VCF 9.1 - Quick Tip: Upgrading ESX Hosts with Non-Certified vSAN ESA NVMe Devices in SDDC Manager – William LamVCF 9.1 - Quick Tip: Upgrading ESX Hosts with...I recently started rolling out the latest VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 Express Patch 1 (9.1.0.0100) into my lab environment, and everything had been going quite smoothly. After... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.1 - Quick Tip: Understanding VCF Installer Default Behavior for VCF Patch ReleasesVCF 9.1 - Quick Tip: Understanding VCF...With the first Expression Patch (9.1.0.0100) now available for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1, I was wondering about version selection behavior (UI and API/JSON) within the VCF Installer. The VCF Installer UI will automatically select the... Continue Reading →

Chart Your Adventure at VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas – #vExpert Don Horrox, vChampChart Your Adventure at VMware Explore 2026 in...Get ready, explorers! VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas is less than 90 days away! Registration opened on April 28, and early-bird pricing is available through June 16. If you plan to attend Explore,... Continue Reading →

04 Flowise Quick Setup Guide | In this part of the local AI stack series, I walk through setting up Flowise so you can experiment with LLM apps, chains, RAG workflows and AI agents in a self hosted environment while keeping more control over your own data and infrastructure. – #vExpert Andres Sooneste04 Flowise Quick... Continue Reading →

Achieve Speed, Scale, and Reliability of Virtual Machine Deployments with ‘cloud-init’Achieve Speed, Scale, and Reliability of...In today’s enterprise environments, deploying cloud infrastructure via consistent, version-controlled configurations is non-negotiable. While many view these capabilities strictly through the lens of automation and labor reduction, the deeper value lies in configuration integrity. The real goal [..]Broadcom Social Media... Continue Reading →

Webinar Tuesday, June 16 | Beyond Cloud-First: A Data-Driven Case for Private CloudWebinar | Beyond Cloud-First: A Data-Driven...This session delivers hard data on where private cloud adoption is accelerating, why organizations are repatriating workloads, and what those trends mean for your infrastructure and cost structure. We'll also examine the architectural innovations redefining modern AI infrastructure... Continue Reading →

#120 – Announcing VCF Native S3 Object Storage, featuring Rakesh! – Duncan Epping#120 – Announcing VCF Native S3 Object Storage,...VCF Native S3 Object Storage is a major feature that was announced with VCF 9.1. Pete Koehler introduced it in episode 118 and I wanted to explore what it is all about in this episode with... Continue Reading →

Upgrading from VCF 9.0 to VCF 9.1 – High level overview | #vExpert Raju Atmakuri, virtutechnotes.inUpgrading from VCF 9.0 to VCF 9.1 – High level...In this blog, I would like to share my recent experience upgrading VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) from version 9.0.2 to 9.1. VCF 9.1 introduces several significant architectural changes, including the introduction... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.1 - Configuring vSphere Supervisor to use VCF Identity Broker (IDB) for External Identity Federation | William LamVCF 9.1 - Configuring vSphere Supervisor to use...The majority of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 components can automatically be configured when enabling VCF Single Sign-On (SSO), with the exception of VCF Operations HCX, Log Management (formally VCF Operations... Continue Reading →

VCF Operations 9.1 Real-Time Metrics | VCF Operations 9.1 introduces data collection as low as 2-second intervals for a subset of all available metrics, which we are calling Real-Time Metrics. Learn more: – #vExpert Brock PetersonVCF Operations 9.1 Real-Time MetricsBy default VCF Operations collects data on 5-minute intervals, which can be turned down as low... Continue Reading →