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VMware vDefend Sessions at VMware Explore 2026

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We Asked an Independent Lab to Time Us. Here’s What They Found.

We Asked an Independent Lab to Time Us. Here’s…

A new Principled Technologies benchmark tested VMware Data Services Manager 9.1 against manual PostgreSQL operations across five real world scenarios. It’s Tuesday afternoon. A developer submits a ticket requesting a new PostgreSQL HA cluster for a pre-production environment. Your DBA opens […]

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VCF Express Patches: A Practical Runbook for Planning, Applying, and Validating Updates | Use this VCF Express Patch runbook to plan, apply, and validate VCF 9.1 patches with clear prechecks, sequencing, and post-change evidence. – #vExpert Paul Bryant

VCF Express Patches: A Practical Runbook for…

Use this VCF Express Patch runbook to plan, apply, and validate VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 patches with clear prechecks, sequencing, and post-change evidence.

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Introduction to VCF Operations: Why VCF Operations Is Critical Today | Learn why VCF Operations is critical for modern VCF environments, including fleet management, lifecycle readiness, diagnostics, cost governance, and security visibility. – #vExpert Paul Bryant

Introduction to VMware Cloud Foundation…

Learn why VMware Cloud Foundation Operations is critical for modern VCF environments, including fleet management, lifecycle readiness, diagnostics, cost governance, and security visibility.

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vExpert 2026 Polo and T-shirts | Back by popular demand are vExpert 2026 polos and t-shirts. Order now in time for VMUGs, VMware Explore and VMware Explore on tour. – #vExpert Andy Nash

vExpert 2026 Polo and T-shirts

Back by popular demand are vExpert 2026 polos and t-shirts. This is using the classic vExpert logo as the new logo does not lend itself to being either embroidered or printed on clothing but does look great online. Order now in time for VMUGs, VMware Explore and VMware Explore on tour.

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VCF 9 Management Services Lab Downsize – #vExpert Leaha Torres

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VCF Management Services too large? In this article we will run through downsizing this by 30% for lab environments

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Deploying VKS Using VCF Automation ver. 9.1.0: Part 5 of the Kubernetes Series – #vExpert Stephen DeBarros

Deploying VKS Using VCF Automation ver. 9.1.0:…

In This video we will see how to Deploy VKS using VCF Automation ver. 9.1.0. – #vExpert Stephen DeBarros

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VCF Automation 9.1 – Deploying Virtual Machines, Content Libraries and Subnets – #vExpert Stephen DeBarros

VCF Automation 9.1 – Deploying Virtual…

In this video we will cover the various ways to deploy VM’s using VCf auotmation 9.1.0. We will also cover Provider and Organization Content Libraries as well as the different subnets. – #vExpert Stephen DeBarros

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🎉 1,116 votes later, the winning sessions of the People’s Choice Awards are here! Check out the majority favorites and plan your trip to #VMwareExplore in Las Vegas today.

Your Top Picks: The 2026 People’s Choice Awards…

From 1,000+ votes cast in the People’s Choice Awards, four standout sessions rose to the top, and they’re headed straight for the stage at VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas. Congratulations to the sessions who earned the majority favor! If you voted or submitted, you made this happen.

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VCF on Dell Private Cloud: Firewall Requirements | #vExpert David Ring

VCF on Dell Private Cloud: Firewall Requirements

The following firewall matrix summarizes the network communications required between Dell Automation Platform, Dell Private Cloud Manager, VMware vCenter, ESXi hosts, iDRAC interfaces, storage platforms, and supporting services such as DNS and NTP. These connections support key platform […]

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VCF Infrastructure Services (VIS) Appliance for VCF 9.1 Lab/PoC | William Lam

VCF Infrastructure Services (VIS) Appliance for…

Since the release of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 back in May, customer excitement has been tremendous, with many deploying the latest release in their labs for evaluation and some even using it for pre-production environments. VCF 9.1 introduces a wide range of new capabilities, but […]

