One of the biggest advantages of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 is its flexibility and broad support for existing customer environments, meeting customers where they are at in their Private Cloud journey. From existing standalone vSphere deployments with VCF Operations to environments with different combinations of vSAN, NSX and Aria Automation, all the way to a full stack VCF deployment.
With this added flexibility in VCF 9.1, depending on the components and features deployed within an environment, customers may need to account for specific component upgrade sequences, additional operational workflows and resource requirements, which can make understanding the overall upgrade workflow a real challenge. Historically, customers would have to piece together information from product documentation, KB articles and interoperability matrices before they could confidently plan and perform an upgrade.
This is where I think we can provide an improved upgrade experience for our customers. Instead of having to understand all the different deployment permutations and specific order of operations, why not start with where the customer is currently at based on the products and features they already have deployed? Using that as input, we can then provide the applicable destination scenarios they can upgrade to and, most importantly, generate a custom tailored upgrade plan that is unique to their specific environment.
Today, I am excited to share the release of the VCF Upgrade Planning Tool which provides a custom tailored upgrade planning experience to help customers confidently navigate their VCF upgrade journey.
