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Discover the new VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Hands-on Labs – 100% free to use and ready to go with zero setup required.

direct link to new labs -> https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog?catalogs=VCF%209.0%20GA

There is a 5 new VCF9 labs

• What’s New in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – Platform (HOL-2610-01-VCF-L)
• What’s New in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – Automation (HOL-2610-02-VCF-L)
• What’s New in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – Operations (HOL-2610-03-VCF-L)
• What’s New with vSphere in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (HOL-2630-01-VCF-L)
• Unifying VM and Kubernetes Management with vSphere Supervisor in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (HOL-2633-01-VCF-L)

Here’s what you’ll dive into:

• AI GPU Management
• Tiered Memory
• Sovereign Domain Control
• Advanced Automation
• …and more

more info in official blog here: https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2025/06/19/vmware-cloud-foundation-9-0-hands-on-labs-dive-in-and-unlock-your-potential/

Introducing the Private Cloud Outlook 2025 :…

Cloud computing has been viewed as a desired operating model for well over a decade now, as organizations looked to modernize infrastructure and applications and compete digitally. It is not hard to find opinions about cloud technology […]

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VCF Administrator VCP Exam Study Group

Earlier this year I participated in a Community lead VCF Administrator VCP Exam study group alongside fellow vExperts James T, Franky B & Gareth E. We did a total of 6 sessions covering the topics of the exam blueprint with a focus towards a more show an tell approach to various administrative […]

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VCF 9.0 Hardware Considerations

While I have already shared this on my social media accounts, I still think it is still worth re-iterating this update as I know many of our users, partners and even employees are preparing for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0. The Broadcom Compatibility Guide (BCG) has recently been updated […]

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vSphere Static VS Ephemeral Port Bindings:…

Ever wonder what is the difference is between Static and Ephemeral Port Bindings on a vsphere Distributed Switch? In this video we will cover what the differences are and more importantly how can this impact my ability to recover my vCenter Server Appliance. A must watch for you vSphere Admins.

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NSX 4.x VRF Gateways – Part 4: Inter-VRF…

Welcome to part 4 of the NSX VRF series. In part 3, I discussed VRF route leaking that allows communication between 2 data plane isolated VRF gateways in NSX. In this post, I will discuss Inter-VRF routing.

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NSX 4.x VRF Gateways – Part 3: VRF Route…

Welcome to part-2 of the NSX VRF series. Part 1 of this series discussed VRF architecture, and part 2 demonstrated data plane isolation between the VRF instances. In this post, I will demonstrate how to establish communication between 2 VRFs using VRF Route Leaking.

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NSX 4.x VRF Gateways – Part 2: VRF Config…

Welcome to part-2 of the NSX VRF series. Part 1 of this series discussed VRF architecture and its use cases and the advantages that VRF offers over traditional routing isolation techniques. In this post, I will demonstrate VRF configuration validation to ensure things are working as expected.

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NSX 4.x VRF Gateways – Part 1: VRF Architecture…

Introduction VMware NSX has been providing multi-tenancy capabilities to an SDDC since its inception. There are various ways to achieve it, depending on the use cases. In the simplest architecture, […]

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NSX 4.X VRF Issue “Overlapping Trunk VLAN on…

I came across an interesting issue while configuring VRF gateways in NSX 4.x. The configuration was erroring out with the message “Logical Switch trunk-vlan overlapping with another Logical Switch in the same underlying Edge host-switch is not allowed. Change VLAN configuration.”

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