Planning for Automated instances
Plan your instance based on the IBM Cloud® data center location, your workload capacity requirements, and add-on services requirements. Review the following requirements before you order your VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instance.
- New deployments of instances with VMware vSphere® 6.5 or 6.7 are not supported.
- New deployments of multizone instances are not supported.
- New deployments of VCF for Classic - Automated with NSX-V instances are not supported.
Account requirements
The account that you are using must meet certain requirements. For more information, see Signing up for required accounts.
Licensing considerations
The VMware® licensing model is changed. You are entitled to the VMware software products that are included in the VMware Cloud Foundation™ bundle. To request VMware NSX® license upgrades and other licensing changes, open an IBM Support ticket by following the steps in Getting help and support.
IBM Cloud data center availability
The VCF for Classic - Automated deployment has strict requirements on the physical infrastructure. Therefore, you can deploy instances only in IBM Cloud data centers that meet the requirements. The following IBM Cloud data centers are available for VCF for Classic - Automated deployment.
| Data center | Pod | Server options for NSX-T[1] | Server options for NSX-V[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHE01 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake[3] |
| OSA21 | 01 | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| OSA22 | 01 | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| OSA23 | 01 | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| SNG01 | 02 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| SYD01 | 01-02 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| SYD04 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| SYD05 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| TOK02 | 01-02 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| TOK04 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| TOK05 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| Data center | Pod | Server options for NSX-T[4] | Server options for NSX-V[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMS03 | 01-02 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| FRA02 | 01-03 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| FRA04 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| FRA05 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| LON02 | 01-02 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake |
| LON04 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| LON05 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| LON06 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| MAD02 | 01 | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| MAD04 | 01 | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| MAD05 | 01 | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| MIL01 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake[6] |
| PAR01 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake[7] |
| Data center | Pod | Server options for NSX-T[8] | Server options for NSX-V[9] |
|---|---|---|---|
| MON01 | 01-02 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake[10] |
| TOR01 | 01-02 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified |
| TOR04 | 01 | Cascade Lake | Cascade Lake |
| TOR05 | 01 | Cascade Lake | Cascade Lake |
| WDC04 | 01-05 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| WDC06 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| WDC07 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| Data center | Pod | Server options for NSX-T[11] | Server options for NSX-V[12] |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAL09 | 01-06 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| DAL10 | 01-04 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| DAL12 | 01-02 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| DAL13 | 01-03 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| Data center | Pod | Server options for NSX-T[13] | Server options for NSX-V[14] |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJC03 | 01-02 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake |
| SJC04 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake |
| Data center | Pod | Server options for NSX-T[15] | Server options for NSX-V[16] |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAO01 | 01 | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Skylake, Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| SAO04 | 01 | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
| SAO05 | 01 | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake | Cascade Lake, SAP-certified Cascade Lake |
Backup of management components
You are responsible for maintaining and ensuring the availability of all instance components. It is recommended that you plan for backup or high availability of all management components. For more information, see Backing up components.
Services for Automated instances
You can order services for your instance based on your needs, for example, disaster recovery. For more information, see Ordering services for Automated instances.
Add-on services support varies between instance types and versions.
If you want to migrate your F5 BIG-IP or Veeam services from VMware NSX-V to VMware NSX-T, open an IBM Support ticket by following the steps in Getting help and support.
Capacity considerations
For more information about capacity considerations, see Scaling capacity.