VMWARE CLOUD FOUNDATION 4.
0 – PARTNER FAQ
Q. What is being announced? A. No. For the initial release of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0,
VMware PKS automation will not be supported. It is
A. VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 provides hybrid cloud expected that VMware PKS automation will be supported in
infrastructure with consistent management for both VM-based future releases of VCF. VCF versions 3.8, 3.9 and 3.9.1
and container-based applications. By integrating vSphere 7, provide support for VMware PKS container orchestration.
the integrated Kubernetes container orchestration is now
delivered natively within the Cloud Foundation SKU. VMware Q. Is VMware Horizon VDI integration supported on
Cloud Foundation 4.0 includes the following components: VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0?
A. With the initial release of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0,
• vSphere 7.0 including vSphere with Kubernetes which
VMware Horizon automation will not be supported, it will be
delivers Tanzu Runtime Services and Hybrid
Infrastructure Services for Kubernetes container supported via prescriptive guidance only. It is expected
orchestration plus vSphere enhanced lifecycle that VMware Horizon automation will be supported in future
management (vLCM). releases of VMware Cloud Foundation.
• vSAN 7.0 supporting enhanced cloud native storage,
integrated file services and simplified lifecycle Q. Can my existing customers with vSphere 6.7 without
management via vLCM. VCF upgrade to vSphere 7.0 and then add-on the
• vRealize Suite 8.1 provides numerous enhancements Cloud Foundation 4.0 SKUs?
to vRealize log insight and vRealize Operations and
vRealize Automation. Cloud Foundation 4.0 provides A. Yes, but only if that vSphere license is not part of an
manual guidance for vRealize through vRSLCM. existing VCF 3.9.x install, because upgrades of existing
• NSX-T in both management and workload domains, VCF upgrades are not yet supported. If an existing vSphere
giving VMware Cloud Foundation better consolidation 6.7 customer upgrades to vSphere 7.0, it is then possible to
and efficiencies for cloud scale deployments. purchase VCF 4.0 add-on SKUs to complete the VCF
licenses. Upgrades from VCF 3.9.x to VCF 4.0 are not yet
Q. When will VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 be GA? supported, but will be supported in a future release. Refer
A. VMware Cloud Foundation is expected to be generally to the VCF PNP guidelines and FAQ on vault for
available before the end of VMware’s Q1 Fiscal Year 2021 additional information.
(May 1st 2020).
Q. Can my customer purchase vSphere 7 w/Kubernetes
Q. How can my customers deploy the new embedded without VMware Cloud Foundation 4?
Kubernetes functionality? A. No. In order to ensure that customers have the complete
A. The Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) add-on SKUs are infrastructure stack, the only way that the vSphere 7 with
included within the VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 Kubernetes functionality can be consumed is through
Standard, Advanced and Enterprise editions. The VCF VMware Cloud Foundation. Refer to the VCF PNP
Starter edition does not include the TKG add-on SKU. The guidelines and FAQ on Vault for additional information.
TKG functionality is not supported by previous versions
(3.9.x and older) of VMware Cloud Foundation. Q. With vSphere 7 and VCF 4 from an IT DevOps
perspective, can this replace competitive container
Q. Will existing VCF 3.x deployments be able to upgrade products (like RedHat OpenShift for example)?
to VCF 4.0? A. Yes. VMware’s Kubernetes strategy is to be able to use
A. With the initial release, VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 is VCF 4 and vSphere 7 w/Kubernetes as a complete
intended for greenfield VCF deployments only, so upgrades replacement of existing infrastructure plus container
from VCF 3.9.x deployments will not be supported at this management platforms with a single platform. The intrinsic
time. Upgrades from VCF 3.9.x to VCF 4.x will be benefit is that admins can use vCenter Server to be able to
supported in a future release. Refer to PNP FAQs. manage all of the resources and container platform tools.
Q. Is VMware PKS Supported on VMware Cloud
Foundation 4.0?
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