The Art of vSphere Performance:Optimize your workloads and clusters at Zero Cost | UK VMUG from October, 2025
Like a seasoned general, you must master the art of efficiency—tuning physical nodes, clusters, and virtual machines with precision to achieve victory. This session will equip you with the strategies and tactics needed to maximize application and infrastructure performance without spending a […]
VMware vDefend DFW 1-2-3-4 Security Journey Stage 1 | This video demonstrates the first stage of the Security Journey, which starts with a security assessment and report to inform you of your security posture, and provides policy recommendations.
This video demonstrates the first stage of the Security Journey, which starts with a security assessment and report to inform you of your security posture, and provides policy recommendations.
MCP Security Guide
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard designed to allow AI models to securely and consistently discover, connect to, and utilize external resources. MCP is a transport layer, and it can connect to multiple types of interfaces — such as APIs, databases, workflows, and even other […]
Transitioning to VMware vSphere Configuration Profiles from Host Profiles
vSphere Configuration Profiles, first introduced in VMware vSphere 8.0, allows VMware Cloud Foundation administrators to manage the ESX host configuration at a cluster level. In this article, we will discuss how this feature compares to Host Profiles, and how to transition from Host Profiles to [..]
Today! WE, March 25 at Noon Pacific. 763 – NVIDIA GTC Conference & VMUG Connect Wrap-up with Eric and Bob. Tune in and join the conversation.
NVIDIA’s large GTC conference was last week. Eric looks at Chip and Rack system announcements for Inference and Agentic workloads. Amsterdam VMUG Connect had over 500 attendees and standing-room only for the AI BOFs on day zero.
Automatically Login to VKS Clusters with 1Password CLI – #vExpert Bernard Smith
If you’re using vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) and the vSphere Supervisor a good amount, you might be getting tired of having to re-enter your account password at the start of every day. If you’ve seen one of my previous posts about using 1Password CLI for PowerCLI, you already know where […]
Detecting vSphere VM OS Mis-Matches with VCF Operations – #vExpert Brock Peterson
As you’ve likely noticed, there are times your vSphere VMs won’t have the same value for Guest OS from vCenter and Guest OS from Tools.Guest OS from vCenter is set at build/deployment time and won’t change. Guest OS from Tools is updated as the OS changes, is upgraded, etc. I wanted to know […]
Is your network infrastructure draining your AI potential?
In the race to scale AI, every watt counts. Networking is now one of the largest power consumers after GPUs, and every bit of energy spent on the switch is energy taken away from computation.
A new third-party test from the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory reveals a stark difference in efficiency: an alternate switch solution used 48% more power than our Tomahawk 5 switch.
By engineering power efficiency from the silicon up, Tomahawk 5 allows operators to:
✅ Redirect power to GPU capacity for larger AI workloads.
✅ Simplify infrastructure with a highly integrated 51.2 Tbps design.
✅ Reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by over $4,500 per switch in combined OPEX and CAPEX savings
Read the full analysis by Asad Khamisy:
Broadcom’s Tomahawk® 5 significantly reduces Total Cost of Ownership (TCO); new third-party test finds that an alternate solution uses 48% more power than Broadcom switch
VCF Operations Alerts using Dynamic Thresholds – #vExpert Brock Peterson
In this blog I’d like to detail the use of DTs in VCF Operations Alert Definitions. In relation to this, it’s important to highlight the last blog listed above, namely that Alert Definitions using DTs are only evaluated once daily (as of Operations 8.17) at the time configured in […]
Identity Security for VMware Cloud Foundation – IAM, PAM, and Zero Trust Access | Dhananjaya Kurukulasooriya
𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝗱-𝗢𝗻. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Too many enterprise cloud environments still treat identity as an afterthought ,a bolt-on layer configured after compute, storage, and networking are in place. That mindset is a security debt waiting to be called in.
Creating Custom Virtual Machine Classes using vSphere API – William Lam
Back in 2020, the vSphere UI was the only way to create your own custom Virtual Machine Classes, there was not a vSphere API and while you can directly connect to vSphere Supervisor Control Plane, it was not officially supported 🙂 With the release of vSphere 7.0 Update 2, the vSphere Automation …Read More
Save the Date: #VMwareExplore 2026 is coming back to Las Vegas! Join us Aug. 31 – Sep. 3 for an experience full of next-gen tech, thought leadership, and hands-on learning.
