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VCF 9 Fleet Planning Sizer

ESA-only sizing + licensing visibility (independent planner)
Total Fleet Hosts
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Core Licenses (Total)
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vSAN Raw (TiB) Total
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Fleet License Summary
Entitlement modeled as 1 TiB per licensed core (planner view) • vmtechie.blog
Mgmt Core Licenses
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WLD Core Licenses
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Entitlement (TiB)
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Add-on Required (TiB)
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Required Raw (TiB)--
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Notes: Planning aid only. Validate final design with official guidance, HCL, and field review.
1. Management Host Profile
Hardware vs policy split • vmtechie.blog
1A. Hardware Profile
CPUs / Host
Cores / CPU
RAM / Host (GB)
NVMe Qty
NVMe Size (TB)
Min Hosts
1B. Policy + Planning
DRR = Dedup × Compression (toggleable) • Failure Domain = 0 / N+1 / N+2
CPU OVERSUB
MEM OVERSUB
Host & Ops Reserve %
Compute + memory only.
FTT
RAID
vSAN Free Space %
Dedup
Compression
Apply DRR
VM Swap used %
Swap = (Total RAM) × %
Failure Domain
Used as “host failures”.
vmtechie.blog: ESA-only planner • DRR = Dedup × Compression. Protected = (VM Capacity + Swap) × PF.
2. Management VM Stack
Full stack + Custom 1/2 included.
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Inc Component Name Nodes Size vCPU RAM (GB) Disk (GB)
3. Management Analysis + ESA Storage Breakdown
Compact view to avoid page waste • vmtechie.blog
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Host Sizing (Compute + Memory + Storage) ESA Storage Breakdown (Protected = Interim × PF)
Result
Limiter: --
Compute
Demand: -- vCPU
Host Cap: --
Hosts: --
Memory
Demand: -- GB
Host Cap: --
Hosts: --
Final
Mgmt Hosts: --
Storage Hosts: --
PF: --
Mgmt Core Licenses: --
Mgmt Raw: -- TiB
VM Capacity (VM disks + infra disks) --
Swap (tenant+infra RAM) --
Interim Total --
Protected (× PF) --
+ Free Space Reserve --
+ Growth --
Effective Hosts (N - failures) --
Per Host Required --
DRR reduces required capacity (planner efficiency). Treat DRR > 2.0 as optimistic unless validated.
4. Workload Domains
Per-WLD dashboard: limiter colors + utilization bar + health badge + host tiles • vmtechie.blog
Disclaimer
This calculator is an independent planning aid. It is not an official Broadcom/VMware tool and is not endorsed or supported by my employer. Validate final designs against official documentation, HCL guidance and field engineering recommendations. vmtechie.blog