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Consolidating Legacy vSphere and Older VCF onto VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1: Design Patterns, Migration Paths, and Best Practices | Learn how to consolidate older vSphere and VCF environments onto VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 using upgrade, convergence, import, and clean migration patterns. – #vExpert Paul Bryant

Consolidating Legacy vSphere and Older VCF onto…

Learn how to consolidate older vSphere and VCF environments onto VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 using upgrade, convergence, import, and clean migration patterns.

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VCF NSX 9.1 VPC Networking: Secure, Isolated Private Cloud Enclaves | Learn how VCF NSX 9.1 VPC networking handles isolation, transit gateways, network spans, shared services, security, IPAM, and operations. – #vExpert Paul Bryant

VCF NSX 9.1 VPC Networking: Secure, Isolated…

Learn how VCF NSX 9.1 VPC networking handles isolation, transit gateways, network spans, shared services, security, IPAM, and operations.

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Expert-led Workshop Alert! VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1: What’s New | Attending VMware Explore in Las Vegas? Looking at ways to get the most from your VCF subscription? Want to know what’s new in VCF Automation 9.1? Look no further! Come along to this Expert-led workshop with Ian Smith and Christopher Lewis to learn more! Book early in your schedule to avoid disappointment! ELW-HOL-2711-20-VCF-L

Expert-led Workshop Alert! VMware Cloud…

Attending VMware Explore in Las Vegas? Looking at ways to get the most from your VCF subscription? Want to know what’s new in VCF Automation 9.1? Look no further! Come along to this Expert-led workshop with Ian Smith and Christopher Lewis to learn more! Book early in your schedule to avoid […]

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With DRAM prices projected to double in 2026 and GPU scarcity rising, how are CIOs scaling enterprise AI?

IDC’s recent report explains how VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 acts as an essential financial lever for IT leaders. Discover how to deploy up to twice the workload density on your existing physical memory footprint while driving down AI TCO.

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 and the Era of the…

IDC’s recent report explains how VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 acts as an essential financial lever for IT leaders. Discover how to deploy up to twice the workload density on your existing physical memory footprint while driving down AI TCO. Read the full IDC Link Commentary.

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Quick Tip: Automating PAK Upload & Installation for VCF Operations | William Lam

Quick Tip: Automating PAK Upload & Installation…

While testing an update workflow, I needed to update VCF Operations directly, which can be performed through the /admin UI and by uploading and then installing the PAK file. Although the process itself is straightforward, the two-step workflow and the waiting between each step make it feel […]

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For a decade, enterprises were forced to choose between developer speed and IT control. Most teams picked one and paid for the other. With AI accelerating and data sovereignty reshaping IT strategy, that compromise doesn’t work anymore…

Your Private Cloud is the New Public Cloud (eBook)

For a decade, enterprises were forced to choose between developer speed and IT control. Most teams picked one and paid for the other. With AI accelerating and data sovereignty reshaping IT strategy, that compromise doesn’t work anymore….Read More

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Focused learning. Immediate impact. The scheduling tool in the VMware Explore 2026 Content
Catalog is now accessible for attendees looking to lock in their schedule. Guarantee a seat in your
favorite sessions and strengthen your professional toolkit. Full Event Pass required.

Browse the Content Catalog. Lock in your…

The scheduling tool in the VMware Explore 2026 Content Catalog is now accessible for attendees looking to lock in their schedule. Guarantee a seat in your favorite sessions and strengthen your professional toolkit. Full Event Pass required.

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Meet MTAT: Your Zero-Friction Path to Memory Tiering in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0

Meet MTAT: Your Zero-Friction Path to Memory…

If you’ve been watching Memory Tiering build momentum in the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) ecosystem, I’m glad you’ve asked the obvious next question about how to actually plan for this in your environment. Let’s talk about that because the Memory Tiering Assessment Tool (MTAT) v3.0 is here […]

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Deploying NVIDIA Run:ai on VMware Cloud Foundation

Deploying NVIDIA Run:ai on VMware Cloud Foundation

Learn how to deploy NVIDIA Run:ai on VMware Cloud Foundation and unlock GPU-aware scheduling, multi-team workload orchestration, and inference serving, all on the private AI platform you already operate. Adding GPU-Aware Workload Orchestration to Your Private AI Platform Enterprises adopting AI on-premises keep hitting the same problem. They already have a private cloud that runs … Continued The post Deploying NVIDIA Run:ai on VMware Cloud Foundation appeared first on VMware Cloud Foundation…Read More

