VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Upgrading VCF Operations for Networks to 9.1.1 Step by Step | A step-by-step walkthrough of upgrading VCF Operations for Networks from 9.1.0.0200 to 9.1.1 through VCF Operations, including backups, prechecks, workflow monitoring, and version verification. – #vExpert Cosmin Trif

Upgrading VCF Operations for Networks to 9.1.1…

A step-by-step walkthrough of upgrading VCF Operations for Networks from 9.1.0.0200 to 9.1.1 through VCF Operations, including backups, prechecks, workflow monitoring, and version verification.

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VxVerify: “DO host queries failed” | VxVerify fails with “DO host queries failed” on VxRail 8.0.x? The cause was the wrong Python interpreter. Run the 4.x build with python 3.11. – #vExpert H. Cemre Günay, irgNET

VxVerify: “DO host queries failed” – irgNET

VxVerify fails with “DO host queries failed” on VxRail 8.0.x? The cause was the wrong Python interpreter. Run the 4.x build with python 3.11.

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VMSP Toolkit 3.0.1 for VCF 9.1: Rollouts, Topology and Infrastructure Checks – #vExpert Tommy Grot

VMSP Toolkit 3.0.1 for VCF 9.1: Rollouts,…

A worker resize on VMSP replaces every worker machine. Each drain along the way can sit for 30 minutes behind a single Postgres pod, and until now the only thing to look at was a package status that reads Progressing from start to finish. VMSP Toolkit 3.0.1 tells you which pod is holding things [..]

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Distributed Malware Prevention & Sandboxing for VCF with VMware vDefend. Part 3: ATP Policies and Threat Prevention – #vExpert Harikrishnan T

Distributed Malware Prevention & Sandboxing for…

Welcome back!!! We are at Part 3 and the final chapter of our blog series on Distributed Malware Prevention & Sandboxing for VCF with VMware vDefend. In the previous chapter, we activated the Malware Prevention Service, configured the Sandboxing environment and deployed SVMs for distributed […]

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Upgrading VCF Management Components to 9.1.1 All in One | An all-in-one runbook for patching VCF 9.1.0 management components to 9.1.1 through VCF Operations, with the Broadcom dependency order, prechecks, validation, and known concurrency issue. – #vExpert Cosmin Trif

Upgrading VCF Management Components to 9.1.1…

An all-in-one runbook for patching VCF 9.1.0 management components to 9.1.1 through VCF Operations, with the Broadcom dependency order, prechecks, validation, and known concurrency issue.

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Why Infrastructure Architects Need to Think Like Enterprise Architects – #vExpert Leif Hegdal, VM Infrastructure

Why Infrastructure Architects Need to Think…

Over the course of my career, I’ve spent countless hours discussing servers, storage, virtualization platforms, cloud infrastructure, resiliency, and disaster recovery. Like many infrastructure architects, I built my career around solving technical problems and designing platforms that could […]

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Upgrading the VCF Migration Service Engine to 9.1.1 Step by Step | A step-by-step walkthrough of upgrading the VCF Migration Service Engine, also shown as VCD_MIGRATOR, from 9.1.0.0200 to 9.1.1 through VCF Operations. – #vExpert Cosmin Trif

Upgrading the VCF Migration Service Engine to…

A step-by-step walkthrough of upgrading the VCF Migration Service Engine, also shown as VCD_MIGRATOR, from 9.1.0.0200 to 9.1.1 through VCF Operations.

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Creating a FinOps Dashboard in VMware Cloud Foundation

Creating a FinOps Dashboard in VMware Cloud…

In Part 1 of this series, we established the backend FinOps architecture within VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). By combining Custom Groups, custom metadata (Monthly_Budget), Chargeback metering metrics, and policy-scoped Super Metrics, we built an automated alert engine that fires warning […]

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VCF Operations Log Management 9.1.1 Data Sets – #vExpert Brock Peterson

VCF Operations Log Management 9.1.1 Data Sets

We discussed Operations for Logs Data Sets a few years ago, but it’s changed since then, so let’s take another look.VCF 9.1 changed the Logs architecture significantly. Logs went from being its own Cluster of VMs to a service running on the VCF Management Services Cluster. It no longer has its […]

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Automating Let’s Encrypt Certificates on NSX ALB (AVI) with Cloudflare DNS – #vExpert Tommy Grot

Automating Let’s Encrypt Certificates on NSX…

I run several domains behind VMware Avi Load Balancer (still NSX ALB to a lot of us), and for a while the certificates were a patchwork. A few Cloudflare Origin certificates, a Let’s Encrypt certificate I had renewed by hand, and one that had quietly expired months ago without […]

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vSphere 8 End of Support: One Year to Plan Your Migration – #vExpert Luciano Patrao

vSphere 8 End of Support: One Year to Plan Your…

vSphere 8 support ends 11 October 2027. What stops, what VCF 9 and VVF 9 cost, why leaving takes years, and where a VMware estate can go before the date.

