Month: March 2026

Call for Collaboration for VMUG, vExpert, VCP, VCAP and VCDX. This is just 1 of 8 diagrams to document troubleshooting flow in vSphere. It’s created using Draw IO (drawio.com). There are 4 area (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network) x 2 objects (VM, Cluster) diagrams. The diagram needs an explanation, which I document at broadcom.box.com/v/OpsYourWorld. Take relevant portion and create a blog or whitepaper for your audience. And then there are vSAN, NSX, etc. If you’re an expert on this area, your contribution is much appreciated!

Call for Collaboration for VMUG, vExpert, VCP,…

Call for Collaboration for VMUG, vExpert, VCP, VCAP and VCDX. This is just 1 of 8 diagrams to document troubleshooting flow in vSphere. It’s created using Draw IO (drawio.com). There are 4 area (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network) x 2 objects (VM, Cluster) diagrams. The diagram needs an explanation [more]

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Unlocking Your Expertise: Learning notes for the VCF VCAP-Operations Exam (3V0-22.25) | This blog post contains my preparation notes for the VCAP Operations exam. I began my study process by consulting the official exam study guide, as I always do. Below, you will find my insights for each exam objective. – #vExpert Bart Peterson

Unlocking Your Expertise: Learning notes for…

This blog post contains my preparation notes for the VCAP Operations exam. I began my study process by consulting the official exam study guide, as I always do. Below, you will find my insights for each exam objective.

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Make VCF Upgrades Short and Easy: A Planning Tool | Generate a complete, step-by-step upgrade roadmap from your current vSphere or VCF version to VCF 9.x — with prerequisites, KB references, and timeline estimates. – #vExpert Avnish Tripathi

Make VCF Upgrades Short and Easy: A Planning Tool

Generate a complete, step-by-step upgrade roadmap from your current vSphere or VCF version to VCF 9.x — with prerequisites, KB references, and timeline estimates.

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Memory tiering in vSphere – #vExpert Leif Hegdal, VM Infrastructure

Memory tiering in vSphere – VM Infrastructure

Memory tiering with NVMe drives – really useful these times where RAM is really expensive.

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Upgrade Paths vSphere to VCF 9.0.x | How do we get there from here? – #vExpert Arun Nukula

Upgrade Paths vSphere to VCF 9.0.x | How do we…

Navigating Your Path to VCF 9: A Unified Journey for Every EnvironmentThe vision for a truly unified private cloud is finally here with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9. But if you are looking at your current data center footprint, you might be asking yourself a very practical question: How do […]

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License a Standalone ESX 9.0 Host with a Private License File (When the Trial Expired and vCenter Won’t Boot) – #vExpert Cosmin Trif

License a Standalone ESX 9.0 Host with a…

Trial expired and vCenter won’t boot? Learn how to license a standalone ESX 9.0 host using a private license file and esxcli entitlement commands.

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After Upgrading vGPU from 16.9 to Newer Versions, nvidia-smi Fails on ESXi: “Couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.” – #vExpert Andres Sooneste

After Upgrading vGPU from 16.9 to Newer…

I recently ran into a tricky issue while upgrading NVIDIA vGPU on a VMware ESXi host using an NVIDIA A2 GPU. On my Management Core Server, I replaced an NVIDIA Tesla P4 with an NVIDIA A2 because the A2 has more VRAM and supports newer vGPU releases. […]

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Troubleshooting VCF Automation: Why 54GB (and 64GB) isn’t enough for home lab | #vExpert Seyed Yahya Zahedi Fard, Virtualization Blog

Troubleshooting VCF Automation: Why 54GB (and…

If you are installing VCF Automation using the VCF Installer or Fleet Management and your installation stops with error LCMVMSP10002, you are not alone. In this post, I will show you how to find the problem, how to get SSH access, and why your home lab needs more memory than the VMware Hands-on [..]

