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[🆕] - Simplify License Management across VCF Operations Fleet & Standalone Deployment for Monitoring williamlam.com/2026/03/simp...

#VCF9

🔥🆕 Updated Technical Whitepapers for Microsoft workloads on VCF💪

🔸SQL Server Failover Cluster on #VCF9 www.vmware.com/docs/mssql-f...
🔹SQL Server on VCF www.vmware.com/docs/archite...
🔸SQL Server HA on VCF www.vmware.com/docs/archite...
🔹Active Directory on VCF www.vmware.com/docs/active-...

GitHub - vmware/vsphere-supervisor Contribute to vmware/vsphere-supervisor development by creating an account on GitHub.

🧠 Just learned about this awesome vSphere Supervisor resource for configuring Air-Gapped env, Ports & Protocols to Troubleshooting & more!

Whether you're deploying vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), DB, Private AI or Network Services, must bookmark! 🔖

github.com/vmware/vsphe...

VCF 9.0 Server Certification: Preserving Your Hardware Investment and giving the best ROI Executive Summary VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 is designed to enable customers to modernize their cloud infrastructure, and part of that design is doing so without forcing unnecessary hardware re...

🔥📰 Check out this blog post for more details regarding some of the changes for #VCF9 Server Hardware Certification, especially for those with certified 8.x Hardware!

blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...

JFYI - New KB knowledge.broadcom.com/external/art... to address VvsCompatibilityController controller failed with error message : Invalid VMwareProductVersion which was due to invalid VVS entry (change has been reverted but in case you're seeing it, quick workaround)

#VCF9

For Infra Admins, Kubernetes experience is no longer nice to have in 2026 ... beyond software dev, even off the shelf SW is switching to k8s.

If you're interested in advancing your skills, @MyVMUG is providing FREE K8s Level ⬆️ Program 🧠 to help YOU!

my.vmug.com/s/event/a4pV...

Frequent Query container volume async Tasks in vSphere UI If you are running vSphere workloads that leverage Cloud Native Storage (CNS), whether through upstream or third party Kubernetes, vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), vSAN File Services, or VCF Autom…

[🆕] - Frequent Query container volume async Tasks in vSphere UI williamlam.com/2026/02/freq...

Honored to be recognized a 6th straight year as a VMware #vExpert. Many thanks to Corey Romero for all the energy and effort in keeping the program alive!
 
Congrats to all the returning and new vExperts. Keep on sharing knowledge with the #vCommunity!
 
#VMware #Broadcom #BroadcomKnights #SVAGmbh

🥳 Holodeck now supports the latest #VCF 9.0.2 patch release! This is a great all-in-one solution to get the full VCF experience

vmware.github.io/Holodeck/rel...

Release v1.6.2 · AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Core [1.6.2] - 2026-02-19 Changed Update bug report template Fixed Fix issue with module manifest which prevented dependent modules from being installed

[New Release] AsBuiltReport.Core v1.6.2! Check out what's new! https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Core/releases/tag/v1.6.2 #AsBuiltReport #PowerShell

The Broadcom Compatibility Guide (BCG) was recently updated to include a new field called "VCF Supported. Confirm w/Vendor" which is explained in a newly published KB - Deprecated CPU Systems / Servers in ESX 9.0 and implications for support knowledge.broadcom.com/external/art...

VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service 3.6: Making Enterprise Kubernetes Safer, More Flexible, and Easier to Operate As Kubernetes adoption matures inside the enterprise, the challenges platform teams face have shifted. Standing up clusters is no longer the challenge. The real work begins after day one: upgrading cl...

🆕 vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) 3.6 is now available! 🥳

🧠 Blog: blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...

📒 RN: techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...

⚙️ VKS API Reference developer.broadcom.com/xapis/vmware...

#VCF9

Extreme Performance Series 2026: Using vTopology in VCF 9 Learn how using the virtual topology or vtopology feature in VMware Cloud Foundation can quickly solve performance issues with NUMA config.

🏁🏎️ The VMware Extreme Performance Series is back for 2026!

These are great technical deep dives from the #VCF9 Perf Engineering team in helping you drive maximum performance for your VMware environments! Definitely 🔖 and follow along!

blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...

Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage was issued by Broadcom to Martin Meinhardt. Certification validates a candidate’s ability to design, configure, manage, and troubleshoot advanced storage capabilities in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments. This certification is intended...