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Simplified Identity Management with Authentik for Holodeck 9.1

Simplified Identity Management with Authentik…

Holodeck 9.1 ships Authentik as a first-class service on the Holorouter. Two commands are all it takes to stand up a fully federated identity layer for your VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) lab — no external LDAP, no manual UI clicks, no secrets scattered across config files. What is Authentik? […]

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Offline depot install and configure | This blogpost is going through a quick installation and configuration of this VCF Offline Depot (unified) that is allowing to get both UMDS and VCF Download Tool together to allow to have all the needed files and patches to manage your VCF 9.1 Deployment installation and lifecycle. – #vExpert GiovanniDominoni.it

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Offline depot…

The offline depot is for that kind of VCF Deployments where having the direct connection to the internet or the import of the needed binaries is quite difficult. This blogpost is going through a quick installation and configuration of this VCF Offline Depot (unified) that is allowing to […]

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TPM Encryption Recovery Key Backup Alarm | ESXi host showing a TPM Encryption Recovery Key Backup warning? Here’s how to fix it. #vExpert Cemre Günay, irgNET

TPM Encryption Recovery Key Backup Alarm – irgNET

ESXi host showing a TPM Encryption Recovery Key Backup warning? Here’s how to fix it.

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Unexplored Territory 123 – Announcing the 5th edition of the IT Ops mgmt guidebook | Iwan Rahabok talks us through the recent announcement of the 5th edition of the IT Ops Management Guidebook. As mentioned during this episode, this isn’t just a book, this is a Resource Kit! – #vExpert Duncan Epping

Unexplored Territory 123 – Announcing the 5th…

For this episode, I invited Iwan Rahabok to talk us through the recent announcement of the 5th edition of the IT Ops Management Guidebook. As I mentioned during this episode, this isn’t just a book, this is a Resource Kit!

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Securing the Foundation: VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 STIG Compliance

Securing the Foundation: VMware Cloud…

Introduction Security compliance in modern infrastructure must evolve from a one-time exercise into an ongoing operational practice. For organizations in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and the personnel who support them, that practice is anchored to a specific standard: the Security Tech[…]

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Goodbye Edge Bottlenecks: VCF 9.1 Delivers Line-Rate Stretched L2 Networks via VNA Distributed Bridging – #vExpert Puneet Sharma

Goodbye Edge Bottlenecks: VCF 9.1 Delivers…

The Core Pain Point: Centralized Bridging Bottlenecks The Architectural Challenge The VCF 9.1 Solution: Out-of-Path Distributed Bridging Performance & Resource Dividends The Modern Fix: VNA-Driven Distributed Bridging (dbridge) VCF 9.1 decouples Layer 2 extension services from the virtual Edge […]

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Remove NIC from VDS via CLI – #vExpert GiovanniDominoni.it

Remove NIC from VDS via CLI – GiovanniDominoni.it

This quick post show the way I’ve used to remove from a ESXI a NIC attached to VDS. The why, is because the vCenter that was managing that VDS is no more in place and I need to reuse that NIC used by it for Nested-Lab with a Standard Switch.

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Deploying/Activating VCF Log Management in VCF 9.1.0.400+ | VCF 9.1 moves Log Management from a standalone appliance into VCF Operations. Here’s how to deploy it and start collecting logs. #vExpert Cemre Günay, irgNET

Deploying/Activating VCF Log Management in VCF…

VCF 9.1 moves Log Management from a standalone appliance into VCF Operations. Here’s how to deploy it and start collecting logs.

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Modernize Your Recovery Infrastructure with VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1

Modernize Your Recovery Infrastructure with…

Reduce Costs and Achieve Better Outcomes Recovery infrastructure spending has never been higher. Yet for most organizations, it is hard to point to any metrics that show improvement in recovery operations. Restorations take longer. Incidents are harder to recover from. And the financial impact […]

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