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Automating VCF Readiness: From Spreadsheets to…

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

Automating VCF Readiness: From Spreadsheets to…

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).

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Activate VCF Private AI Services

Activate VCF Private AI Services

Activate VCF Private AI Services

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Private AI Services offers a set of services that enable you to easily and securely deploy AI workloads in your VCF environments. Watch the following video to learn how to activate VCF Private AI Services and start utilizing these AI capabilities immediately.

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VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 3 Windows Core…

VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 3 Windows Core Services and Routing. – #vExpert Matt Mancini

VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 3 Windows Core…

A big part of my nested VCF 9 environment relies on core services. Core services are AD, NTP, DHCP, and RAS. Core services are supplied by my Windows Server (aka AD230.nested.local). Of those services, RAS will enable routing between the LAN Segments and allow for Internet access. Additionally […]

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VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 2 Using…

VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 2 Using Workstation Templates – In this blog post I’ll show you how I use Workstation templates to quickly deploy these hosts and the hardware layout. #vExpert Matt Mancini

VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 2 Using…

Workstation templates are a quick and easy way to create VMs with common settings. My nested VCF 9 ESX Hosts have some commonalities where they could benefit from template deployments. In this blog post I’ll show you how I use Workstation templates to quickly deploy these hosts and […]

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VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 1 – Goals,…

VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 1 – Goals, Requirements, and a bit of planning. #vExpert Matt Mancini

VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 1 – Goals,…

It’s time to build my VMware Workstation–based home lab with VCF 9. In a recent blog post, I documented my upgrade journey from VMware Workstation 17 to 25H2. In this installment, we’ll go deeper into the goals, requirements, and overall planning for this new environment. As you read through […]

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vSphere 8 to VVF 9 Migration – Part 1

vSphere 8 to VVF 9 Migration – Part 1. This is Part 1 of a series to upgrade an environment from vSphere 8 to VMware vSphere Foundation 9. – #vExpert Matt Heldstab

vSphere 8 to VVF 9 Migration – Part 1

This is Part 1 of a series to upgrade an environment from vSphere 8 to VMware vSphere Foundation 9. It covers: * vCenter 8u3 to 9.0.1 upgrade stage 1 […]

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Memory Tiering with VCF9 – Next Level SDDC

Memory Tiering with VCF9 – Next Level SDDC | Rather than relying solely on traditional DRAM, VCF9 lets you leverage NVMe SSDs as a second memory tier, effectively expanding your available memory footprint without proportionally increasing hardware spend. – #vExpert Danny Alvarez

Memory Tiering with VCF9 – Next Level SDDC

One of the standout enhancements in VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF9) is Advanced Memory Tiering with NVMe. This a feature that fundamentally changes how we think about host memory capacity and cost efficiency. Rather than relying solely on traditional DRAM, VCF9 lets you leverage NVMe SSDs as […]

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HA Is Not DR – How to Avoid Extended Outages -…

HA Is Not DR – How to Avoid Extended Outages – Next Level SDDC. A common misconception I see out there is that, while High Availability and Disaster Recovery are not the same, I still see them sometimes designed as if they are. Confusing the two is one of the most common architectural mistakes I still see in modern VMware environments. – #vExpert Danny Alvarez

HA Is Not DR – How to Avoid Extended Outages -…

A common misconception I see out there is that, while High Availability and Disaster Recovery are not the same, I still see them sometimes designed as if they are. Confusing the two is one of the most common architectural mistakes I still see in modern VMware environments. […]

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