vCenter 9.1.0.0300 Upgrade Failed: Fixing the fk_vpx_host_crypto_tag_keys Database Constraint Error | There are vCenter upgrade failures that give you a useful error message. Then there are vCenter upgrade failures that drop you into PostgreSQL at the worst possible point in your maintenance window. This was the second kind. – #vExpert Piotr TarnawskivCenter 9.1.0.0300 Upgrade Failed:... Continue Reading →

vCenter Server Services not Starting all Services after Physical Disk Issue – #vExpert Stephan McTighevCenter Server Services not Starting all...During some recent lab work I unexpectedly lost one of the NVME drives in my host which took out the VCF instance I was working in. After resolving the disk issue, I didn’t have a working... Continue Reading →

Listing Transparent Page Sharing Setting for each ESX Host | #vExpert Stephan McTigheListing Transparent Page Sharing Setting for...I recently adjusted some Transparent Page Sharing setting in the HomeLab to maximise the RAM availability which led me to consider how to do this in PowerShell for someone at scale. [...]Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

VMware Cloud Foundation APIs: Configure a Backup Schedule for NSX Manager | #vExpert Gary J. BlakeVMware Cloud Foundation APIs: Configure a...Once you have reconfigured the SFTP backup location which is defined using SDDC Manager and covers the configuration of both SDDC Manager and NSX Manager, you need to configure a schedule for NSX Manager performing... Continue Reading →

VCF Operations Dashboard Recovery – #vExpert Brock PetersonVCF Operations Dashboard RecoveryLooking to recover a mistakenly deleted VCF Operations Dashboard I discovered Dashboard backups on my Analytics Nodes. Specifically, they can be found in the following directory on every Analytics Node in your Operations Cluster:/storage/db/vcops/dashboard_dumpFrom within there will be a [...]Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

For Vijay Janapaty, Vice President and General Manager of the Physical Layer Products division at Broadcom, it’s not about a single feature or product. It’s a relentless pursuit of excellence—delivering sustainable differentiation and value to customers, generation after generation.What Does Innovation Mean at Broadcom? 💡Vijay...Vijay Janapaty, VP & GM of Broadcom's Physical Layer Products division,... Continue Reading →

Solving the Physics of Data Movement: Cut Interconnect Power by 70%Solving the Physics of Data Movement: Cut...Hasan Siraj, VP of Product Management in Broadcom’s Core Switching Group, shares how Broadcom is tackling the physics of data movement to make next-generation AI both physically possible and economically viable. Featuring Tomahawk 6-Davisson—the industry's first 100 Terabit switch... Continue Reading →

Hear from the experts, the Broadcom Events team, on how to plan and navigate your way through #VMwareExplore 2026 in Las Vegas. This fun and informative session provides insights and best practices on how to get the most out of your Explore experience.VMware Explore 2026 Welcome SessionHear from the experts, the Broadcom Events team, on... Continue Reading →

vSphere Configuration Profiles in VCF 9 – #vExpert Stephan McTighevSphere Configuration Profiles in VCF 9Since vSphere 8u3 there has been a successor Host Profiles called vSphere Configuration Profiles. There were some limitations in that version involving the presence of NSX not being support which is not the case in VCF9! One of the great benefits... Continue Reading →

Fixing the Swagger localhost:8600 Server URL in VCF Automation 9.1: Overriding a Spec Baked Into the Image – #vExpert Cosmin TrifFixing the Swagger localhost:8600 Server URL in...The in-product API Help Center in VCF Automation 9.1 advertises http://localhost:8600 as the server URL for the VCF Automation (Blueprint) API, so every Try It Out call goes to... Continue Reading →