VCF Upgrade Precheck Error: vCenter Is Not Licensed by a License Server – #vExpert Roshan Chavan
During ESX Upgrade prechecks, I encountered the following error. “Error: The current vCenter is not licensed by a license server.” To resolve this, add the required licenses to the new VCF 9.1 license server. In my case, I had to re-add the licenses even though the environment had been licensed [..]
NSX Manager Node Status and Health Score in VCF Operations 9.0 – #vExpert Brock Peterson
If you’re running VCF Operations 9.0 or 9.0.x and collecting data from NSX Manager/s, you might have come across this two Metrics:Specifically, NSX Manager Node Health Score and Node Status. I couldn’t find either of them in the documentation (I’ve submitted feedback asking for updates), so I […]
My VMware VCF 9 Home Lab Setup | I have had a ton of questions on what my home lab is. In this video I will discuss the hardware and the setup I use to spin up and down various environments for my classes and videos. Thanks for watching – #vExpert Stephen DeBarros
I have had a ton of questions on what my home lab is. In this video I will discuss the hardware and the setup I use to spin up and down various environments for my classes and videos. Thanks for watching – #vExpert Stephen DeBarros
In this video we will deploy the VCF CLI and connect to the vSphere Supervisor we deployed in the previous video. Once done we will see how to deploy the Local Consumption Interface. Thanks for watching. – #vExpert Stephen DeBarros
In this video we will deploy the VCF CLI and connect to the vSphere Supervisor we deployed in the previous video. Once done we will see how to deploy the Local Consumption Interface. Thanks for watching. – #vExpert Stephen DeBarros
Native VCF S3 Object Storage demo! – Duncan Epping
Stop paying the public cloud tax: Native S3 Object Storage for VCF changes everything! As I mentioned this on a recent podcast I did with Rakesh, so I took sometime this week to narrate the demo and here it is. In this demo you will see the VCF Automation UI and how VCF S3 Object […]
Thu, Jun 25, 2026 11:40 AM – 12:25 PM EDT. VCF + Tanzu Platform = The Private Cloud Enterprises Actually Needs | Michael Coté #VMUG
Thursday I’m doing a Global VMware User Group (VMUG) session with Oren Penso: VCF 9 as the private cloud, Tanzu Platform on top as the app platform, Tanzu Data Intelligence for the databases and messaging the AI stuff actually needs. Same stack, same compliance posture. Live demo. 5:40pm CEST, […]
Quick Tip: Change, reset, or recover a lost VCSA root password – #vExpert Lukas Klinger, hcidude’s blog
Managing the root account on a vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) is a common administrative task. Whether the password needs to be changed, has expired, or has been completely lost, VMware provides supported recovery methods. This quick tip covers the most common scenarios for VCSA 7.x, 8.x & 9.x.
PostgreSQL Diagnostic Superpowers: Deep Visibility with VMware Data Services Manager 9.1
VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) 9.1 enhances observability and diagnostics for PostgreSQL environments. It offers advanced diagnostic tools, a detailed Metrics History View for trend analysis, refined alert routing, and improved audit log forwarding. By automating monitoring tasks, DSM 9.1 significantly boosts productivity, transforming database management into a more efficient and transparent process. The post PostgreSQL Diagnostic Superpowers: Deep Visibility with VMware Data Services…Read More
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Planning a VCF upgrade shouldn’t take longer than the upgrade itself. With VCF 9.1 supporting more environments than ever, finding the right sequence for your specific deployment is no small task. In the past, that could mean hours of work just to schedule a single maintenance window. The VCF 9.1 Upgrade Planning Tool changes that…
Planning a VCF upgrade shouldn’t take longer than the upgrade itself. In the past, it could take hours of work just to schedule a single maintenance window. The VCF 9.1 Upgrade Planning Tool changes that…Read More
Vote in the #VMwareExplore People’s Choice Awards! 15 sessions. 4 winners. Your turn—voting ends July 10 at 5:00 PM PDT.
