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 →

VMware Data Services Manager – DBaaS Solution for Private Cloud | As part of our Virtually Speaking Advanced Services Series, we recently sat down to talk about VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) and how it brings true database-as-a-service (DBaaS) capabilities to the private cloud.VMware Data Services Manager – DBaaS Solution...VMware Data Services Manager: Delivering DBaaS... Continue Reading →

Troubleshooting VCF Operations 9: Identity Provider Connection Failures (vIDM) – #vExpert Piotr TarnawskiTroubleshooting VCF Operations 9: Identity...After a fresh deployment or a network reconfiguration (IP/Gateway change) of VCF Operations 9, attempts to connect to the Identity Provider (vIDM/Workspace ONE Access) fail during the “Test Connection” phase. [...]Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

VCF Operations Management Pack Builder Authentication Methods | In this blog we'll detail the supported authentication methods and walk through an example of each, there are 5 total: – #vExpert Brock PetersonVCF Operations Management Pack Builder...We've discussed the VCF Operations Management Pack Builder (MPB) a few times so far: • Aria Operations Management Pack Builder... Continue Reading →

Simplify Multisite PoCs Using HolodeckSimplify Multisite PoCs Using HolodeckIn the current enterprise landscape, the ability to validate high availability and disaster recovery (DR) architectures is a prerequisite for operational excellence. However, for proof of concepts (PoCs) and learning, the infrastructure required to stage these environments—traditionally [...]Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

VMware Private AI on Consolidated VMware Cloud Foundation ArchitectureVMware Private AI on Consolidated VMware Cloud...Achieving a fully deployed VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) architecture, featuring separate management and workload domains across multiple, multi-region sites, is an evolutionary process. The journey begins with a foundational VCF fleet design, typically a minimal-footprint, single-site [...]Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

vSAN ESA Witness memory and CPU resources? – Duncan EppingvSAN ESA Witness memory and CPU resources?Not sure when this happened, but somehow the resource requirements for the vSAN Witness VM disappeared. Someone asked me last week how much memory is allocated to a VM, and how many vCPUs. Now, of course, this depends on the... Continue Reading →