Daily VCF

VMware VCF · official

• Analyst Insight Series #1: Unified Self-Service Consumption for Modern Workloads⁠
• The Real Constraint on Enterprise AI isn’t GPUs; It’s Power⁠
• Deploying Harbor Service in Air-Gapped VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0⁠
• Why Enhanced DirectPath Wins for High-Performance Apps
• Bridging the (.Local) Gap: A Split-Domain Design for VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment

VMware VCF Platform · official

• Observability on VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service
• VMware Private AI on Consolidated VMware Cloud Foundation Architecture
• VCF: Workaround for Quorum-Disk Failure Scenario in 2-Node WSFC 2025 Configuration
• Newly Updated Technical Guides: MS SQL Server and ADDS on VMware Cloud Foundation
• Global Support’s VMware Cloud Foundation 9 – Paths to Adoption

VMware VCF Technical · official

• Deploying Harbor Service in Air-Gapped VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0⁠
• Observability on VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service
• The Unification Dividend: Consolidating Database Operations on VMware Cloud Foundation
• From Platform to Data: Building a Cloud-Native Developer Experience On-Prem with VMware Cloud Foundation
• VMware Advanced Memory Tiering Tips for Success

VMware VKS · official

• Deploying Harbor Service in Air-Gapped VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0⁠
• Observability on VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service
• From Platform to Data: Building a Cloud-Native Developer Experience On-Prem with VMware Cloud Foundation
• Migrating from Ingress NGINX to Gateway API with Istio – The Procrastinator’s Guide
• Accelerating Customer Success with Expanded Partnerships across the Kubernetes Ecosystem

VMware Modern Apps · official

• MCP vs. APIs: Why You Need Both for AI Applications⁠
• May 6, 2026: What’s New in Tanzu Platform 10.4: Powering Agentic Apps at Scale
• From Prototype to Production: Securing Database MCP at Enterprise Scale
• How AI-Assisted Analytics in Tanzu Data Intelligence Can Help Remove the SQL Bottleneck
• Introducing Tanzu Platform 10.4: Extending Platform as a Service to Agentic Applications

vTracker

• VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.7.5⁠
• VMware Live Recovery Appliance 9.0.5.1⁠
• VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0.5.1⁠
• vSphere Replication 9.0.5.1⁠
• VMware Workstation Pro 25H2u1

William Lam

• Automating VCF 9.0 Single Sign-On (SSO) with OIDC-based Identity Provider
• Automating Lab Optimizations for Post-Deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• Maximizing vSAN ESA Performance on Minisforum MS-A2
• Creating Custom Virtual Machine Classes using vSphere API
• VCF Installer Deploying VVF Components with VCF Entitlements

Yellow Bricks (Duncan Epping)

• #116 – A VMware Cloud Foundation constructs primer featuring Gary Blake!
• vSphere HA setting Performance degradation VMs tolerate
• #115 – GPU resource management for AI workloads with Frank Denneman!
• #114 – vSAN Storage Clusters with Kalyan Krishnaswamy!
• vSAN ESA Witness memory and CPU resources?

Frank Denneman

• Topology-Aware Multi-GPU VM Placement
• Understanding Multi-GPU Topologies Within a Single Host
• Understanding Unified Memory on DGX Spark Running NemoClaw and Nemotron
• Why Multi GPU Requires Topology Awareness
• Durable Agentic AI Sessions in GPU Memory

Tom Fojta's Blog

• Monitoring VKS Cluster in VCF Automation
• VCF Automation 9.0 Networking Deep Dive
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VCFA 9.0
• Resizing VCFA 9.0 Namespace
• RBAC in a VCF Automation Deploy Shared VKS Cluster

Cormac Hogan

• VMware TAM Services – Data Services Manager 9.0.2 Update (Video)
• DSM 9.0.2 – Aria Automation plugin changes to support new RBAC features
• DSM 9.0.2 – New Microsoft SQL Server Enhancements – SQL Server Agent Support
• Velero Revisited – Manually backing up VKS clusters using Velero
• A first look at VKSM Data Protection (VKSM DP)

NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)

• Bypassing UI Noise - API Driven Root Cause Analysis in VCF 9⁠
• All VCF 9 VCAP Disciplines Secured - VCDX Loading…⁠
• VMware Cloud Foundation Troubleshooting: Real-World Scenarios and Solutions
• From RAI Amsterdam to Minneapolis: VCF 9 Troubleshooting on Tour
• Demystifying VMware vSAN: Key Insights from the Latest FAQs

Next Level SDDC

• VCF9 NVMe Memory Tiering Ratios
• VMware vSAN ESA “Global Deduplication”
• Memory Tiering with VCF9
• Nutanix NC2 Node Types – AWS and Azure
• Skyrocketing Memory Prices

Rutger Blom

• Owning the Platform on VCF 9
• Things I Would Do Differently If I Designed an NSX Platform Today
• Avi Load Balancer Metrics with Prometheus and Grafana
• Network Visibility for TKG Service Clusters
• Integrating TKG Service Clusters with NSX Security

Brock Peterson

• VCF Operations and DX Operational Observability
• Using Claude for VCF Operations Super Metrics
• VCF Operations and Operations for Logs Integrations
• VCF Operations Alerts using Dynamic Thresholds
• Detecting vSphere VM OS Mis-Matches with VCF Operations

