· VCF 9.1 · Disaster Recovery The question this post answers How do you fail over VCF Operations to another site without L2 stretch or NSX Federation, and keep the same IPs? Many VCF customers run two sites with no stretched Layer 2 network, no NSX Federation and no routed IP mobility. Yet VCF Operations must come back at the recovery site with the same IP addresses and DNS names, so that users, adapters and integrations keep working after a disaster. This post shows a proven design that does exactly that on VCF 9.1.1 , using VCF Protection and Recovery (P&R) 9.1.1 with vSphere Replication. It is based on a real implementation runbook and aligned with Broadcom's VCF 9.1 documentation. The answer in short Replicate the data, not the network. P&R replicates the VCF Operations nodes from Site A to Site B every 15 minutes over a separate, routed replication network. Pre-build an identical VLAN at Site B and keep it dormant. It has the same VLAN ID, subnet and gateway...

Compute Storage Networking VKS Automation Security Verdict Deep Dive · VMware Cloud Foundation Everything That's New in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)9.1 Broadcom called 9.0 the architectural reset. They're calling 9.1 the optimization layer. After spending time with the release notes, the official blogs, and the hands-on labs, here's my take on what actually matters and what's just marketing fluff. May 19, 2026 Infrastructure Insights ~18 min read VCF 9.1 VMware Broadcom 5,000 Max ESX Hosts 500 K8s Clusters / Supervisor 70% Faster K8s Provisioning 40% Lower Storage TCO I'll be honest — VCF 9.1 isn't a version that'll blow you away with brand-new capabilities. It's a version that makes everything you already ...