Small, but handy 🆕 feature that was just added to #VCF91 Upgrade Planner Tool - You can now Export/Import existing deployment flow, easy to resume where you left off or quickly try out different scenarios
See for some of the big enhancements👇
williamlam.com/2026/10/majo...
See for some of the big enhancements👇
williamlam.com/2026/10/majo...
October 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Small, but handy 🆕 feature that was just added to #VCF91 Upgrade Planner Tool - You can now Export/Import existing deployment flow, easy to resume where you left off or quickly try out different scenarios
See for some of the big enhancements👇
williamlam.com/2026/10/majo...
See for some of the big enhancements👇
williamlam.com/2026/10/majo...
October 22, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Since this was recently asked ... In addition to Intel Haswell/Broadwell processors no longer being supported, you also can NOT use them with #VCF91 NVMe Tiering, you will need at least Skylake or newer processor
October 22, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Since this was recently asked ... In addition to Intel Haswell/Broadwell processors no longer being supported, you also can NOT use them with #VCF91 NVMe Tiering, you will need at least Skylake or newer processor
👇Very good watch on NUMA enhancements in #VCF91 to address high core count/chiplets for Intel/AMD CPUs. Best part, no operational/config changes, upgrade to 9.1 to get 🚀 scheduler!
Unlocking Performance w/Next-Gen Topology-Aware CPU Scheduler in VCF www.vmware.com/explore/vide...
Unlocking Performance w/Next-Gen Topology-Aware CPU Scheduler in VCF www.vmware.com/explore/vide...
Unlocking Performance with Next-Gen Topology-Aware CPU Scheduler in VMware Cloud Foundation
With the advent of high core-count processors, chiplet-based designs, and non-uniform cache hierarchies, traditional scheduling assumptions are broken. Modern workloads—from AI/ML pipelines to large d...
www.vmware.com
October 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
👇Very good watch on NUMA enhancements in #VCF91 to address high core count/chiplets for Intel/AMD CPUs. Best part, no operational/config changes, upgrade to 9.1 to get 🚀 scheduler!
Unlocking Performance w/Next-Gen Topology-Aware CPU Scheduler in VCF www.vmware.com/explore/vide...
Unlocking Performance w/Next-Gen Topology-Aware CPU Scheduler in VCF www.vmware.com/explore/vide...
[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Single ESX Host for VCF Fleet, VCF Workload Domain or VCF Cluster williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-...
👇 Non-Prod ofc 😅
Single Host VCF Fleet ✅
Single Host VCF Instance ✅
Single Host VCF Workload Domain ✅
Single Host VCF Cluster ✅
#VCF91 #VCF911
👇 Non-Prod ofc 😅
Single Host VCF Fleet ✅
Single Host VCF Instance ✅
Single Host VCF Workload Domain ✅
Single Host VCF Cluster ✅
#VCF91 #VCF911
September 30, 2026 at 3:57 PM
[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Single ESX Host for VCF Fleet, VCF Workload Domain or VCF Cluster williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-...
👇 Non-Prod ofc 😅
Single Host VCF Fleet ✅
Single Host VCF Instance ✅
Single Host VCF Workload Domain ✅
Single Host VCF Cluster ✅
#VCF91 #VCF911
👇 Non-Prod ofc 😅
Single Host VCF Fleet ✅
Single Host VCF Instance ✅
Single Host VCF Workload Domain ✅
Single Host VCF Cluster ✅
#VCF91 #VCF911
[🆕] - Bypassing Minimum Unique Flows & Metric Collection Period for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Lab Deployments williamlam.com/2026/09/bypa...
👆Couple more handy workarounds for playing w/vDefend SSP in Lab/PoC environment 😎
#VCF91
👆Couple more handy workarounds for playing w/vDefend SSP in Lab/PoC environment 😎
#VCF91
September 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
[🆕] - Bypassing Minimum Unique Flows & Metric Collection Period for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Lab Deployments williamlam.com/2026/09/bypa...
👆Couple more handy workarounds for playing w/vDefend SSP in Lab/PoC environment 😎
#VCF91
👆Couple more handy workarounds for playing w/vDefend SSP in Lab/PoC environment 😎
#VCF91
[🆕] - PowerShell Module for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Installer Configuration and Instance Deployment williamlam.com/2026/09/powe...
#VCF91
#VCF91
September 24, 2026 at 6:18 PM
[🆕] - PowerShell Module for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Installer Configuration and Instance Deployment williamlam.com/2026/09/powe...
#VCF91
#VCF91
New Post! VCF Protection and Recovery appliances start without network. brisk-it.net/vcf91-protec...
#VCF #VLR #VMware #Broadcom #vExpert
#VCF #VLR #VMware #Broadcom #vExpert
VCF 9.1 - Protection and Recovery no network
This morning I was deploying the new Protection and Recovery appliance for a customer. I decided to follow the vCenter deployment flow, filled in all the details in the ovf deployment wizard and waite...
brisk-it.net
September 24, 2026 at 9:30 AM
[🆕] - Bypassing Minimum Storage Pre-Check for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Lab Deployments williamlam.com/2026/09/bypa...
