Describes the firmware, components, vendor add-on and ESX version a cluster should run. VCF imports it into VCF Operations and uses it when adding clusters, creating workload domains and upgrading domains.
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Terms in this definition
- ESX
VMware's bare-metal hypervisor, installed on each host in a VCF fleet. Up to version 9.0 it was known as ESXi.
- 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.
- 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.
- Workload
Also called an experience: a Fabric toolset aimed at one job role, e.g. Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Real-Time Intelligence or Power BI. Each keeps its data in OneLake.
Related terms
- Image Library
Each vCenter keeps one of these to store vSphere Lifecycle Manager image specifications: just the desired-state definitions available to hosts and clusters, while the software itself lives in the depot.