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VCF 9.1.1 – DTGW & VNA: the route controller within me – Part 2 | In this article, I’ll take another look at Route Controller, since additional features were added in VCF 9.1.1. Direct prefix routing and active/active mode are among the new features that have been introduced. – #vExpert Daniel Krieger

VCF 9.1.1 – DTGW & VNA: the route controller…

In this article, I’ll take another look at Route Controller, since additional features were added in VCF 9.1.1. Direct prefix routing and active/active mode are among the new features that have been introduced.

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Shaping the Future of Private AI Cloud and Agentic Innovation | Discover the latest in VMware Private AI Cloud at the VMware Explore 2026 Keynote. Scale cost-effectively, operate securely against AI threats, and rapidly innovate with secure agentic AI pipelines.

Shaping the Future of Private AI Cloud and…

Discover the latest in VMware Private AI Cloud at the VMware Explore 2026 Keynote. Scale cost-effectively, operate securely against AI threats, and rapidly innovate with secure agentic AI pipelines.

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Introducing PostgreSQL Read Replicas in DSM 9.1.1 – Cormac Hogan

Introducing PostgreSQL Read Replicas in DSM 9.1.1

In my introduction post to VMware Data Services (DSM) 9.1.1, I mentioned a new feature called PostgreSQL read replicas. In a nutshell, PostgreSQL databases provisioned by DSM can now be scaled for read workloads by adding additional Read Replicas. Previously, a PostgreSQL database cluster […]

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VM Datastore Placement using VCF Automation Storage Profiles – #vExpert Brock Peterson

VM Datastore Placement using VCF Automation…

I built a VCF Automation Blueprint allowing the consumer to select the Datastore for their VM, but it wasn’t landing on that Datastore. Here’s how I solved it. Screenshots here are taken from VCF Automation 8.18.1.I created a Storage Profile for each Datastore including a Capability tag. I used [..]

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Upgrade Pathways: What Changed and How to Choose the Right Route – #vExpert Eric Sloof

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Upgrade Pathways:…

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 changes the upgrade discussion in an important way. Moving forward no longer has to mean deploying every element of the full private-cloud stack in one operation. An organization can modernize its vSphere and operations layer first, converge existing […]

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VCF Operations deployment fails during VMware vSphere Foundation 9.1.1 deployment – A. Kadir Akbel

VCF Operations deployment fails during VMware…

Recently I was deploying VMware vSphere Foundation 9.1.1 for a customer, and I ran into an issue that kept me busy for quite a while. The VCF Operations deployment kept failing, even though everything looked fine on paper. Since I couldn’t find the answer anywhere, I decided to make it my first [..]

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#127 – Drew Nielsen introducing the overhauled VCDX program!

#127 – Drew Nielsen introducing the overhauled…

I bumped into Drew Nielsen at Explore in Las Vegas and we briefly discussed the overhauled VCDX Program. Not only did the name change from VMware Certified Design Expert to ⁠VMware Certified Distinguished Expert⁠, the whole program has been overhauled with job specific tracks for the various […]

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Combining Multiple App IDs and Layer 4 Services in a Single vDefend Rule – #vExpert Saurabh Bhattacharya

Combining Multiple App IDs and Layer 4 Services…

The discussion revolves around the use of multiple Layer 7 App IDs in DFW rules. CuriousTechie seeks guidance on combining two App IDs while using specific Layer 4 ports, which leads to a restriction error. ITGuy explains that using a single context profile allows for such combinations, but […]

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Optimizing AI Deployments with VMware Cloud Foundation (Part 2)

Optimizing AI Deployments with VMware Cloud…

Maximizing GPU Utilization for Best Total Cost of Ownership Introduction VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) can help enterprises maximize utilization and optimize AI infrastructure. To demonstrate VCF’s efficiency and flexibility for running AI workloads in various configurations, the Broadcom […]

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