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Quick Tip: Reducing High CPU Utilization on NSX due to slow Entropy from AMD Zen4/5 CPUs | William Lam

Quick Tip: Reducing High CPU Utilization on NSX…

AMD Zen4/Zen5 processors have been known to have slower entropy generation, which can lead to higher CPU utilization for workloads that depend on random number generation. I recently learned from a colleague (Ross Wynne) about a simple optimization for NSX Manager that can significantly reduce […]

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Expert-Led Worskhop: Go from Zero to Hero with VCF Operations 9.1 | Attending #VMwareExplore in Las Vegas? Know nothing about at all about VCF Operations or just want to brush up on some skills with the experts? Come along to this Expert-led workshop, book early in your schedule to avoid disappointment!

Expert-Led Worskhop: Go from Zero to Hero with…

Attending VMware Explore in Las Vegas? Know nothing about at all about VCF Operations or just want to brush up on some skills with the experts? Come along to this Expert-led workshop, book early in your schedule to avoid disappointment!

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#124 – VMware Explore 2026, The podcast!

#124 – VMware Explore 2026, The podcast!

For me personally, ⁠VMware Explore⁠ is the event of the year and a very exciting (and stressful) time. I asked Nikki Sherin from the Explore team to talk us through what we can expect at Explore 2026, and I also asked my good friends William Lam, Alan Renouf, and Pete Flecha to explain to us […]

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Implementing VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS) on VMware Cloud Foundation: A Practical Architecture Guide – #vExpert Leif Hegdal, VM Infrastructure

Implementing VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS) on…

Implementing VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS) on VMware Cloud Foundation: A Practical Architecture Guide

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Refreshing an Existing vSAN Cluster with New Servers

Refreshing an Existing vSAN Cluster with New…

Refreshing hardware is an inevitable task of lifecycle management in a data center. Existing vSAN clusters may have servers that are nearing the end of life by the manufacturer, or simply may no longer meet the technical requirements of an organization. The most common strategy for replacing […]

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Resetting the admin@local Password on the VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Installer | Learn how to reset the admin@local password on the VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Installer with a safe operational runbook, validation steps, and rollback guidance. #vExpert Paul Bryant

Resetting the admin@local Password on the…

Learn how to reset the admin@local password on the VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Installer with a safe operational runbook, validation steps, and rollback guidance.

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How to Replace VCF Automation Certificate | Tomas Fojta

How to Replace VCF Automation Certificate

In an Enterprise or Cloud Provider scenario the VCF Automation (VCFA) certificate should be signed by a public Certificate Authority and will need to be rotated yearly. If the VCFA is fronted by an external load balancing the same certificate must be installed internally in the VCFA and on the […]

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VMware Cloud Foundation APIs: Configure Certificate Authorities | #vExpert Gary J. Blake

VMware Cloud Foundation APIs: Configure…

A key fleet management capability delivered by VMware Cloud Foundation is the ability to centrally manage certificates across all the components of your platform, the process involves first configuring VCF Operations to interact with either a Microsoft or an OpenSSL Certificate Authority. The […]

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VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 92: Simplifying VCF 9.1 Install and Brownfield Import

VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 92: Simplifying VCF…

In Episode 92 of VCF Breakroom Chats, Puneet Chawla (Product Management, Broadcom) joins Sehjung Hah (Product Marketing Engineer, Broadcom) to discuss the install and import enhancements in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1. Learn how VCF 9.1 streamlines the path to a private cloud, whether […]

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Password, Certificate & Backup Management UI/API for VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) 9.1 | William Lam

Password, Certificate & Backup Management…

When it comes to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) capabilities such as the new unified Fleet Management, it is important to distinguish between the deployment type and the deployment entitlement. Deployment Type VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Deployment Entitlement […]

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Broadcom Knights: What This Distinction Really Means for Your Infrastructure | Discover how Broadcom Knights help organizations modernize enterprise infrastructure with expert guidance for VMware Cloud Foundation upgrades and deployments.

Broadcom Knights: What This Distinction Really…

Discover how Broadcom Knights help organizations modernize enterprise infrastructure with expert guidance for VMware Cloud Foundation upgrades and deployments.

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