VMExplorer

• Managing the SDDC Installer admin@local Account – Password Resets and lockouts
• GL.iNet Comet (GL-RM1) a handy single KVM Over IP
• VMware Workstation Gen 9: BOM2 P5 Expanding VCF9 by adding a 4th Node
• Deploying the ASUSTOR DRIVESTOR 4 Pro Gen 2 | AS3304T v2
• VMware Workstation Gen 9 P4: BOM2 Workstation/Win11 Performance enhancements

Virtual Bytes

• Avoiding Network Conflicts in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0: How to Change the Default Docker Bridge Subnet (172.17.0.0/16) on Operations Fleet Manager
• VCF 9.0 U1 Upgrade Stuck? Fix the DNS Error on Your Edge Nodes!
• VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.x Removing Application Virtual Networks (AVN)
• Dell 14G Revival: Re-Flash, Re-Brand, Re-Dominate
• vExpert Isn’t Just a Badge – It’s a Career Accelerator

ESX Virtualization

• NAKIVO Backup & Replication 11.2: Full Proxmox VE 9.0 Support, VMware vSphere 9 Readiness – And Why It’s Literally Half the Price
• How-to Update Lab with XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra built from sources
• Alpine Linux – Why I like it?
• StarWind HCI Appliances: Storage Virtualization, Synchronous Replication, and Bulletproof Support
• DataCore Puls8 vs OpenEBS: Comparison for Kubernetes Persistent Storage

The Tech Journal (Stephen Wagner)

• Missing icons with Omnissa DEM and Windows 11 AppX Packages
• What’s the deal with TPMs, vTPMs, vSphere NKP, and VDI?
• How to create a VDI Windows 11 Gold Image with proper vTPM for Omnissa Horizon
• Update the Omnissa UAG IP Configuration via Shell or Console
• vLCM Remediation Stuck at 2%

vStellar

• Lessons from the Field: Recovering from Orphaned Avi Controllers in VCF-9
• Scaling Out the VMware vDefend Security Services Platform
• Cleanup NSX After Force Install of vDefend SSP
• How to Deploy Avi 30.x/31.x in VCF 9.x
• VMware vDefend Security Services Platform – Part 8: Segmentation Planning

Baking Clouds

• From the Shadows to Visibility: How the vExpert Program Became a Turning Point in My Career
• Ready for 2026? Why the vExpert Program Should Be Part of Your New Year Goals
• VMware Cloud Foundation Architect (2V0-13.25) Exam Experience
• Thinking About Applying for vExpert?
• How to Resolve “Invalid CSRF Token” Issue in VMware SDDC Manager

Thinking Out Cloud

• Every Foundation Needs a Home: My VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.1 Home Lab Build
• Dear (Hack) Tech Pundits: Please Stop Saying “Containerizing Workloads is a VMware Replacement”
• See You at VMware Explore 2023
• A Treatise on Resolving Complex Outages: Engineer for the Unknown Unknowns
• One Year Later: How Sales Engineering Started vs. How It’s Going

STRIVEVIRTUALLY

• VCF 9.0 Homelab Save TB transitioning Windows NFS thick to Rocky Linux NFS thin
• Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Lab (VCF) 9.x Fleet Deployment VLAN Fork
• VCF 9.0 Homelab Offline Depot with generated download token for certified VCP-VCF VMUG Advantage members
• VCF 9.0 Homelab Deploy on NFSv3 with Workarounds
• VCF 9.0 Homelab Repeatable Wipe and Reload from Buildup to Validations

CloudDepth

• How To Display LDAP User Details with VCF Orchestrator and DataGrid
• Upgrade issue of Standalone VCF Orchestrator to 9.0.2
• VCF Orchestrator Datagrid
• How to re-run a Workflow with the same input parameters in VCF Orchestrator
• Managing vCenter datastores cluster with VCF Orchestrator

VxWorld

• VCF 9 – Deploying VCF Identity Broker. Part 2: Role Assignment and Validation
• VCF 9 – Deploying VCF Identity Broker. Part 1: Deployment and Component Configuration
• Fixing the “Invalid Redirect URL” Error in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations SSO
• NVIDIA vGPU Time-Slicing Scheduling Policies – Best Practice
• A Dive into NVIDIA vGPU 19.0: What’s New, and Why It Matters

Scott Lowe Blog

• Technology Short Take 194
• Technology Short Take 193
• Talking About Pulumi and Network Automation
• Technology Short Take 192
• Using Mitmproxy to Observe kubectl Traffic

Leaha Blog

• VCF Operations 9 Management Pack Builder Configuration Guide
• VCF 9 Ultimate Patching Guide
• Hyundai I30 2006-2011 CarPlay Stereo Replacement
• Veeam Data Platform 13 Ultimate Deployment Guide
• VCF 9 Ultimate Deployment Guide

vCROCS

• Keyboard | Corsair Galleon 100 SD
• OpenClaw | Apple App for my Home Lab
• Custom App | Claude Code
• Chisoku: Knowing When Technology Is Enough
• VMUG Connect 2026 | Minneapolis