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“Request and Configure VCF Operations fleet management SSL Certificate” failed during VCF 9.0 deployment | #vExpert Seyed Yahya Zahedi Fard, Virtualization Blog

“Request and Configure VCF Operations fleet…

Recently, I was working on a new deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) version 9.0.0.0. The process was going smoothly until it reached the stage of configuring VCF Operations fleet management. The deployment failed during a security step. I want to share the error I faced and the simple […]

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[VCF 9.0] How to Set Up a HTTPS VCF Offline Depot – #vExpert Lorenzo Mogli

[VCF 9.0] How to Set Up a HTTPS VCF Offline Depot

I’m deploying a new Holodeck 9.0.2 for a personal lab; and the first task to perform to set up the environment is to download the following components (as shown in the official page). As an offline depot, we’ll download, deploy, and use the OVA already present in the link above (3). We’ll […]

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[VCF 9.0 – SDDC Manger] Doesn’t boot properly after upgrade | A few days ago, I was testing a VCF upgrade in my lab, specifically moving from version 9.0.0 to 9.0.1.0. During the SDDC Manager upgrade phase… After a few minutes, following the automatic reboot of the SDDC Manager appliance, this error message: Authorization Error : Unauthorized access. – #vExpert Lorenzo Moglie

[VCF 9.0 – SDDC Manger] Doesn’t boot properly…

Issue: A few days ago, I was testing a VCF upgrade in my lab, specifically moving from version 9.0.0 to 9.0.1.0. During the SDDC Manager upgrade phase… After a few minutes, following the automatic reboot of the SDDC Manager appliance, this error message: Authorization Error : Unauthorized access.

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How to Converge an existing VMware vSphere environment to VCF 9.0 step-by-step. – #vExpert Lorenzo Moglie

How to Converge an existing VMware vSphere…

We will see below (step-by-step), how to Converge a vCenter Instance and ESX Hosts to vSphere Foundation Platform . In our case the target VMware Cloud Foundation we converge on is 9.0.2 version.

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NSX DHCP Pool Exhaustion – Virtualisation Tips & Tricks | VMs unable to get IP address from the DHCP server defined on NSX Segment. #vExpert Aigars Polis

NSX DHCP Pool Exhaustion – Virtualisation Tips…

VMs unable to get IP address from the DHCP server defined on NSX Segment.

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Dive Deeper into VKS! KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EMEA 2026 in Amsterdam is right around the corner!

For those who want to get a head start or dive deeper before the event, we encourage you to explore our blog posts: Kubernetes on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0: A Single Platform for All Workloads

Join us at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EMEA 2026 in Amsterdam, connect with our engineers and maintainers at Booth #715, and be part of the conversations shaping the next decade of cloud native infrastructure.

See you in Amsterdam!

Kubernetes on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0: A…

Dive Deeper into VKS! KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EMEA 2026 in Amsterdam is right around the corner! For those who want to get a head start or dive deeper before the event, we encourage you to explore our blog posts: Kubernetes on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0: A Single Platform for All Workloads.

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Identity Security for VMware Cloud Foundation – IAM, PAM, and Zero Trust Access

Identity Security for VMware Cloud Foundation –…

Identity is now the primary security perimeter. In the latest episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, we sat down with Lee Howard, Head of IAM Product Management at Broadcom, to explore how Identity Security for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) enables secure, scalable, zero trust access across modern private cloud environments. This episode is part of … Continued The post Identity Security for VMware Cloud Foundation – IAM, PAM, and Zero Trust Access appeared first on VMware Cloud Foundation…Read More

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VxRail – vSAN ESA Configuration Minimums | #vExpert David Ring

VxRail – vSAN ESA Configuration Minimums

When configuring vSAN ESA, it’s important to adhere to the following minimum requirements. Below is a quick reference table for supported VxRail models, minimum RAM, networking, storage, and CPU requirements.

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Automating vSphere VLAN Validation — A Complete Toolset #vExpert Paul van Dieën

Automating vSphere VLAN Validation — A Complete…

The Problem Anyone who has spent time managing VMware vSphere environments knows the pain of VLAN validation. You’ve just rolled out a new set of port groups, migrated a batch of VMs, or made […]

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Why Multi GPU Requires Topology Awareness – Frank Denneman

Why Multi GPU Requires Topology Awareness

Explains why distributed inference turns GPU communication into part of the critical path and why topology-aware scheduling is required when models span multiple GPUs.

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VCF 9 Day 2: Adding a new Workload Domain | #vExpert Christopher Lewis

VCF 9 Day 2 – Adding a new Workload Domain

Adding new VCF Workload Domain is now even simpler in VCF9! Let us walk through how easy it can be!

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Deploy VMs via the VCF Automation API – #vExpert Brock Peterson

Deploy VMs via the VCF Automation API

We’ve discussed the VCF Operations API and the Operations for Logs API several times over the years here, but haven’t touched on the VCF Automation API. Today we’re going to explore it. All screenshots here are taking from VCF Automation 8.18.1 Update 4.First off, the VCF Automation 8.18.1 API […]

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