Aria, Cloud Builder, ESXi and vSphere with Tanzu: what each is called in VCF 9.0 and what replaced it.
From Ultra Transcenders 2V0-17.25 by Tony Rough (publishing soon)
Many 9.0 components carry new names, and older material still uses the old ones. TechDocs provides an explicit mapping from VCF 5.x to 9.0.
| VCF 5.x component | VCF 9.0 equivalent |
|---|---|
| VMware Cloud Builder | VCF Installer |
| SDDC Manager | SDDC Manager (unchanged) |
| VMware Aria Operations | VCF Operations |
| VMware Aria Operations for Logs | VCF Operations for logs |
| VMware Aria Operations for Networks | VCF Operations for networks |
| VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle | VCF Operations fleet management |
| Workspace ONE Access | VCF Identity Broker |
| VMware HCX | VCF Operations HCX |
| VMware Aria Automation | VCF Automation |
| VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator | VCF Operations orchestrator |
| VMware Cloud Director | VCF Automation |
| vSphere with Tanzu / VMware IaaS Control Plane | vSphere Supervisor |
Further naming points used throughout the 9.0 documentation:
Common trap: Assuming Aria Suite Lifecycle is upgraded in place to become fleet management - it has no upgrade path; a new VCF Operations fleet management appliance is deployed and the existing Aria Operations connection is imported into it.
This note is one section of Ultra Transcenders 2V0-17.25: VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator, an independent study guide that explains every topic the exam covers by technology, with comparison tables, diagrams and the common traps, plus a glossary linked to Broadcom TechDocs.
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