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feter20
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definition of the vSphere POD?

just read the blogs this one and this.

however, i'm still a noob to the container-related topics and my questions are below.

1. is the "vSphere POD" an optimized VM which is formed by VMX+linux kernel+container engine? Can i interprete "vSphere POD" as CRX?

2. the vSphere POD actually does not include ESXi by definition?

3. is it doable to link the vSphere PODs and TKGI containers up via NSX-T logical networks?

hope these doubts can be clarified and not too stupid to answer:smileyconfused:

can anyone help?

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depping
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Frank actually gives an explanation of what a pod is in this article:

Initial Placement of a vSphere Pod - frankdenneman.nl

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Frank actually gives an explanation of what a pod is in this article:

Initial Placement of a vSphere Pod - frankdenneman.nl

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In addition to Duncan suggesting you read Frank's blog post (which you should absolutely do), let me make two other comments:

  1. You (and many others) write the word "Pod" in all caps (POD). I'm not sure where this capitalization came from, but it's not correct.
  2. Kubernetes (the add-on in vSphere 7, TKGI, etc) runs Pods, not containers directly. The lowest level of schedulable unit is a Pod.
  3. There are many ways in which a vSphere native Pod could talk to a Pod provisioned by TKGI, but at this point in time, functionality and licensing prohibit them from running in the same vCenter anyhow so the question is effectively void.
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