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VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation Overview
Last Updated October 30, 2025
VMware Cloud Foundation ™ provides a ubiquitous hybrid cloud platform for both traditional enterprise and modern applications. Based on a proven and comprehensive software-defined stack including VMware vSphere®, VMware VMware vSAN ®, VMware NSX®, VMware vSphere® with VMware Tanzu™, and VMware Aria Suite ™, VMware Cloud Foundation provides a complete set of software-defined services for compute, storage, network, container and cloud management. The result is agile, reliable, efficient cloud infrastructure that offers consistent operations across private and public clouds.
VMware Cloud Foundation Components
To manage the logical infrastructure in the private cloud, VMware Cloud Foundation augments the VMware virtualization and management components with VMware Cloud Builder™ and VMware Cloud Foundation ™ SDDC Manager™.
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VMware Cloud Foundation
Component |
Description
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VMware Cloud Builder
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VMware Cloud Builder
automates the deployment of the software-defined stack, creating the first software-defined unit known as the management domain. |
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SDDC Manager
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SDDC Manager
automates the entire system life cycle, that is, from configuration and provisioning to upgrades and patching including host firmware, and simplifies day-to-day management and operations. From this interface, the virtual infrastructure administrator or cloud administrator can provision new private cloud resources, monitor changes to the logical infrastructure, and manage life cycle and other operational activities. |
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vSphere
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vSphere uses virtualization to transform individual data centers into aggregated computing infrastructures that include CPU, storage, and networking resources. VMware vSphere manages these infrastructures as a unified operating environment and provides you with the tools to administer the data centers that participate in that environment.
The two core components of vSphere are ESXi and vCenter Server. ESXi is the virtualization platform where you create and run virtual machines and virtual appliances. vCenter Server is the service through which you manage multiple hosts connected in a network and pool host resources.
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vSAN
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vSAN aggregates local or direct-attached data storage devices to create a single storage pool that is shared across all hosts in the vSAN cluster. Using vSAN removes the need for external shared storage, and simplifies storage configuration and virtual machine provisioning. Built-in policies allow for flexibility in data availability.
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NSX
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NSX is focused on providing networking, security, automation, and operational simplicity for emerging application frameworks and architectures that have heterogeneous endpoint environments and technology stacks. NSX supports cloud-native applications, bare-metal workloads, multi-hypervisor environments, public clouds, and multiple clouds.
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vSphere with Tanzu
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By using the integration between VMware Tanzu
and VMware Cloud Foundation
, you can deploy and operate the compute, networking, and storage infrastructure for vSphere IaaS Control Plane
, also called Workload Management. vSphere IaaS Control Plane
transforms vSphere to a platform for running Kubernetes workloads natively on the hypervisor layer. When enabled on a vSphere cluster, vSphere IaaS Control Plane
provides the capability to run Kubernetes workloads directly on ESXi hosts and to create upstream Kubernetes clusters within dedicated resource pools. |
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VMware Aria Suite
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VMware Cloud Foundation
supports automated deployment of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
. You can then deploy and manage the life cycle of Workspace ONE Access
and the VMware Aria Suite
products ( VMware Aria Operations for Logs
, VMware Aria Automation
, and VMware Aria Operations
) by using VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
. VMware Aria Suite
is a purpose-built management solution for the heterogeneous data center and the hybrid cloud. It is designed to deliver and manage infrastructure and applications to increase business agility while maintaining IT control. It provides the most comprehensive management stack for private and public clouds, multiple hypervisors, and physical infrastructure. |
For a high-level deployment process, see Deployment Overview of VMware Cloud Foundation.
VMware Cloud Foundation
Features
The
VMware Cloud Foundation
features provide automated deployment and life cycle management of your SDDC, and enable provisioning of customer virtualized workloads and containers.
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VMware Cloud Foundation
Feature |
Description
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Automated Software Bring-Up
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You prepare your environment for VMware Cloud Foundation
by installing a baseline ESXi image on vSAN
ReadyNodes. After the hosts are physically racked and cabled, VMware Cloud Foundation
uses the physical network details you provide (such as DNS, IP address pool, and so on) to automate the bring-up and configuration of the software stack. During bring-up, the management domain is created on the four hosts you specified. When the bring-up process completes, you have a functional management domain and can start provisioning virtual infrastructure (VI) workload domains. |
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Simplified Resource Provisioning with Workload Domains
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In VMware Cloud Foundation
, a workload domains is a policy-based resource construct with specific availability and performance attributes. See Workload Domains in VMware Cloud Foundation. |
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Virtual Machines and Containers Onto the Same Platform
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By using the VMware Tanzu integration with VMware Cloud Foundation
, you can deploy and operate the compute, networking, and storage infrastructure for vSphere with Tanzu, also called Workload Management. vSphere with Tanzu transforms vSphere to a platform for running Kubernetes workloads natively on the hypervisor layer. When enabled on a vSphere cluster, vSphere with Tanzu
provides the capability to run Kubernetes workloads directly on VMware ESXi
™ hosts and to create upstream Kubernetes clusters within dedicated resource pools. The Kubernetes concept of namespace is integrated into vSphere and becomes the unit of management. By grouping VMs and containers into logical applications via namespaces, Virtual Infrastructure (VI) admins who used to manage thousands of VMs can now manage just dozens of applications which is a massive reduction in cognitive load.
