Automate Inventory of vSphere Supervisor Clusters & vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) Guest ClustersAutomate Inventory of vSphere Supervisor...As customers begin planning their upgrade to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1, vSphere Supervisor and vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) have been coming up more frequently in upgrade discussions. Before you can determine the applicable upgrade path, it is important... Continue Reading →
VCF 9.1 → 9.1.1: "Failed to upload NSX bundle" in the NSX Upgrade Coordinator | Today I wrote a field report from a VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 to 9.1.1 maintenance upgrade: the order that matters, the error that stopped the NSX Manager upgrade, how to prove the bundle was not the problem, and what got... Continue Reading →
Upgrading ESX in VCF 9.1.1 from VCF Operations: “There are no images available” | Another field report from a VCF 9.1 → 9.1.1 upgrade: why the ESX step of the Configure Upgrade wizard asks for an image maybe didn’t configured yet, how to create and import it, what the prechecks said. – #vExpert Cemre Gunay,... Continue Reading →
Using a 90-Day Planning Horizon Correctly in VCF Operations | Configure VCF Operations for quarterly planning without confusing historical demand, Time Remaining alerts, and rightsizing horizons. – #vExpert Cosmin TrifUsing a 90-Day Planning Horizon Correctly in...Configure VCF Operations for quarterly planning without confusing historical demand, Time Remaining alerts, and rightsizing horizons.Broadcom Social Media Advocacy
The VCF Upgrade Odyssey Part 3 – #vExpert Manuel Billmaier, mb-labs.deThe VCF Upgrade Odyssey Part 3 – mb-labs.deIn Part 1, an ill-judged Upgrade All left my VCF management components in a deadlock. In Part 2, an intermediate Supervisor update exposed a separate problem in the VCF Automation service bundle path. Configuration Service and Metrics Aggregator... Continue Reading →
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1: Migrating a Running VM into vSphere Supervisor Without Reboot – #vExpert Łukasz Tworek, vWorldVMware Cloud Foundation 9.1: Migrating a...Can we take a running virtual machine from a classic NSX segment, hand it over to vSphere Supervisor and VM Service, and do it without changing its IP address or shutting it down?... Continue Reading →
From NSX to vDefend: What Has Changed in VCF Security | Recently, I’ve been diving deeper into the security features of VCF. It turns out a lot has changed since the old days. In this post, I’ll cover some of the changes I consider especially relevant so you can also start your own research. –... Continue Reading →
VCF Agentic AI Hub (Code Assist) MCP Server FlingVCF Agentic AI Hub (Code Assist) MCP Server FlingCreating scripts to help automate repetitive tasks or generate reports is a common need for every VMware administrator, and with Agentic coding tools like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, to name a few, the barrier to entry has been... Continue Reading →
VMware License Hub 2.0 is here! Learn how to secure the components used in this new mandatory license management methodology. VMware vDefend 9.1 for VMware Cloud Foundation \\\(VCF\\\) private cloud and VMware Avi 32.1.1 have introduced a new licensing management methodology, with digitally signed license subscription files. This method is now mandatory for proper endpoint... Continue Reading →
VMware Intelligent Assist in VCF 9.1.1 (LOCAL) | Demian Ferrari #vmware #vcf #privateai #llm #opensource #localaiVMware Intelligent Assist in VCF 9.1.1 (LOCAL)...VMware Intelligent Assist in VCF 9.1.1 is the AI assistant for VCF Operations and is installed as a separate add-on. To enable and configure it, you can follow William Lam’s post. In my case,... Continue Reading →
