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5 min readTraditional VM + Azure

Preview a VCF web cutover through Azure

Read the VCF web VM and namespace surface, then use one Azure VM and NIC inspection as a future-facing preview lane.

Keep the app inside vCenter and VKS, then test one Azure landing surface so the team can reason about future cutover mechanics in miniature.

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kubectl get vm -n lab-wm
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List workload VMs

Read VCF and VKS baseline

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kubectl get vm -n lab-wm
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Inspect service endpoints

Read VCF and VKS baseline

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03

Read Azure VMs

Touch one cloud primitive

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Inspect Azure NICs

Touch one cloud primitive

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Return to workload state

Prove the workflow

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06

Read Azure VNet shape

Prove the workflow

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Preview a VCF web cutover through Azure workflow

Expand to see the phase-by-phase operator sequence for this tab.

3 phases
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phase 01Read VCF and VKS baselinelive

Read the VCF/VKS side first so the cloud touchpoint has context and a bounded blast radius.

2 cmds
  1. 01
    Start with the existing VCF-backed web VM inventory inside the workload namespace.
  2. 02
    Read the service surface that currently exposes the preview from VCF.
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phase 02Touch one cloud primitivelive

Make one deliberately small cloud interaction that complements the VCF workload instead of replacing it.

2 cmds
  1. 01
    Check which Azure VMs already exist in the rehearsal resource group.
  2. 02
    Use the NIC list as the one cloud networking touchpoint in the story.
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phase 03Prove the workflowlive

Confirm the mixed workflow is observable end to end and leaves a clear operator narrative behind it.

2 cmds
  1. 01
    Keep the app data visible so the blog ends on the real workload, not the cloud placeholder.
  2. 02
    Close by showing the Azure network boundary the team would eventually have to join to the VCF app.
live terminalproof@lab

Preview a VCF web cutover through Azure terminal

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