VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Utility (formerly VCFact tool)

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation
• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware vSAN
• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

The VCF Operations Utility is intended for use either at the direction of or guidance from your Broadcom team.  The purpose of this article is to provide customers with step-by-step instructions on how to collect their VMware deployment information, information to calculate the capacity and utilization of your VCF entitlements and subscription licenses across your VCF environments.
The current release focuses on collecting deployment information from your VCF environment(s). You may configure the utility tool to connect to one or multiple vCenters or NSX Managers or ESXi hosts to make it easier to collect a comprehensive set of information across your VCF environment.

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware vSphere ESXi
VMware vSAN
VMware NSX Manager

Resolution

Download VCF Operations Utility, along with the associated files, including the 'user guide'. Configure the end-points in the target file and run the tool to generate the applicable reports. Reports can be found in the results directory.

Additional Information

The  VCF Utility  is a command line-based java application that currently supports JSON file outputs and includes an option to send the output directly to Broadcom’s telemetry services, as needed (Internet access required).
For more information on how to use the tool, download the attachment, see the User Guide and the embedded help included with the tool.