Where Broadcom licences are handled: you create, split and attach licence files to a registered VCF Operations instance here. VCF 9.0 moved from 25-character licence keys to these files.
Also called vcf.broadcom.com.
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Terms in this definition
- WHERE
Limits a SELECT, UPDATE or DELETE to just the rows meeting a condition. Omit it, and the statement hits every row.
- CRUD
Shorthand for create, read, update and delete, the four basic things you do with data. Data-plane roles in Azure Cosmos DB, for instance, authorise those operations on items.
- Licence
What entitles one particular user to the services a subscription offers. Each product licence is made up of several service plans (one per app or service), and before giving it to someone an admin has to record that user's usage location.
- VCF Operations
VCF's console for running the fleet. It covers alerting, monitoring, capacity, reporting, log analysis and licensing alongside fleet management of identity, passwords, certificates and lifecycle.
- 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.
- KEYS
Lists the column or columns that identify each target row uniquely in an AUTO CDC statement.
Related terms
- Activation code
A token created in the VCF Business Services console using Broadcom Support Portal sign-in details and a Site ID. Entering it in VCF Operations registers the product while connected, whereas a disconnected setup relies on a registration file.
- License Usage Analytics
Reporting pages for tracking licence consumption over time, by product and by individual licence. VCF Operations has them under License Management, and the VCF Business Services console adds a view of every licence with an export option.
- Split licence
A share of capacity divided off a default licence through the VCF Business Services console, say to give each VCF Operations instance its own allocation. All the splits combined are capped at what the original default licence holds.