AI Is Pushing VMware Beyond Virtualization | Explore how AI is reshaping VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 and why private AI changes the enterprise private cloud operating model. – #vExpert Paul BryantAI Is Pushing VMware Beyond VirtualizationExplore how AI is reshaping VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 and why private AI changes the enterprise private cloud operating model.Broadcom... Continue Reading →

VMware Explore 2026 – My Top Session Picks | Each year, VMware Explore has so many great sessions, it is hard to pick which ones to attend. As of this writing, there are over 250 sessions in the catalog and after reviewing them, here are my top session picks and why. – #vExpert Rodney BarnhardtVMware... Continue Reading →

Hypervisor-Native EDR in ESX 9.1 Closing the SOC’s Oldest Visibility Gap – #vExpert Mohammad (Sarge) SiddiquiHypervisor-Native EDR in ESX 9.1 Closing the...EDR agents from security partners can now run directly on the ESX hypervisor, inside an isolated container. Here’s the architecture, the design implications, and what to ask your EDR vendor.Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

File Integrity Monitoring in VCF 9.1 From Compensating Control to Platform Property | FIM on the virtualisation management layer has been a custom-control conversation with the QSA for a decade. VCF 9.1 makes it a native capability aligned with NIST and PCI DSS. – #vExpert Mohammad (Sarge) SiddiquiFile Integrity Monitoring in VCF 9.1 From...FIM on... Continue Reading →

VCF 9 vSAN ESA Deep Dive: Architecture, Performance, and New Features – Virtualization Gurus, Mohamed RabieeVCF 9 vSAN ESA Deep Dive: Architecture,...A comprehensive deep dive into vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) in VCF 9, covering architecture design decisions, performance characteristics, VCF 9.1's Auto-RAID capability, and best practices for storage policy design.Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

VCF 9.1 Management Services and Aria: Turning the Upgrade into an Operating Model – #vExpert Paul BryantVCF 9.1 Management Services and Aria: Turning...Learn how the VCF 5.2.x to 9.1 upgrade shifts ownership fromappliance-based teams to fleet, instance, workload-domain,automation, identity, and observability boundaries.Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

Defeating AI-Accelerated Exploit Chains with vDefend Virtual PatchingDefeating AI-Accelerated Exploit Chains with...Watch a step-by-step breakdown of an automated exploit chain targeting internal application tiers and moving laterally to core data layers. We demonstrate how VMware vDefend uses architectural microsegmentation and virtual patching to break the attacker's visibility and drop malicious packets [...]Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

Setting up an AVI cluster in the VI Workload Domain on VCF 9.x | #vExpert Anuj JainSetting up an AVI cluster in the VI Workload...Setting up an AVI cluster in the VI Workload Domain on VCF 9.x. In this series of blogs, we will see how "AVI controllers will be deployed from the SDDC manager... Continue Reading →

Command-Line ESXi Patching: A Controlled Workflow for Hosts Outside the Happy Path | Learn how to patch an ESXi host from the command line using offline bundles, image profiles, maintenance mode, dry-run validation, reboot planning, and VCF drift tracking. – #vExpert Paul BryantCommand-Line ESXi Patching: A Controlled...Learn how to patch an ESXi host from the... Continue Reading →

The vCenter Log Partition Runbook: Find Growth, Preserve Evidence, Restore Headroom | Troubleshoot vCenter /storage/log full conditions with a practical runbook for finding growth, preserving evidence, collecting logs safely, restoring headroom, and monitoring recurrence. – #vExpert Paul BryantThe vCenter Log Partition Runbook: Find Growth,...Troubleshoot vCenter /storage/log full conditions with a practical runbook for finding growth,... Continue Reading →