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VCF 9.1 The Virtual Network Appliance Cluster. What is it? How Do We Deploy it? | In this video we will examine the new VCF 9.1 Feature called the Virtual Network Appliance Cluster. This feature helps brings stateful services to the Distributed Transit Gateway. – #vExpert Stephen DeBarros

VCF 9.1 The Virtual Network Appliance Cluster….

In this video we will examine the new VCF 9.1 Feature called the Virtual Network Appliance Cluster. This feature helps brings stateful services to the Distributed Transit Gateway. – #vExpert Stephen DeBarros

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VCF 9.1.0.0 – Darksite/Airgapped tutorial – Part 01 Initial Deployment | #vExpert Kim Johansson

VCF 9.1.0.0 – Darksite/Airgapped tutorial –…

In this series I’ll walk through how to go about deploying, and managing a completely disconnected environment. Below is a diagram of what the environment looks like, it’s a standard architecture design with a management domain, and a workload domain. If […]

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Working Around a Secret Store Image-Pull Failure on VKS in VCF 9.1.0 | A VCF 9.1.0 lab report on the VKS Secret Store injected-image failure and a validated Regional Harbor workaround using the same VMware image digest. – #vExpert Rutger Blom

Working Around a Secret Store Image-Pull…

A VCF 9.1.0 lab report on the VKS Secret Store injected-image failure and a validated Regional Harbor workaround using the same VMware image digest.

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Set Linux Root Password with VCF Automation | We discussed how to set the Windows Administrator password at build-time with VCF Automation already, but we haven’t gone over the same for Linux root password. Let’s do it. – #vExpert Brock Peterson

Set Linux Root Password with VCF Automation

We discussed how to set the Windows Administrator password at build-time with VCF Automation already, but we haven’t gone over the same for Linux root password. Let’s do it.

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vSphere Configuration Profiles and the USER_DEFINED mac_mode trap that disconnects your ESXi hosts – #vExpert Bryan van Eeden, vCloud Vision

vSphere Configuration Profiles and the…

We recently stood up a fresh vSphere 8.0 Update 3 environment. Since it was a clean start, we decided we did not want to drag the old Host Profiles feature along with us anymore, and instead go with the newer vSphere Configuration Profiles (VCP). In vSphere 8 Update 3 VCP works on both image […]

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VCF Installer 9.1 + Offline Depot: Failed to retrieve Compatibility Matrix – #vExpert GiovanniDominoni.it

VCF Installer 9.1 + Offline Depot: Failed to…

While working on a VCF 9.1 deployment using the VCF Installer 9.1.0.0400 (build 25570100) paired with a VCF Offline Depot, I hit a validation failure that I think is worth documenting, because the error message points you in the right direction but doesn’t tell you the whole story.

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Private AI Isn’t a Model Choice, It’s a Runtime Decision – Oren Penso

Private AI Isn’t a Model Choice, It’s a Runtime…

Enterprises keep arguing about which model to self-host — a Llama variant, a fine-tuned open-weights model, a vendor’s so-called private API tier. Months of planning cycles burn on that debate. It’s the wrong question, and getting it right buys you far less than people assume.

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Quick Tip: The Fastest Way to Clear Partitions for ESX Reinstallation

Quick Tip: The Fastest Way to Clear Partitions…

I often redeploy my VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) lab environment for a variety of reasons, from testing customer scenarios to testing the next version of our software. Because I have fully automated the ESX installation and configuration process in my lab, reinstalling ESX is a trivial task that takes less than 5 minutes from power-on […]

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Are you a fan of hands-on learning? Check out this ultimate guide for Hands-on Labs at #VMwareExplore 2026 in Las Vegas!

Hands-on Labs at Explore: The Admin’s Ultimate…

VMware Explore returns to Las Vegas, bringing an expanded and enriched Hands-on Labs experience. The labs you know and rely on are back.

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In this 1 hour webinar, Intel and VMware will walk through a live Private AI demo running on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 with Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel® AMX) to accelerate CPU-based inference. With speaker Kannan Mani.

