Threat Actors Increasingly Integrate GenAI into Active CampaignsThreat Actors Increasingly Integrate GenAI into...A report by researchers of the Google Threat Intelligence Group highlights recent activity related to artificial intelligence as used by malicious actors. State-sponsored threat groups attributed to China, North Korea, and Russia, as well as those that are financially motivated [...]Broadcom Social Media... Continue Reading →

Managing vSphere DRS Groups and Rules with PowerShell | Manually maintaining vSphere DRS Groups can be an onerous task. VCF Automation is a great tool to help with this but a simple PowerShell script can assist just as easy. Read on from #vExpert Donagh MoynihanManaging vSphere DRS Groups and Rules with...Manually maintaining vSphere DRS Groups... Continue Reading →

Infrastructure Operations – Reports | With the introduction of VCF 9 and VCF Operations, we’ve seen a growing need for deeper insight into these useful new capabilities To address this, we’re launching a new series of updates focused on VCF Infrastructure Operations. In this blog post we will take a closer look at the “Reports”.... Continue Reading →

User Input During Running Action | This blog post presents an approach that allows to made an user input during the runtime of a VCF Automation action. – #vExpert Stefan SchnellUser Input During Running ActionJavaScript code to use an user input dialog at the runtime of a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) action. Normally an input... Continue Reading →

VCF Security Services Platform (SSP) / vDefend Advanced Threat Protection – Part 2.5 (Bugfix) | Before we proceed further with the VVS Implementation, Broadcom has released a support bulletin for SSP Workload Cluster Instability which impacts SSP version 5.1. – Jarrad Cox, gibsonvirtualizationVCF Security Services Platform (SSP) / vDefend...Before we proceed further with the VVS... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 1: Fleets, Instances, Domains, and the Fleet Management Layer – #vExpert Paul BryantVCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 1: Fleets,...Learn the VCF 9.0 GA mental model with clear definitions of fleet, instance, management domain, and workload domains. Get a practical ownership map, blast radius guidance, and topology patterns for... Continue Reading →

#112 – Introducing VMware vDefend featuring Chris McCain!#112 – Introducing VMware vDefend featuring...A few episodes ago we had Yves Hertoghs on the show to discuss networking, so I decided it was also time to discuss security. As Chris McCain has been at the forefront of networking and security at VMware for over a decade, it... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 2: Fleet Services vs Instance Management Planes (and Who Owns What) – #vExpert Paul BryantVCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 2: Fleet Services...Build an accurate VCF 9.0 GA mental model by separating fleet-level services from per-instance management planes. Learn what runs where, day-0 to day-2 ownership, SSO boundaries, and... Continue Reading →

Unexplored Territory episode 112 - Introducing VMware vDefend featuring Chris McCain! | A few episodes ago we had Yves Hertoghs on the show to discuss networking, so I decided it was also time to discuss security. As Chris McCain has been at the forefront of networking and security at VMware for over a decade, it... Continue Reading →

VCF 9 - VKS with NSX VPCs and AVI – #vExpert Steven SchrammVCF 9 - VKS with NSX VPCs and AVIIn my last blog post I wrote about the integration of VKS with NSX and VPCs. As LoadBalancer I used the NSX native version and the AVI integration was not done. In addition to the... Continue Reading →