For more information about integrating VMware Cloud Foundation
with vSphere with Tanzu, see Developer Ready Infrastructure for VMware Cloud Foundation. |
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Automated Life Cycle Management
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VMware Cloud Foundation
offers automated life cycle management on a per-workload basis. Available updates for all components are tested for interoperability and bundled with the necessary logic for proper installation order. The update bundles are then scheduled for automatic installation on a per-workload domain basis. This allows administrators to target specific workloads or environments, for example development vs. production, for updates independent from the rest of the environment. vSphere Lifecycle Manager, a vCenter Server service, is integrated with VMware Cloud Foundation
. By using vSphere Lifecycle Manager, you can create cluster images for centralized and simplified life cycle management of ESXi hosts including firmware. When you select the image-based life cycle management mode at VI workload domain creation, you can update and upgrade the ESXi version on all hosts in the cluster collectively. You can also install and update vendor add-ons and components on all ESXi hosts in a cluster. See Managing vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images in VMware Cloud Foundation. |
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Stretched Deployment
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You can set up two availability zones in your environment and introduce high availability of management and customer workloads by configuring vSAN stretched clusters by using the SDDC Manager API. Availability zones protect against failures of groups of hosts. These group can consist of hosts in the same data center, for example, installed in different racks, chassis or rooms, or in different data centers with low-latency high-speed links connecting them. Using two availability zones can improve availability of management components running the SDDC, minimize downtime of services, and improve SLAs. See Managing vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images in VMware Cloud Foundation.
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NSX Federation
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You can use NSX Federation to propagate configurations that span multiple NSX instances in a single VMware Cloud Foundation
instance or across multiple VMware Cloud Foundation
instances. You can set up global networking, enabling failover of segment ingress and egress traffic between VMware Cloud Foundation
instances, and implement a unified firewall configuration. In the management domain in a deployment with multiple VMware Cloud Foundation
instances, you use NSX to provide cross-instance services to SDDC management components which do not have native support for availability at several locations, such as VMware Aria Automation
and VMware Aria Operations
. In a management domain, you can use NSX Federation only to connect to the management domains of other VMware Cloud Foundation
instances. Avoid connecting a management domain with VI workload domains in a single NSX Federation instance. You configure NSX Federation in VMware Cloud Foundation
manually. For more information on using NSX Federation with VMware Cloud Foundation
, see NSX Design for VMware Cloud Foundation and Working with NSX Federation in VMware Cloud Foundation. |
Private Cloud Platform
Infrastructure Modernization
A unified private cloud platform with integrated compute, storage, networking, security, and management across all endpoints, enabling agile, scalable, and secure infrastructure for any workload.
Application Modernization
An automated platform that empowers application teams with self-service access to infrastructure resources enabling seamless deployment, management and faster delivery of modern applications.
Security Modernization
A hardened platform delivering end-to-end protection, detection, and recovery with built-in security, compliance, resilience, threat prevention, and fast cyber/disaster recovery.
What Can You Achieve with VCF?
IDC evaluated the financial impact of delivering a private cloud with VMware Cloud Foundation by interviewing organizations that are using VCF for running production workloads in their private and hybrid environments.
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Features
Unified Operations Experience
Centralized infrastructure management with comprehensive fleet, lifecycle operations and security management.
Run Kubernetes and VMs on a Single Platform
Modern and traditional workloads run side-by-side on a single, secure private cloud platform that is fully optimized for performance, reliability, and scale.
Integrated Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
Deliver self-service VPCs fully integrated into the automated workflows to streamline application deployment and network isolation.
Automated Cloud Consumption Interface
Provide platform development teams with an easy-to-use self-service cloud experience for agility, simplicity and governance.
Memory Tiering with NVMe
Maximize performance and efficiency with intelligent memory tiering that offers optimized workload placement deliver 40% more server consolidation.
Advanced Services for VMware Cloud Foundation
Address New Use Cases With Advanced Services
Leverage private cloud infrastructure that is flexible, integrated, and cost effective across cloud endpoints with VMware Cloud Foundation.
Private AI
VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA, a joint GenAI platform by Broadcom and NVIDIA, helps enterprises unlock GenAI & unleash productivity. Deploy AI workloads faster, fine-tune & customize LLM models, deploy RAG workflows, & run inference workloads, addressing privacy, choice, cost, performance, & compliance.
Disaster Recovery
Confidently and quickly recover from modern cyber attacks and other disasters with VMware Live Recovery. Ransomware and Site recovery at scale with a unified management experience across on-premises and public clouds, with simplified consumption.
Advanced Security
Enable app and threat visibility, Zero Trust lateral security, and a multi-layer defense against modern malware and ransomware attacks.
VMware vDefend Security solutions include:
Load Balancing
VMware Avi Load Balancer provides rapid application delivery at the speed of applications through cloud-like elasticity, operational simplification, enhanced uptime, and rapid issue resolution.
Avi Load Balancer solutions include:
Container Application Services
Bring PaaS to private cloud to empower platform and operations teams to accelerate app delivery, freeing developers to code while automating operations at scale. Eliminate manual toil and risk with container builds and a simple developer experience.
VMware Tanzu Platform includes:
Data Services
Maximize the value of all your data assets with:
- VMware Data Services Manager which is the purpose-built Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution for VCF.
- VMware Tanzu Data that provides solutions built to store, process, and query critical data resources in real time and at massive scale.
Edge Orchestration
Improve the performance of applications and enhance the availability and security of data and infrastructure. Gain a better-performing network, increased reliability, visibility, and lower cost of ownership—with security for branch and remote users.
VMware edge orchestration solutions include:
Business Process Workload Automation
Orchestrate technical workflows to enhance control, interoperability, and visibility across apps and data infrastructure.
Automic Automation schedules business application–driven workloads
Automation Analytics & Intelligence delivers cross-tool automation monitoring and SLA management to support analytics and machine learning operations.
End-to-end Network Observability
Broadcom offers network visibility for internal and external, 3rd-party networks for faster troubleshooting, proactive performance management, and an enhanced user experience for VCF applications. End-to-end visibility helps optimize application delivery and assures network reliability.
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