Vote in the VMware Explore 2026 People’s Choice Awards—pick your favorite session in each track from June 23 – July 10.
The End of Database Silos: Consolidating Database Management on VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Data Services Manager 9.1 addresses the operational and financial challenges of database silos within enterprises by consolidating management for Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL on a single platform. It enhances productivity, reduces operational costs significantly, and […]
Rightsizing and Reclamation Exclusions using vSphere Tags in VCF Operations 9.1 – #vExpert Brock Peterson
If you’re running VCF Operations 9.1 you’ll notice this small (but very powerful) new feature, allowing us to exclude VMs from the Rightsizing and/or Reclamation engines, here’s what it looks like.Selecting EXCLUSION SETTINGS presents the exclusion criteria, which is based on vSphere Tags on […]
#121 – Operational, Disaster, and Ransomware Recovery using VCF Protection and Recovery featuring Velina Krasteva!
With VCF 9.1 the name of VMware Live Recovery, or Site Recovery Manager, seems to have changed to VCF Protection and Recovery. In this episode Velina explains how this platform provides administrators the ability to recover workloads from different types of scenarios. Whether you deleted a VM (operational recovery), lost a whole datacenter (disaster recovery), […] The post #121 – Operational, Disaster, and Ransomware Recovery using VCF Protection and Recovery featuring Velina Krasteva!…Read More
Understanding Large Memory Pages with VMware Advanced Memory Tiering
If you’ve been setting up VMware Memory Tiering or thinking about it, you’ve probably asked yourself at some point: what happens to Memory Large Pages? It’s a great question, and I’m glad you’ve asked it, because the answer changes how you need to plan your capacity and configure your VMs.
Configuring Email Alerts in Data Services Manager version 9.1 – Cormac Hogan
I was recently asked to assist with some troubleshooting of the Email Alerting mechanism in Data Services Manager (DSM). The first thing to note is that there are different types of alerts that can be raised and emailed in DSM. The first type are Global Alerts, & these are emailed to the DSM Admin.
It’s never been more important to keep your VCF environment current. As frontier AI models demonstrate an unprecedented ability to chain complex vulnerabilities together, regular updates to your VCF environment are essential to shrink your attack surface and harden your defense-in-depth architecture.
This blog walks through the typical process that VCF Professional Services uses to assess, plan and perform upgrades to VCF 9.1. Read more:
The process of upgrading to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 depends on the version of VCF that you’re currently running as well as a mix of environmental, software and hardware considerations. For example, a specific hardware requirement may have changed and is no longer supported […]
Clarifying Minimum Required ESX Hosts for VCF Deployments | William Lam
The VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.x Installer includes a built-in resource calculator that automatically determines the required compute and storage resources, along with the estimated number of ESX hosts needed to support the selected deployment configuration. Understanding the compute […]
How to Import VMs into VCF Automation | VCF Automation (VCFA) is the new cloud management layer on top of VCF. Which brings the question how can you import legacy VM workloads under VCF Automation management? – #vExpert Tom Fojta
VCF Automation (VCFA) is the new cloud management layer on top of VCF. Which brings the question how can you import legacy VM workloads under VCF Automation management? VCFA provides infrastructure to the user in form of Namespaces which are Kubernetes namespaces managed by vSphere […]
VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 89 – Unpacking the Latest AI Advancements in the VCF 9.1 Release- 2
Welcome to the next episode of the VCF Breakroom Chats. Today, we are happy to present this vLog with Dave Morera, Technical Marketing Architect, VCF Division, Broadcom. In this second episode of the 2 part series, Dave Morera and Shobhit Bhutani discuss the general availability of AI workloads on VCF with AMD GPUs! Want to learn more? About the … Continued The post VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 89 – Unpacking the Latest AI Advancements in the VCF 9.1 Release- 2 appeared first on VMware Cloud…Read More
