Month: February 2026

Advanced Cyber Compliance (ACC): Automating Compliance, Security, and Cyber Resilience for VCF | In this episode of Virtually Speaking, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson continue their Advanced Services series with a deep dive into VMware Advanced Cyber Compliance (ACC)—now generally available for VMware Cloud Foundation customers.

Advanced Cyber Compliance (ACC): Automating…

In this episode of Virtually Speaking, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson continue their Advanced Services series with a deep dive into VMware Advanced Cyber Compliance (ACC)—now generally available for VMware Cloud Foundation customers. Joined by Belu De Arbelaiz and Adam Hawley from […]

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🗳️ Help us personalize your #VMUGConnect look! Vote for your favorite VMUG t-shirt! The winning design will be available at VMUG Connect events this year.

Help us personalize your VMUG Connect look!…

Choose your favorite VMUG t-shirt! The winning design will be available at VMUG Connect events this year.

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CMTY Roundtable Podcast, WE Feb. 11 at noon Pacific: Puneet Sharma is joining Bob and Eric to talk about his trending blog article covering Memory Tiering with VCF 9. With memory prices going crazy, using SSD for memory expansion is something worth learning. Mark your calendar and join us!

#757 – vSphere 9.0 Memory Tiering with Puneet…

CMTY Roundtable Podcast, WE Feb. 11 at noon Pacific: Puneet Sharma is joining Bob and Eric to talk about his trending blog article covering Memory Tiering with VCF 9. With memory prices going crazy, using SSD for memory expansion is something worth learning.

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#110 – vSAN over Fibre Channel featuring Rakesh Radhakrishnan!

#110 – vSAN over Fibre Channel featuring Rakesh…

After Rakesh and I shared the news at Explore, and Explore On Tour, that vSAN would potentially be able to use Fibre Channel as a transport layer, the phone has been ringing nonstop. It was time for me to invite Rakesh and ask him to explain what vSAN over FC is all about. In this […]

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VCF Operations Management Pack Builder Series: Part 1 – Overview

VCF Operations Management Pack Builder Series:…

Learn how the Management Pack Builder, a strategic “no-code” integration tool that empowers VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), can help customers to extend their monitoring capabilities beyond the standard software-defined data center. By providing a streamlined, wizard-driven interface, the […]

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VMware vSphere Foundation 9 – Greenfield Deploy – ESXi install, vCenter 9, VCF Operations and Logs < 2hrs! | For our next trick, let’s deploy VMware vSphere Foundation 9 in a “Greenfield” environment! Here are the steps we will follow. – #vExpert Matt Heldstab, VMATT.NET

VMware vSphere Foundation 9 – Greenfield Deploy…

For our next trick, let’s deploy VMware vSphere Foundation 9 in a “Greenfield” environment! Here are the steps we will follow.

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How to Converge a VMware vSphere Environment to VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0

How to Converge a VMware vSphere Environment to…

Converging your VMware vSphere environment into VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is a strategic move that shifts your infrastructure from a collection of managed silos to a unified private cloud. Depending on your current environment, there are two primary paths. Path 1: Convert your vSphere […]

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Modernizing EDA Infrastructure: Lessons from Samsung’s VCF Deployment

Modernizing EDA Infrastructure: Lessons from…

Authors: Yifan Hao, Yuankun Fu, Dongyun Heo, Jinsung Heo, Michael Furman, Rajesh Venkatasubramanian, Haoqiang Zheng, Kyung Min Park, Ramesh Radhakrishnan, Ashish Kaila, Yuichi Ui Samsung: Young-Jun Hong, Mokmin Park For organizations running Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workloads and High-Performance Computing (HPC) in virtualized environments, achieving near bare-metal performance is essential. One key challenge we identified … Continued The post Modernizing EDA Infrastructure: Lessons…Read More

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Installing Realtek Network Driver Fling using Free ESXi 8.0 Update 3e ISO

Installing Realtek Network Driver Fling using…

The typical method for authoring a customized ESXi image that contains additional drivers and packages is by either using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) if you already have a vCenter Server deployed or by using PowerCLI cmdlets which does not depend on vCenter Server to to create a new image. In the latter option of using […]

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Monitoring VKS Cluster in VCF Automation | VCF Automation (VCFA) provides very easy way to deploy vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) Clusters in a multi-tenant environments. This can be done via UI, Kubernetes API or CLI. This is, in my opinion, the killer feature of VCFA 9 and clearly shows its strength over its predecessor VMware Cloud Director with the clunky Container Service Extension implementation.

In this post I want to show how the tenant can monitor their VKS cluster usage directly in the VCFA UI. – Tom Fojta

Monitoring VKS Cluster in VCF Automation

VCF Automation (VCFA) provides very easy way to deploy vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) Clusters in a multi-tenant environments. This can be done via UI, Kubernetes API or CLI. This is in my opinion the killer feature of VCFA 9 and clearly shows its strength over its predecessor VMware Cloud […]

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Bring Your Own Keys for VM Encryption on VMware Cloud on AWS

Bring Your Own Keys for VM Encryption on VMware…

Take control of your encryption keys with BYOK for VM encryption on VMware Cloud on AWS. Maintain data sovereignty and meet regulatory compliance requirements with customer-managed keys.

