Cleanup Orphaned Persistent Volumes in vSphere | #vExpert Brian O’Connell
When you delete a Kubernetes (K8s) cluster, you can sometimes end up with orphaned disks (persistent volumes) on your datastore. It can be difficult to identify them and they can take up unnecessary space. In VCF 9.1 we have a new K8s based services runtime that hosts many of our management […]
After the Supervisor: Deploying VKS Workloads from Harbor in an Air-Gapped VCF 9 Environment – by Devyn Harrington
A field-focused walkthrough of moving from a working VCF 9 Supervisor to VKS workload deployment in an air-gapped environment using Bitnami Harbor, additional trusted CAs, Kubernetes secrets, Vaultwarden, and service exposure.
Expand Shared VMDKs with Clustered Applications in VMware vSAN for VCF 9.1
While VMware vSphere and vSAN provide a common and consistent way of delivering high availability of your applications and data through virtualization, it is not uncommon to see customers using application-level clustering capabilities in a virtualized environment. In vSAN for VMware Cloud […]
Troubleshoot Like a Pro: Real-Time Metrics and Notes in VCF Operations 9.1 | #vExpert Bart Peeters
Maintaining a healthy and high-performing cloud environment requires rapid identification and resolution of issues. With VCF 9.1, the troubleshooting process has been fundamentally enhanced, providing administrators with deeper visibility and powerful new tools right within the VCF Operations […]
VCF 9.0 – Enable SSO using VCF Identity Broker | One of the new features introduced in VCF 9 is the VCF Identity Broker, which provides an improved Single Sign-On (SSO) experience. In this article, I’ll show you how to prepare your environment to enable SSO across your VCF Fleet. – #vExpert Thomas L. Rodrigues
One of the new features introduced in VCF 9 is the VCF Identity Broker, which provides an improved Single Sign-On (SSO) experience. In this article, I’ll show you how to prepare your environment to enable SSO across your VCF Fleet. […]
VCF 9.1 Makes VKS Harder to Ignore | VKS on VCF 9.1. What Actually Changed & Why It Matters – A Comic Book Story in Seven Chapters: Issue #01 · May 2026 · The VCF 9.1 Saga ⚡ Cast of Characters ⚡ Captain VKS vSphere […] from #vExpert Avnish Tripathi
VKS on VCF 9.1. What Actually Changed & Why It Matters – A Comic Book Story in Seven Chapters: Issue #01 · May 2026 · The VCF 9.1 Saga ⚡ Cast of Characters ⚡ Captain VKS vSphere […] from #vExpert Avnish Tripathi
Exploring Key Features of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 | #vExpert Mayank Goyal
Discover substantial enhancements in VCF 9.1 focusing on automation, Kubernetes, and network flexibility to streamline operations and modernize workflows. – #vExpert Mayank Goyal
Downscaling VCF Automation 9.1 | Tom Fojta
My VCF homelab runs on GMKTec K8 Plus nodes which have AMD Ryzen CPU with 16 threads – which means the biggest VM that can be powered on can have only 16 vCPUs. However VCF Automation runs on VCFA Service (also called consumption VMSP) K8s cluster (with one or three nodes) where the nodes […]
Discover VMs with Duplicate IPs using VCF Operations for Logs | #vExpert Brock Peterson
I was trying to find VMs with duplicate IPs in my environment. There’s no easy way to do this in VCF Operations as you can’t compare VM Properties to other VM Properties in Alerts/Symptoms, so I started looking at VCF Operations for Logs and found this Alert Definition.As the Origin indicates, […]
VCF Networking 9.1: Seamless DDI Integration with Infoblox
Related VCF Networking 9.1 Posts: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) provides a robust suite of self-service networking capabilities (as covered in our VCF Networking 9.1 post Network Services), including native IP Address Management (IPAM). However, the reality for many enterprise environments is that they already rely on an established, third-party tool to manage the IP addresses … Continued The post VCF Networking 9.1: Seamless DDI Integration with Infoblox appeared first on VMware Cloud…Read More
VCF Networking 9.1: Exploring Network Services for Virtual Private Clouds
Related VCF Networking 9.1 Posts: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) delivers the compute, storage, and networking services required to power modern cloud environments. In this blog, we focus specifically on the network services available within VCF 9.1 Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). Note: For a refresh into the fundamentals of VCF VPCs, check out our previous posts:Self-service … Continued The post VCF Networking 9.1: Exploring Network Services for Virtual Private Clouds appeared first on VMware…Read More
VCF Networking 9.1: Simpler VPC Connectivity Control
Related VCF Networking 9.1 Posts: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) provides a robust suite of self-service networking capabilities (as covered in our previous post: [Link to: VCF 9.1 – Network Services]) In this blog, we zoom in on a powerful new feature introduced in VCF 9.1: Connectivity Policy for Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). Taking Control of … Continued The post VCF Networking 9.1: Simpler VPC Connectivity Control appeared first on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Blog.
