Real-World VCF 9 Migrations: What Actually Works

About this episode

The episode discusses real-world experiences and lessons learned from customer migrations to VMware Cloud Foundation 9.

VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (and 9.1) is generating a lot of excitement, but many organizations are still operating with assumptions based on older VCF releases. In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sit down with Bill Oyler from Presidio to separate fact from fiction and discuss what customers are actually experiencing as they adopt VMware Cloud Foundation 9. Bill shares lessons learned from customer migrations, including brownfield convergences, external storage support, infrastructure readiness assessments, and some of the most common upgrade pitfalls organizations encounter. The conversation covers everything from Enhanced Linked Mode and distributed switches to certificates, firewall rules, hardware compatibility, and practical planning considerations for successful VCF 9 adoption. Whether you’re evaluating VMware Cloud Foundation, preparing for a migration, or already planning your upgrade, this episode provides valuable insights from real-world customer engagements and deployments. #VirtuallySpeakingPodcast #VMware #VMwareCloudFoundation #VCF9 #VMUG #PrivateCloud #vSphere #vSAN #Broadcom

People in this episode

Hosts: Pete Flecha, John Nicholson

Guest: Bill Oyler

Topics covered

• VMware Cloud Foundation
• migrations
• customer experiences
• infrastructure readiness
• upgrade pitfalls
• planning considerations

Keywords

• VCF 9
• migrations
• customer engagements
• infrastructure readiness assessments
• upgrade pitfalls
• Enhanced Linked Mode
• distributed switches
• firewall rules
• hardware compatibility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Presidio, Broadcom

Products: VMware Cloud Foundation 9, VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, vSphere, vSAN

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