VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Release Notes: What Changed for Operators | Review the VCF 9.1 release notes, including Management Services, vSAN efficiency, VKS scale, security changes, and upgrade planning. – #vExpert Paul BryantVMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Release Notes: What...Review the VCF 9.1 release notes, including Management Services, vSAN efficiency, VKS scale, security changes, and upgrade... Continue Reading →

Baselines Are on Borrowed Time The Architect’s Guide to Moving ESXi Patching to vLCM Images | Baseline-based host patching has been deprecated since vSphere 8.0 and cannot carry you into vSphere 9. – #vExpert Mohammad (Sarge) SiddiquiBaselines Are on Borrowed Time. The Architect’s...Baseline-based host patching has been deprecated since vSphere 8.0 and cannot carry you... Continue Reading →

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 vs 9.1: What Changed and Why It Matters | Compare VCF 9.0 vs 9.1 across management services, scale, memory, vSAN, Kubernetes, security, automation, and upgrade planning. – #vExpert Paul BryantVMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 vs 9.1: What...Compare VCF 9.0 vs 9.1 across management services, scale, memory, vSAN, Kubernetes, security, automation, and upgrade... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.1 VPC Networking: Distributed vs. Centralized Transit Gateway Designs | #vExpert Paul BryantVCF 9.1 VPC Networking: Distributed vs....Compare VCF 9.1 distributed and centralized Transit Gateway designs, including NSX Edge requirements, routing, scale, VLAN connectivity, and ownership.Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

Shared VMDK Expansion on vSAN in VCF 9.1 Retiring the Last Outage Window for Clustered Applications | WSFC and clustered database estates have carried a storage growth constraint through every platform generation. VCF 9.1 removes it shared VMDKs expand online. #vExpert Mohammad (Sarge) SiddiquiShared VMDK Expansion on vSAN in VCF 9.1...WSFC and clustered database estates... Continue Reading →

Deploy Linux VMs on vSphere with cloud-init and GuestInfo: A Complete PowerCLI Guide | Deploy Ubuntu, Rocky Linux, and Photon OS VMs on vSphere with PowerCLI, cloud-init GuestInfo, static IPs, SSH keys, encoding, and troubleshooting. – #vExpert Paul BryantDeploy Linux VMs on vSphere with cloud-init and...Deploy Ubuntu, Rocky Linux, and Photon OS VMs on vSphere... Continue Reading →

Green Hardware Does Not Mean a Ready AI Platform: Commissioning VCF Private AI Services | Commission VCF Private AI Services on VCF 9.1 with an end-to-end readiness framework covering GPUs, vGPU, NSX, VKS, Harbor, NIM, telemetry, quotas, and recovery. – #vExpert Paul BryantGreen Hardware Does Not Mean a Ready AI...Commission VCF Private AI Services on... Continue Reading →

How to Deploy VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA on VCF 9.1 | Deploy VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA on VCF 9.1 using GPU hosts, Supervisor, Private AI Services, VKS, Deep Learning VMs, and Harbor. – #vExpert Paul BryantHow to Deploy VMware Private AI Foundation with...Deploy VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA on VCF... Continue Reading →

As AI accelerates the demand for sovereign cloud in Europe, addressing the region’s infrastructure scale barrier has become critical. Ilias Chantzos shares key takeaways from conversations with European partners and customers, as well as his perspective on why capability-boosting partnerships are the most viable path forward.Reflections on Europe’s Cloud Ecosystem:...Broadcom's Head of Global Privacy shares... Continue Reading →

VCF 9 Is More Than a Technology Refresh—It’s an Operating Model Change – #vExpert Leif Hegdal, VM InfrastructureVCF 9 Is More Than a Technology Refresh—It’s an...VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 represents a different kind of evolution. While it introduces significant architectural advancements, its real impact is not found in the technology itself. The most important... Continue Reading →