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VCF HoloDeck issue certicate issue? or not? | I’ve been playing around with the VCF HoloDeck tookit lately to explore how we would like to use VCF. This toolkit provides a fully automated way of deploying VCF in a lab environment so you can learn and play around. There isn’t much talk on this subject online and I want to educate people with what I’ve found or did wrong. – #vExpert Bryan van Eeden

VCF HoloDeck issue certicate issue? or not? -…

Introduction: I’ve been playing around with the VCF HoloDeck tookit lately to explore how we would like to use VCF. This toolkit provides a fully automated way of deploying VCF in a lab environment so you can learn and play around. I will be doing a lot more of these blogs in the coming weeks […]

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Enabling Self-Service Developer VMs with Coder on vSphere – #vExpert Munishpal Makhija

Enabling Self-Service Developer VMs with Coder…

Modern platform engineering teams are increasingly focused on improving developer productivity while maintaining strong governance and infrastructure control. One effective way to achieve this is by offering self-service developer virtual machines (VMs) powered by existing VMware vSphere environs.

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First VMmark Result Using VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 and vSAN Published

First VMmark Result Using VMware Cloud…

We’re seeing increased adoption of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 by partners, and VMmark 4 benchmark results have recently been published by Dell Technologies, Lenovo, and Fsas Technologies using VCF 9.0. In this blog, we’d like to highlight the first result published in 2026. There are […]

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Extreme Performance Series 2026: Advanced NVMe Memory Tiering in VCF 9.0 | Todd Muirhead talks with Qasim Ali about recent performance testing with NVMe tiering on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 with many different workloads.

Extreme Performance Series 2026: Advanced NVMe…

The Extreme Performance Series is back for 2026! This video blog series covers the highlights of recent performance work on VMware technology. Todd Muirhead talks with Qasim Ali about recent performance testing with NVMe tiering on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 with many different workloads. Key […]

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Extending Visibility with VMware Cloud Foundation’s Management Pack Builder

Extending Visibility with VMware Cloud…

In modern hybrid and private clouds, operational data pours in from everywhere — backup systems, storage arrays, SaaS platforms, and edge devices. But integrating those data sources into one cohesive monitoring platform can be a challenge. That’s where the Management Pack Builder (MPB) for […]

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Because memory manufacturers have shifted almost all their capacity toward high-bandwidth memory for AI, the supply of traditional enterprise DRAM has essentially dried up. The result? Prices are surging, and lead times for standard memory are stretching toward 2027. In this reality, the smartest move isn’t trying to find more DRAM. It’s making the DRAM you already have work harder. Here’s how…

Make your DRAM work harder with advanced Memory…

Because memory manufacturers have shifted almost all their capacity toward high-bandwidth memory for AI, the supply of traditional enterprise DRAM has dried up. In this reality, the smartest move isn’t trying to find more DRAM. It’s making the DRAM you already have work harder. Here’s how…Read More

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VCF 9.0.1 Deployment: Part 6 – Getting Your Logs Up and Running! Hey there, tech fans! Welcome back to our VCF 9.0.1 Deployment Series. Today, we’re tackling the essential part: deploying VCF Operations for Logs. This is how you get all your juicy log data flowing!

Ready to dive in? Let’s go! Step 1: Gear Up with Binaries and Depot Setup. – Devi Injamuri

VCF 9 Deployment Series – Part 6 – VCF…

Hey there, tech fans! Welcome back to our VCF 9.0.1 Deployment Series. Today, we’re tackling the essential part: deploying VCF Operations for Logs. This is how you get all your juicy log data flowing! Ready to dive in? Let’s go! Step 1: Gear Up with Binaries and Depot Setup

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VCF 9.0.1 Deployment Series – Part 5 – Licensing your VCF | In previous posts, we talked about getting VCF9 set up with your custom networking, and now that your VCF Operations is humming along, it’s time for the all-important first step: licensing your VCF environment. Devi Injamuri

VCF 9 Deployment Series – Part 5 – Licensing VCF

In previous posts, we talked about getting VCF9 set up with your custom networking, and now that your VCF Operations is humming along, it’s time for the all-important first step: licensing your VCF environment.

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My vExpert Journey — and How It Reshaped My Career | I used to think vExpert was something you apply for after you “make it.” Turns out, for me, it was the opposite. vExpert became the forcing function that made me build the public proof, tighten my technical edge, and step into rooms I wouldn’t have entered otherwise. – #vExpert Piotr Tarnawski

My vExpert Journey — and How It Reshaped My Career

I used to think vExpert was something you apply for after you “make it.” Turns out, for me, it was the opposite. vExpert became the forcing function that made me build the public proof, tighten my technical edge, and step into rooms I wouldn’t have entered otherwise.

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