If you’ve worked with earlier versions of VMware Cloud Foundation, you probably remember that host commissioning was handled directly within SDDC Manager. It was straightforward, centralized, and exactly where you expected it to be. With VCF 9.x, that’s no longer the case.
The Initial Confusion
When approaching host commissioning in VCF 9.0 for the first time, it’s easy to assume the functionality has moved to VCF Operations, since it’s a pane-of-glass management for almost 90% of tasks. But that’s not where it lives.
The New Reality: It’s in vSphere
After a bit of digging, you’ll discover that host commissioning has actually moved into vSphere, specifically within the management domain’s vCenter.
Here’s how to find it: