vSphere 8 to VVF 9 Migration - (Brownfield) Pt1 - vCenter 9 Upgrade, VCF Operations Deploy
This is Part 1 of a series to upgrade an environment from vSphere 8 to VMware vSphere Foundation 9.
For more information see my blog post at: https://www.vmatt.net/2026/01/17/vsph...
This video covers:
vCenter 8u3 to 9.0.1 upgrade stage 1 (1:32 to 9:51)
Processing 9:51 to 32:00
vCenter 8u3 to 9.01 upgrade stage 2 (32:00 to 36:42)
Processing 36:42 to 1:07:04
Importing a vCenter Server to VMware vSphere Foundation including navigating some common issues and Deploying VCF Operations (1:07:04 to 1:29:15)
Processing 1:29:15 to 1:53:21
Connecting VCF Operations to vCenter Server 9 (1:53:21 to finish)
This video is real-time and not fast-forwarded.
For follow-ups, look in the comments area.
In future episodes we will cover upgrading from ESXi 8.0 to ESX 9.0 and deploying VCF Operations for Logs