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[Holodeck] – Troubleshooting VCF 9 Online Depot Connectivity in a Holodeck Environment – #vExpert Lorenzo Moglie
Issue: If you are deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF 9) within a Holodeck nested lab environment, you might hit a roadblock when trying to configure the Online Depot. […]
Extreme Performance Series 2026: Using vTopology in VCF 9
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 Mark Achtemichuk about using the automatic vTopology setting in VMware Cloud Foundation 9 to get the best configuration for […]
Infrastructure Operations – Troubleshooting Workbench | With the introduction of VCF 9 and VCF Operations, we’ve seen a growing need for deeper insight into these useful new capabilities. To address this, we’re launching a new series of updates focused on VCF Infrastructure Operations. In this post we will take a closer look at Troubleshooting Workbench. – #vExpert Bart Peeters, Broad-Cloud.NL
With the introduction of VCF 9 and VCF Operations, we’ve seen a growing need for deeper insight into these useful new capabilities. To address this, we’re launching a new series of updates focused on VCF Infrastructure Operations. In this post we will take a closer look at Troubleshooting Workbench.
Deploying the VCF 9 Installer with VMUG Advantage Entitlements | This video walks through how to download and deploy the new VCF Installer, as well as how to get your own VCF entitlement with VMUG Advantage, after you pass either the VCP-VCF Administrator or Architect exams (versions 5.2 or 9.0).
Transcript. – #vExpert Matt Heldstab
When you deploy VMware Cloud Foundation 9 and/or VMware vSphere Foundation 9, where do you start? You’ll want to download and deploy the new VCF Installer. This video walks through how to do it, as well as how to get your own VCF entitlement with VMUG Advantage, after you pass either the VCP-[…]
VMware Good 2 know [CW07] | New part of my compact weekly review of current VMware updates. This part including new versions for NSX, Tanzu, and Cloud Director. It highlights important Knowledge Base articles and it links to useful community posts. – #vExpert Marcel Daube, vmdaube
New part of my compact weekly review of current VMware updates. This part includes new versions for NSX, Tanzu, and Cloud Director. It highlights important Knowledge Base articles and links to useful community posts.
Implementing Cross-Region Replication with Harbor in VMware Cloud Foundation
In today’s cloud-native landscape, container images are the foundation of modern applications. But what happens when your primary data center goes offline? How do you ensure your containerized workloads remain accessible and deployable across geographically distributed VMware Cloud Foundation […]
VCF 9 Day 2 – Installing VCF Operations for logs | Let us walk through how to install and configure VCF Operations for logs as a Day 2 activity. – #vExpert Christopher Lewis
I’m not sure why VCF Operations for logs is not considered a mandatory component in VCF. In my view it is definitely a **critical** component because, if nothing else, there is a number of VCF Operations dashboards and features that rely on events from VCF Operations for logs. Let’s walk […]
Global Support’s VMware Cloud Foundation 9 – Paths to Adoption
Broadcom Global Support has created this essential guide for customers adopting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9. It aims to offer critical insights into the complete requirements, considerations, and pathways for planning an adoption or upgrade to VCF 9.0. This resource addresses some of […]
Cross vCenter vMotion workloads from vSphere 7.0 to vSphere 9.0 – William Lam
While vSphere 7.0 officially reached end of support in October 2025, many organizations continue to operate on it, often not by choice, and on hardware that is likely end of life. An established transition strategy among enterprises is to migrate workloads into a newly deployed environment […]
Automating VCF Readiness: From Spreadsheets to CI/CD | Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) into a “Brownfield” environment is notoriously unforgiving. Unlike a fresh install, a brownfield deployment requires your existing ESXi hosts to meet a strict Bill of Materials (BOM). In this post, I’ll explain how we automated this audit using Python (pyVmomi) and GitHub Actions, turning a week-long manual audit into a 2-minute automated pipeline. – #vExpert Piotr Tarnawski, Angry Admin
Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) into a “Brownfield” environment is notoriously unforgiving. Unlike a fresh install, a brownfield deployment requires your existing ESXi hosts to meet a strict Bill of Materials (BOM).