Next achievement unlocked:
Advanced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Storage
#VMware #VCF #SDDC #vExpert #BroadcomKnight
www.credly.com/badges/e7ec0...

[🆕] - Cross vCenter vMotion workloads from vSphere 7.0 to vSphere 9.0 williamlam.com/2026/02/cros...

#VCF9

Release v1.6.1 · AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Core [1.6.1] - 2026-02-09 Added Add Sinhala (si-LK) language support with translation files Add Tamil (ta-IN) language support with translation files Add culture mappings for si-LK, ta-IN, ta-LK, ta-SG...

[New Release] AsBuiltReport.Core v1.6.1! Check out what's new! https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Core/releases/tag/v1.6.1 #AsBuiltReport #PowerShell

Memory Prices Reach “Shocking” Levels as Manufacturers Are Now Quoting a Whopping 125% Premium, Turning DRAM Into a Full-Blown Seller’s Market Memory contract pricing is rising at a rate never seen before, and according to a new report, QoQ quotations have almost doubled.

😞 Looks like DRAM prices are expected to double again this quarter alone!

wccftech.com/memory-price...

Release v1.6.0 release · AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Core [1.6.0] - 2026-02-06 Added New TokenParameters hashtable parameter for New-AsBuiltReport command to support vendor-specific token authentication parameters Localization support for token parameter...

[New Release] AsBuiltReport.Core v1.6.0! Check out what's new! https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Core/releases/tag/v1.6.0 #AsBuiltReport #PowerShell

👍 Nice article from William Arroyo on Building Windows Containers 🪟📦 to run on vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) blog.warroyo.com/windows-vks

[🆕] - Quick Tip - No space left on device when upgrading VCF Operations using VCF Operations Fleet Manager to VCF 9.0.2 williamlam.com/2026/01/quic...

#VCF9

[🆕] - Quick Tip - NSX Edge fails DNS pre-check as part of VCF 9.0.2 Upgrade williamlam.com/2026/01/quic...

#VCF9

Excellent resource for all things #VCF9 NVMe Tiering capability with the launch of the new Memory Tiering Resource Hub blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...

📢 🆕 VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.2 (patch) is now generally available! Some nice enhancements, especially env w/1GbE Mgmt Network for VCF Import 🥳

📒 RN: techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...

💿 DL: support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/pr...

#VCF9

👌Very nice PowerCLI script from my colleague that temporarily allows a vSphere Cluster w/heterogeneous hardware to leverage vSphere Update Manager (VUM) to upgrade to vSphere 9.0 and then perform vLCM Transition!

#VCF9

knowledge.broadcom.com/external/art...

Increasing VCF Installer & SDDC Manager Timeout for NSX Deployment For resource constrained environments, deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) can take longer, especially when deploying on top of a Nested ESXi configuration. However, the VCF Installer does prov…

[UPDATED] - Increasing VCF Installer & SDDC Manager Timeout for NSX Deployment williamlam.com/2025/12/incr...

☝️Now includes both NSX Manager & NSX Edge Deployment timeout ⏳

[🆕] - Quick Tip - Reset vCenter Server from previously managed VCF Operations for VCF Single Sign-On (SSO) williamlam.com/2026/01/quic...

#VCF9

JFYI - If VC was configured w/VCF SSO AND you lose VCF Ops instance, when you re-deploy & setup VCF SSO again, need to clear out VCF Ops ID from VC because it thinks its managed by "old" Ops. See knowledge.broadcom.com/external/art... for steps

How do I know this ... yea that was my weekend 😅

Increasing VCF Installer & SDDC Manager Timeout for NSX Deployment For resource constrained environments, deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) can take longer, especially when deploying on top of a Nested ESXi configuration. However, the VCF Installer does prov…

[🆕] - Increasing VCF Installer & SDDC Manager Timeout for NSX Deployment williamlam.com/2025/12/incr...

👆Few useful parameters to update for resource constrained environments

#VCF9

📢 vSphere 8.0 Update 3h is now available!

Upgrade from VC 7.0u3w ✅
Upgrade to 9.0.x ❌

📒 Release Notes:

🔸VC techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...

🔹ESX techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...

[🆕] - Dynamically Rebalance or Evacuate VKS Control Plane / Worker Nodes across vSphere Zones in VCF 9.0 williamlam.com/2025/12/dyna...

👌Nice enhancements to vSphere Zones in #VCF9