u/Sensitive_Scar_1800

Drink a sturdy scotch and wish me luck!

I live in Bremerton and I’ve discovered the local raccoon population appears to prefer to crap in my yard and it’s becoming a problem.

Anyone else run into this? Any suggestions?

VCF 9.1? I’m currently on 9.0.1, should I upgrade or hold off?

EDIT: the community consensus seems to be a thunderous “no” 😂

Recently found out that after upgrading to VCF Automation 9.0.1, the integration with Ansible Tower/AAP is STILL Broken!

When our organization upgrade Ansible Automation Platform to 2.5, it broke our integration. No problem, VMware posted a KB about it (see below) which states "hey submit a feature request"

Why wouldnt vmware just continue supporting a feature/service baked into its own product? couldnt say....

Feature request submitted....for all the good its done....it looks to be ignored and abandoned.

yet their documentation has a full walkthrough of how to integrate it, no mention of the fact that it only support AAP 2.4 and LOWER. For those who arent tracking AAP is now on version 2.6.

I ran into an article that says "just down grade AAP to a support version...." and i think i had a minor brain bleed.

VMware you cant say your a "next generation" or "modernized" platform if you cant support industry standard services that, frankly, do it better.

/rant

edit: yes i know we can use REST API calls (who cares....)

for more info: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/394498/ansible-automation-platformansible-tower.html

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/organization-management/vcfa-overview/administering-vm-apps-organizations-in-vcf-automation/what-are-integrations/what-is-configuration-management/configure-ansible-automation-platform-integration.html

VMware/broadcom has really been pushing VKS and I’m curious if anyone has implemented it and what there thoughts are. Specifically, how difficult is it to install, maintain, and deploy production level workloads to.

Does it keep things simple, deliver value, etc?

I’d prefer a technical discussion, BUT if you feel you need to rant…..feel free.

VMware/broadcom has really been pushing VKS and I’m curious if anyone has implemented it and what there thoughts are. Specifically, how difficult is it to install, maintain, and deploy production level workloads to.

Does it keep things simple, deliver value, etc?

I’d prefer a technical discussion, BUT if you feel you need to rant…..feel free.

Seeking clarification. We are currently running a VCF 9.0.1 environment. During the planning phase, while completing the initial deployment workbook, we identified a need for /26 CIDR. We handily filled that subnet in with VCF components. Life’s been grand.

I’m reading that in VCF 9.1 there is a new “VCF Management Service” appliance which requires between 12-30 continuous ip addresses?

Is that unused IP addresses on the management domain subnet? As in we’re not reusing any ip addresses?

If that is the case, and I need to migrate to a /24 (for example) is there a Broadcom approved method for that?

We have Dell OpenManage Enterprise which allows us to update firmware for our Dell hardware. There is a plugin that is titled "OMVV" which should let is integrate with vCenter 9.

I am curious if anyone has this setup and can verify functionality?