https://stephanmctighe.com/tags/vrni/ Recent content in VRNI on Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stephanmctighe.com/posts/enabling-applications-via-flows/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stephanmctighe.com/posts/enabling-applications-via-flows/ <p>With the release of VCF 9.1 I have been looking into various features and capabilities. One of which is Flow Based Application Discovery in VCF Operations and VCF Operations for Networks.</p> <p>After deploying the Platform and Collector appliances I looked to begin the discovery but was faced with an error:</p> <p><img src="https://stephanmctighe.com/posts/enabling-applications-via-flows/images/image-1.jpg" alt=""></p> <p>After some research I realised that you needed a minimum block size to be able to enable this feature (Extra Large) along with other minimums such as discovered VM count and minimum flow count. All details can be found <a href="https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/infrastructure-operations/network-operationss/configuration/system-recommendations-and-requirements.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>