#VCF91
#VCF91
September 23, 2026 at 2:43 PM
[🆕] - Bypassing Minimum Storage Pre-Check for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Lab Deployments williamlam.com/2026/09/bypa...
#VCF91
#VCF91
[🆕] - Quick Tip - Improved NVMe Tiering Device Health Monitoring in VCF 9.1 williamlam.com/2026/09/quic...
#VCF91
#VCF91
September 22, 2026 at 1:33 PM
[🆕] - Quick Tip - Improved NVMe Tiering Device Health Monitoring in VCF 9.1 williamlam.com/2026/09/quic...
#VCF91
#VCF91
With the release of VCF 9.1.1, all current back-in-time releases now have path to #VCF91 🙌
vSphere 8.0U3J ✅
vSphere 8.0U3K ✅
VCF 5.2.4 ✅
VCF 9.0.2 ✅
☁️ VCF Upgrade Planner Tool ⚙️ vmware.github.io/vcf-upgrade-... has been updated w/the new flexible upgrade paths!
vSphere 8.0U3J ✅
vSphere 8.0U3K ✅
VCF 5.2.4 ✅
VCF 9.0.2 ✅
☁️ VCF Upgrade Planner Tool ⚙️ vmware.github.io/vcf-upgrade-... has been updated w/the new flexible upgrade paths!
September 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
With the release of VCF 9.1.1, all current back-in-time releases now have path to #VCF91 🙌
vSphere 8.0U3J ✅
vSphere 8.0U3K ✅
VCF 5.2.4 ✅
VCF 9.0.2 ✅
☁️ VCF Upgrade Planner Tool ⚙️ vmware.github.io/vcf-upgrade-... has been updated w/the new flexible upgrade paths!
vSphere 8.0U3J ✅
vSphere 8.0U3K ✅
VCF 5.2.4 ✅
VCF 9.0.2 ✅
☁️ VCF Upgrade Planner Tool ⚙️ vmware.github.io/vcf-upgrade-... has been updated w/the new flexible upgrade paths!
I will be presenting 90 min breakout session this morning w/Sushil Suvarna [CLOT1100LV] - Design & Architect: Private Cloud Deployment & Best Practices for #VCF91 🧠☁️
Heard Explore app says its full, show up early & hopefully you'll be! See you in about 1.5hrs
#VMwareExplore
Heard Explore app says its full, show up early & hopefully you'll be! See you in about 1.5hrs
#VMwareExplore
September 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I will be presenting 90 min breakout session this morning w/Sushil Suvarna [CLOT1100LV] - Design & Architect: Private Cloud Deployment & Best Practices for #VCF91 🧠☁️
Heard Explore app says its full, show up early & hopefully you'll be! See you in about 1.5hrs
#VMwareExplore
Heard Explore app says its full, show up early & hopefully you'll be! See you in about 1.5hrs
#VMwareExplore
🥳 #VCF91 has been officially certified by @nvidia as part of their NVIDIA-Certified Hypervisors program docs.nvidia.com/certificatio... 🙌
No surprise, but good to see the perf validation from NVIDIA "w/near bare metal performance for AI workloads" 🚀 blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
No surprise, but good to see the perf validation from NVIDIA "w/near bare metal performance for AI workloads" 🚀 blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
List of NVIDIA-Certified Hypervisors — NVIDIA-Certified Hypervisors Documentation
https://docs.nvidia.com/certification-programs/certified-hypervisors/latest/hypervisors-list.html#certification-track-x86-platforms🙌
August 27, 2026 at 4:46 PM
🥳 #VCF91 has been officially certified by @nvidia as part of their NVIDIA-Certified Hypervisors program docs.nvidia.com/certificatio... 🙌
No surprise, but good to see the perf validation from NVIDIA "w/near bare metal performance for AI workloads" 🚀 blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
No surprise, but good to see the perf validation from NVIDIA "w/near bare metal performance for AI workloads" 🚀 blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
[🆕] - Configuring OIDC with PKCE in Keycloak for VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) williamlam.com/2026/08/conf...
👊Thanks to both Codex/Gemini 🧠 for the debugging assist! 😅
#VCF91
👊Thanks to both Codex/Gemini 🧠 for the debugging assist! 😅
#VCF91
August 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
[🆕] - Configuring OIDC with PKCE in Keycloak for VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) williamlam.com/2026/08/conf...
👊Thanks to both Codex/Gemini 🧠 for the debugging assist! 😅
#VCF91
👊Thanks to both Codex/Gemini 🧠 for the debugging assist! 😅
#VCF91
[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - Understanding VCF Converge & Import Scenarios for vCenter Server Without NSX williamlam.com/2026/08/vcf-...