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Webcast | Walkthrough: Build Private AI on VCF…

In this 1 hour webinar, Intel and VMware will walk through a live Private AI demo running on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 with Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel® AMX) to accelerate CPU-based inference. With speaker Kannan Mani

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Every enterprise has workloads people assume can’t be virtualized, and that assumption keeps hardware sprawl alive. Audi broke that assumption on a factory floor, and did it without sacrifice. Reliability. Security. Safety. Maybe it’s time to rethink the assumptions and start proving what’s possible.

Audi broke the “can’t virtualize” assumption

Every enterprise has workloads people assume can’t be virtualized, and that assumption keeps hardware sprawl alive. Audi broke that assumption on a factory floor, and did it without sacrifice. Reliability. Security. Safety. It’s time to rethink the assumptions and start proving what’s possible.

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Your Certification Awaits at VMware Explore | Turn your private cloud knowledge into an official credential. #VMwareExplore 2026 in Las Vegas is your one-stop shop for accelerated certification pathways.

Your Certification Awaits at VMware Explore

Discover how to advance your IT career and validate your skills with onsite certification exams at VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas.

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Find Your People: The VMware Explore 2026 Community Guide | Heading to #VMwareExplore this year? From the Communities Lounge to the VMware {code} Hackathon, this is your handy guide to all the community happenings in Las Vegas.

Find Your People: The VMware Explore 2026…

Maximize your time in Las Vegas by tapping into a community powerhouse. Discover meet-ups, networking spaces, and more.

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Configuring Cluster Autoscaler Scan Interval on VKS – Christian Schausberger

Configuring Cluster Autoscaler Scan Interval on…

Cluster Autoscaler ships with VKS out of the box, but tuning its scaling speed isn’t officially documented. Here’s how to configure the scan-interval with proof it actually works.

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VI Workload Domains: Shared vs Dedicated NSX | How to choose between a shared and a dedicated NSX Manager instance for each VI workload domain in VCF 9.1, and what that decision costs you in footprint, availability, and lifecycle. – Mohamed Rabiee

VI Workload Domains: Shared vs Dedicated NSX

How to choose between a shared and a dedicated NSX Manager instance for each VI workload domain in VCF 9.1, and what that decision costs you in footprint, availability, and lifecycle.

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VMware Cloud Foundation APIs: Replacing VCF Operations Certificate – #vExpert Gary J. Blake

VMware Cloud Foundation APIs: Replacing VCF…

VMware Cloud Foundation enables centralized certificate management across its platform. This post outlines the steps to replace component certificates using VCF Operations APIs, covering actions […]

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Navigating the DRAM Crisis: Memory Tiering in vSphere 9 — Tom Fenton examines how vSphere 9 Memory Tiering combines DRAM with enterprise NVMe storage to help organizations offset soaring memory costs, increase VM density and reduce server spending. Virtualization Review

Navigating the DRAM Crisis: Memory Tiering in…

Tom Fenton examines how vSphere 9 Memory Tiering combines DRAM with enterprise NVMe storage to help organizations offset soaring memory costs, increase VM density and reduce server spending.

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How to setup a vSAN Storage Cluster and vSAN Storage vSAN Compute Client. | In this video we will examine what and how to setup a vSAN Storage Cluster and a vSAN Compute Only cluster. #vExpert Stephen DeBarros

How to setup a vSAN Storage Cluster and vSAN…

In this video we will examine what and how to setup a vSAN Storage Cluster and a vSAN Compute Only cluster. Thanks for watching.

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Consolidating Legacy vSphere and Older VCF onto VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1: Design Patterns, Migration Paths, and Best Practices | Learn how to consolidate older vSphere and VCF environments onto VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 using upgrade, convergence, import, and clean migration patterns. – #vExpert Paul Bryant

Consolidating Legacy vSphere and Older VCF onto…

Learn how to consolidate older vSphere and VCF environments onto VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 using upgrade, convergence, import, and clean migration patterns.

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VCF NSX 9.1 VPC Networking: Secure, Isolated Private Cloud Enclaves | Learn how VCF NSX 9.1 VPC networking handles isolation, transit gateways, network spans, shared services, security, IPAM, and operations. – #vExpert Paul Bryant

VCF NSX 9.1 VPC Networking: Secure, Isolated…

Learn how VCF NSX 9.1 VPC networking handles isolation, transit gateways, network spans, shared services, security, IPAM, and operations.

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