vCenter capability linking multiple vCenter instances into one SSO domain so their inventories appear together. VCF 9.0 convergence cannot take vCenter instances that use it.
Also called Enhanced Linked Mode.
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Terms in this definition
- vCenter
Management software for VMs, clusters and ESX hosts. Each domain in VCF gets a dedicated one.
- Capability
Something that a person, organisation or system is able to do.
- SSO
Signing in once to gain access to multiple applications.
- Domain
A way of grouping workspaces by area of the business, in support of a data mesh approach. Items take on their workspace's domain, letting you filter the OneLake catalog by it, and certain tenant settings can be passed to domain admins; domains have no effect on access permissions.
- VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom's platform for private cloud. It unifies management of NSX, vSAN, vSphere, VCF Automation and VCF Operations as one fleet; VVF, by contrast, lacks automation and cloud management.
- Convergence
In VCF 9.0, adopting a vCenter you already run, with its hosts and optionally Aria products, as the management domain of a brand-new fleet or instance; absent pieces are deployed for you. Enhanced Linked Mode setups are excluded.