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Quick Tip: Workaround for NSX Edge Upgrade to VCF 9.0.1 running AMD Ryzen CPUs

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If you are planning to upgrade to latest release of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0.1 and you are using an AMD Ryzen (consumer) processor, you will need to apply an additional workaround after your NSX Edges have been upgraded, for proper functionality. This is similar to the workaround that I had shared back in 2020, which is needed when deploying a new VCF 9.x environment due to the incompatibility of NSX Edges running on an AMD Ryzen CPU.

UPDATE (01/20/26) - VCF 9.0.2, the structure of the config.py has changed, you will need to identify the correct lines to comment out the AMD section. There is a more simpler workaround that can now be applied for all VCF releases, which you can find more details in this blog post HERE.

After the NSX Edge node has been upgraded, the modifications to the original system files are not persisted and we need to re-apply the changes before the NSX Edge nodes will run properly.

Thanks to Tomas Fojta for sharing this tidbit while upgrading his environment, which happens to run on an AMD Ryzen system.

Step 1 - SSH to the NSX Edge node as root

Step 2 - Edit /os_bak/opt/vmware/nsx-edge/bin/config.py and comment out L192-193 containing the AMD section and that will allow the NSX Edge to properly startup and complete the upgrade flow.

MS-A2 VCF 9.0 Lab: Deploying VMware Private AI Services (PAIS)

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In this blog post, we will now deploy an instance of VMware Private AI Services (PAIS) that will use the Vector Database that was provisioned earlier and the OIDC Client Application that we had also setup earlier using the Authentik Identity Provider (IdP).

Requirements:

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Automating VCF Operations Active Directory over LDAP Sync for VCF SSO

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When VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Single-Sign On (SSO) is configured with the Active Directory over LDAP Identity Provider, VCF Operations will periodically synchronize the users and groups from your identity source.

By default, the sync frequency will default to once per week but it is user configurable to daily, hourly and even down to every 15 minutes, which is the lowest configurable frequency that is supported as shown in the screenshot below.


For users that require a one time sync, VCF Operation does provide a manual sync function that you can invoke under the configured identity source as demonstrated in the screenshot below.


Since the automated sync frequency ca not go below 15 minutes, the manual sync can be a viable workaround. If you need automate and schedule the manual sync, you may want automate it instead of manually invoking the function in the VCF Operations UI ...

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