📝 Registration opens April 28
📍 Las Vegas
👉🏼 Find more details plus the calendar invite here:
Explore is returning to Las Vegas Aug. 31 – Sep. 3, 2026. Mark your calendars. Registration goes live on April 28. Come for the training, leave with the skillset needed to reap the benefits of a comprehensive private cloud platform. Get ahead in building your modern infrastructure at Explore.
ANS vDefend Webinar Series | Part 1: Unifying Lateral Security for VMs and Containers with VMware Kubernetes Service and vDefend. March 31st, 2026, 8:00 AM PT
Join us to learn how integrating VMware vDefend with vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) accelerates your Zero Trust microsegmentation journey.
#VMwareExplore 2026 is on the horizon—launching in Las Vegas on August 31 before heading out on a 6-city global tour. 🌍
Get hands-on with the latest innovations, build real technical depth, and connect with a worldwide community pushing what’s next.
Learn more:
VMware Explore and VMware Explore on Tour official dates now released for 2026. Training, VCF certifications, and expert access await.
Mitigating Rising Memory Costs with NVMe Memory Tiering in ESXi 9.0.2 – #vExpert Sargon Khizeran
I will be following a Broadcom article (Memory Tiering Configuration) to enable Memory Tiering. These hosts have not been commissioned into VCF yet, the plan will be prep these as a vSAN cluster. This is on a SuperMicro E300-9D-8CN8TP and the NVME storage is Samsung 990 PRO 1TB. Here you can […]
The Claw Awakens 🦀 — OpenClaw on Cloud Foundry? | CF Weekly #83
The claw machine AI craze has officially taken over the internet — ClawBot, MoltBot, MoltBook, OpenClaw — and we’re diving headfirst into all of it. What are these projects? Why is everyone losing their minds? And most importantly… can we actually run OpenClaw on Cloud Foundry? This week […]
Unlocking VMware Cloud Foundation Enterprise Value: Cloud Field Day 25
Our team recently presented at Cloud Field Day 25, demonstrating how VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) addresses critical enterprise infrastructure challenges. The sessions showcased VCF’s unique capabilities in addressing the global memory shortage, delivering public cloud-inspired networking in private cloud environments, and enabling self-service database provisioning. Advanced NVMe Memory Tiering The session opened with Dave Morera, … Continued The post Unlocking VMware Cloud Foundation…Read More
VCF 9.0 Delivers 5.6X Pod Density and 4.9X Faster Pod Readiness than Red Hat OpenShift
A recent independent study, conducted by Principled Technologies, compared Kubernetes pod density and pod readiness speed between two environments – VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 with vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) 3.6 and Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 on bare metal. In this blog, we take a look at how the results of that independent study conclude … Continued The post VCF 9.0 Delivers 5.6X Pod Density and 4.9X Faster Pod Readiness than Red Hat OpenShift appeared first on VMware Cloud…Read More
AI is forcing infrastructure out of the shadows.
Uptime and cost visibility are no longer enough. Boards want proof that infrastructure investments are driving business outcomes.
In Beyond the Black Box, we examine the five traps keeping IT stuck in the efficiency era and show how Infrastructure Portfolio Management connects AI, VMware Cloud Foundation, and capital planning into one governed system of record.
If infrastructure is expected to fuel innovation, it must be managed as a portfolio of value.
Download the white paper 👇
Share this new White Paper with your networks. Beyond the Black Box explains how Infrastructure Portfolio Management helps teams connect infrastructure supply to business demand, improve governance, and support AI and VMware Cloud Foundation initiatives.
VMware Explore 2026 Call for Proposals is Now Open! Why I am Submitting and You Should Too | #vExpert Rodney Barnhardt
One of the pillars of this conference is all of the sessions presented by their customers and users. In my opinion, some of the best knowledge and information regarding the VMware product lines comes from these presentations. Why? Because these come from those actually working with the products [..]
