The Complete Guide to Workload Mobility with VMware Cloud Foundation Operations HCX 9.1 (Part 3: Extending Networks and Migrating Workloads)
Broadcom, Friday, September 25th, 2026
Part 3 of Broadcom's VCF Operations HCX 9.1 guide covers network extension and choosing the right workload migration type.
This third installment of Broadcom's guide to VMware Cloud Foundation Operations HCX 9.1 covers stretching Layer 2 networks from a legacy vSphere environment to VCF 9.1 while preserving IP and MAC addresses, and walks through performing a first workload migration.
It outlines how to choose a migration type based on downtime tolerance, recommending Replication Assisted vMotion for zero-downtime, large-scale migrations, and Bulk Migration when the underlay network can't meet live migration's bandwidth and packet-loss requirements.
The HCX 9.1 WAN Optimization appliance lowers the minimum bandwidth needed for live migration to 150 Mbps.