VCF installer adds VVF support
The VCF installer now supports deploying VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) components alongside full VCF stacks, simplifying entitlement and operations for mixed virtualization and cloud‑native deployments. That change shortens the path for customers running both traditional VMs and modern workloads under a single operational model. (cloudvirtues.wordpress.com)
VCF Installer does not enforce product entitlements during deployment and both VVF and VCF installs default to a 90‑day evaluation period until components are licensed by VCF Operations. (williamlam.com (williamlam.com)) Administrators register VCF Operations with the Broadcom Business Service Console (BSC) after bring‑up to retrieve and apply either VVF or VCF entitlements. (williamlam.com (williamlam.com)) The installer supports fully automated deployments by accepting a complete JSON configuration, and the VCF Installer surface is exposed via the VCF SDK with Python and Java bindings plus an OpenAPI 3.0 specification for custom automation. (williamlam.com (williamlam.com) techdocs.broadcom.com (techdocs.broadcom.com)) When placed outside the management domain, a single VCF Installer appliance can be used to deploy multiple VCF or VVF platforms; the appliance footprint is documented at 4 vCPU, 16GB RAM, and 914GB storage. (vmme.org (vmme.org) vexpertconsultancy.com (vexpertconsultancy.com)) For VVF‑targeted deployments the workflow will deploy vCenter Server 9 and VCF Operations 9 as the VVF subset, whereas a full VCF deployment adds NSX Manager appliances and optional VCF Automation and Identity Broker appliances. (vmatt.net (vmatt.net) techdocs.broadcom.com (techdocs.broadcom.com)) William Lam documents a common operational pattern: deploy a full VCF fleet in a primary datacenter and use the installer to deploy VVF component subsets (vCenter, ESXi, VCF Operations) for regional or edge sites, then apply VCF entitlements centrally via Fleet Manager. (williamlam.com (williamlam.com))
