VCF on Why did IT fail

ESX HCL Checker

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On LinkedIn I just posted this: On your way to update your VCF/vSphere environment (perhaps to VCF 9.1?) but tired of manually checking each component in your vCenter again the Broadcom compatibility guide? This is a situation I often hear from my customers and I can totally relate to this. Before You Upgrade, Someone Has to Check the Hardware Every vSphere or VCF upgrade comes with the same prerequisite: verify that your host hardware — CPUs, NICs, HBAs, SSDs — is certified for the target release.

Let’s talk about VCF Management Services

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Let’s talk about VCF Management Services VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 (and VMware vSphere Foundation for that matter) introduced the VCF Management Services which are sometimes called VMSP or VSP in the product. In my experience, customers stumble over this new platform in the VCF installer when configuring the update or installation and being faced with questions about CIDR blocks and a chunk of system resources (CPU, memory). What are the VCF Management Services?

VCF 9.1 - failed to discover component of type 'vcfa'

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Another quick and dirty blog about an issue that I enountered during the update from VCF 9.0 to VCF 9.1. During the VMware Management System Platform (VMSP) deployment, the task install components: VCF Operations SDDC LCM failed. In the details, you will find subtasks like like Discover VCF Automation information or Import legacy components using SDDC lifecycle service in an error state. The error indication is this message: Failed to discover component of type 'VCFA'.

VCF 9.1 - Platform Health Check Error in VMSP

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This is a quick and dirty rundown on troubleshooting an issue with the fluentd service on the new VMware Management System Platform (VMSP) that comes with the VCF 9.1 release. The issue - fluentd status is failing During the VCF 9.0 to 9.1 update, all tasks issued from VCF Operation and related to the VMSP started to fail. A common determinator was a failed health check that indicated that fluentd was not Ready.