet was hand-built using standard PowerShell verbs that the community is …

This is the final part of my blog series in which I talk about automating the VMware Cloud Foundation upgrade process. At this point you should have completed the following tasks: Downloaded All Bundles Initial Health Check SDDC Manager Upgrade SDDC Manager Configuration Drift Update We are now ready to begin the …