SOLVED: VCF Compute Manager Failed | Fix NSX Error 90204 (Invalid Certificate Chain) – #vExpert Piotr Tarnawski #vmware #vcfSOLVED: VCF Compute Manager Failed | Fix NSX...Are you stuck on the dreaded "Unable to configure fabric" error during your VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) bring-up? 🛑 The SDDC Manager UI tells you to check for "stale extensions"—but... Continue Reading →

Deploying Intel TDX in VCF9 | This post walks through how to deploy and validate Intel TDX in VCF 9.0, using a modern Dell PowerEdge server (R760) as a reference platform. The steps apply to any server with TDX-capable Intel Xeon CPUs. – #vExpert Lukas Klinger, hcidude's blogDeploying Intel TDX in VCF9 - hcidude's blogA... Continue Reading →

Intel TDX vs AMD SEV-SNP in VMware Cloud Foundation 9 - #vExpert Lukas Klinger, hcidude's blogIntel TDX vs AMD SEV-SNP in VMware Cloud...The Complete Confidential Computing Comparison for Private Cloud Architects | Confidential Computing is no longer a hyperscaler-only topic. With VMware Cloud Foundation 9, Confidential Virtual Machines are officially supported on both Intel and... Continue Reading →

Durable Agentic AI Sessions in GPU Memory | How agentic AI workloads accumulate KV cache across reasoning steps and tool calls and why this changes GPU memory planning for on prem infrastructure. – #vExpert Frank DennemanDurable Agentic AI Sessions in GPU MemoryHow agentic AI workloads accumulate KV cache across reasoning steps and tool calls and... Continue Reading →

Minisforum MS-A2 HOW TO: Fix the Failed to Update CPU#0 Microcode PSOD with ESXi 8.0.3i ESXi ESXi 8.0u3i | In this video from Hancock’s VMware Half Hour, I walk through how to fix the PSOD (Purple Screen of Death) “Failed to update CPU#0 microcode” error when installing or booting VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3i (ESXi... Continue Reading →

Understanding Cost Modeling in VMware Cloud Foundation Operations | A practical walkthrough of how VMware Cloud Foundation Operations models infrastructure cost, distributes that cost across workloads, and extends the model with software licensing. – Devyn HarringtonUnderstanding Cost Modeling in VMware Cloud...A practical walkthrough of how VMware Cloud Foundation Operations models infrastructure cost, distributes that cost... Continue Reading →

Deploying and Using the VMware Health and Security Toolkit (HST) | A complete walkthrough of deploying the VMware Health and Security Toolkit appliance and performing infrastructure health and security assessments. – Devyn HarringtonDeploying and Using the VMware Health and...A complete walkthrough of deploying the VMware Health and Security Toolkit appliance and performing infrastructure health and... Continue Reading →

95% of executives say strategic portfolio management is critical. A new global survey highlights a familiar reality. Siloed data, shifting priorities, and unclear ROI continue to make strategic alignment harder than it should be. Many leaders now see AI as a path forward. But AI can only strengthen decisions when the underlying data and governance... Continue Reading →

Automating ESXi Host Preparation for VCF 9 with PowerShell – #vExpert Paul van DieënAutomating ESXi Host Preparation for VCF 9 with...Automating ESXi Host Preparation for VCF 9 with PowerShell: When commissioning ESXi hosts into SDDC Manager as part of a VMware Cloud Foundation 9 deployment, there are a handful of preparation steps that need to... Continue Reading →

VMware vDefend: Zero Trust Lateral Security for Kubernetes Workloads on VCFVMware vDefend: Zero Trust Lateral Security for...In a cloud-native environment, Kubernetes-based containerized orchestration has brought developer agility – but it has also fundamentally changed the security paradigm. Traditional “castle-and-moat” security designs that rely on a perimeter firewall are no longer enough to protect modern [...]Broadcom... Continue Reading →