Too many infrastructure teams are running just to stay in place. The pressure is coming from three directions at once. DRAM prices have skyrocketed as much as 170% year over year. AI demand is accelerating faster than most platforms can support. And the attack surface just keeps growing. The natural (but flawed) reaction is to solve these challenges separately by bolting on new tools. That’s how you end up with fragmentation, and what was already complex just gets even harder to manage. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 is designed to stop that drift…
DRAM prices have skyrocketed as much as 170% year over year. AI demand is accelerating faster than most platforms can support. And the attack surface just keeps growing. The natural (but flawed) reaction is to solve these challenges separately by bolting on new tools…Read More
Accelerate modern app delivery on VMware Cloud Foundation. vDefend and Avi now offer zero-touch deployment for VKS clusters. 🚀 Experience L4-L7 Kubernetes ingress and zero-trust security built directly into your private cloud engine.
VKS adoption is accelerating. Through our work with enterprise customers deploying production Kubernetes workloads on VMware Cloud Foundation, we’ve learned a critical lesson: the networking and security choices you make can either enable or undermine your Kubernetes success. Traditional […]
VCF 9.1 – Updated VCF Design Blueprints & VCF Fleet Latency Diagrams for VCF Architects
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 is now generally available! 🥳 In addition to the revamped VCF 9.1 Technical Documentation which includes the 9.1 release notes, which everyone should be reviewing in detail, we have released a number of new resources for our VCF architects and practitioners […]
VCF 9.1 is here!
Watch our new Virtually Speaking series featuring 9️⃣ dedicated episodes with VCF experts.
Explore how to scale AI workloads, automate deployments, strengthen cyber resilience, and more. 🎥 See the series on YouTube:
VCF 9.1 is here! Watch our new Virtually Speaking series featuring 9️⃣ dedicated episodes with VCF experts. Explore how to scale AI workloads, automate deployments, strengthen cyber resilience, and more. See the 🎥 series on YouTube:
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. Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 11:00 AM CST. Join us!
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. You’ll see how to run a chatbot entirely inside a private […]
#768 – Automating ESXi Host Preparation for VCF 9 with Paul van Dieen | Paul joins the podcast with Eric and Bob to talk about his blog article covering ESXi host preparation for VCF 9 with Powershell. Always great to hear about the small things we discover that can be automated with Powershell. WE, May 13 at noon Pacific.
Paul joins the podcast with Eric and Bob to talk about his blog article covering ESXi host preparation for VCF 9 with Powershell. Always great to hear about the small things we discover that can be automated with Powershell.
Introducing VMmark 4.1: Enhanced Power Efficiency Benchmarking for Private Cloud Infrastructure
VMware VMmark 4.1 builds upon the solid foundation of VMmark 4.0, introducing a significant new capability that addresses one of today’s most critical data center concerns: energy efficiency. As organizations worldwide prioritize sustainable IT operations and seek to reduce their power […]
VCF 9.1: Past the AI Hype, a Solid Maturity Release – #vExpert Tommy Grot
Broadcom announced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 on May 5th, 2026, and the messaging across the press release and the dozen-plus supporting blog posts all converges on the same theme: “AI and Kubernetes native private cloud.” If you read all of them, you’d think the headline is AI. It isn’t […]