#VCF91
#VCF91
August 24, 2026 at 4:16 PM
[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - Understanding VCF Converge & Import Scenarios for vCenter Server Without NSX williamlam.com/2026/08/vcf-...
#VCF91
#VCF91
[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - Configuring Harbor to use VCF Identity Broker (IDB) for External Identity Federation williamlam.com/2026/08/vcf-...
#VCF91
#VCF91
August 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM
[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - Configuring Harbor to use VCF Identity Broker (IDB) for External Identity Federation williamlam.com/2026/08/vcf-...
#VCF91
#VCF91
Not many folks realize that ESXCLI can also be invoked remotely using the vSphere APIs (as well as through PowerCLI)
Great to see you can now install latest the #VCF91 version by just using pip across any platform (Windows, Linux & macOS) 👏
blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
Great to see you can now install latest the #VCF91 version by just using pip across any platform (Windows, Linux & macOS) 👏
blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
ESXCLI 9.1.0 GA: Simplified Installation, Modern Python Support, and Enhanced Security
For vSphere administrators and automation engineers, ESXCLI is one of the most fundamental utilities in the VMware management toolkit. It enables you to execute host management commands remotely again...
blogs.vmware.com
August 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Not many folks realize that ESXCLI can also be invoked remotely using the vSphere APIs (as well as through PowerCLI)
Great to see you can now install latest the #VCF91 version by just using pip across any platform (Windows, Linux & macOS) 👏
blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
Great to see you can now install latest the #VCF91 version by just using pip across any platform (Windows, Linux & macOS) 👏
blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
📣 Security Services Platform 5.2 is now GA!
With the recent Frontier AI Model attacks ... SSP is no longer nice to have, many orgs have added to their toolset to protect their infra.
Lots of 🆕 capabilities, like new 2-Node form factor! 👌
📔 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
#VCF91
With the recent Frontier AI Model attacks ... SSP is no longer nice to have, many orgs have added to their toolset to protect their infra.
Lots of 🆕 capabilities, like new 2-Node form factor! 👌
📔 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
#VCF91
Security Services Platform 5.2 Release Notes
techdocs.broadcom.com
August 12, 2026 at 10:52 PM
📣 Security Services Platform 5.2 is now GA!
With the recent Frontier AI Model attacks ... SSP is no longer nice to have, many orgs have added to their toolset to protect their infra.
Lots of 🆕 capabilities, like new 2-Node form factor! 👌
📔 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
#VCF91
With the recent Frontier AI Model attacks ... SSP is no longer nice to have, many orgs have added to their toolset to protect their infra.
Lots of 🆕 capabilities, like new 2-Node form factor! 👌
📔 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
#VCF91
[🆕] - Quick Tip: Reducing High CPU Utilization in VCF Automation (VCFA) on AMD Zen4/Zen5 CPUs williamlam.com/2026/08/quic...
🆒 🔥Tip from fellow colleague & reader of blog for those with AMD Zen4/Zen5 (Ryzen) CPUs 🙏
#VCF91
🆒 🔥Tip from fellow colleague & reader of blog for those with AMD Zen4/Zen5 (Ryzen) CPUs 🙏
#VCF91
August 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
[🆕] - Quick Tip: Reducing High CPU Utilization in VCF Automation (VCFA) on AMD Zen4/Zen5 CPUs williamlam.com/2026/08/quic...
🆒 🔥Tip from fellow colleague & reader of blog for those with AMD Zen4/Zen5 (Ryzen) CPUs 🙏
#VCF91
🆒 🔥Tip from fellow colleague & reader of blog for those with AMD Zen4/Zen5 (Ryzen) CPUs 🙏
#VCF91
For Lab purposes, single node Avi Load Balancer can help w/resources with both #VCF9 & #VCF91 using same workaround williamlam.com/2025/07/sing...
Just learned we now officially "support" single node deployment for small or edge environments as of v31.2.1 👏 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
Just learned we now officially "support" single node deployment for small or edge environments as of v31.2.1 👏 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
Single Node VMware Avi Load Balancer with VCF 9.0 & VCF 9.1
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 continues to support one of the most popular and powerful load balancer, VMware Avi Load Balancer. When you deploy a new VMware Avi Load Balancer within a given VC…
williamlam.com
August 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
For Lab purposes, single node Avi Load Balancer can help w/resources with both #VCF9 & #VCF91 using same workaround williamlam.com/2025/07/sing...
Just learned we now officially "support" single node deployment for small or edge environments as of v31.2.1 👏 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
Just learned we now officially "support" single node deployment for small or edge environments as of v31.2.1 👏 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
🙌 Great to see the popular k8s Dashboard ⛑️💡Headlamp now supported as a native vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) Add-on with VKS 3.7 blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
#VCF91
#VCF91
Headlamp as a VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service Add-on
Deploy Headlamp as a VKS add-on for a modern, extensible Kubernetes UI. Streamline monitoring, RBAC, and cluster management in VMware VKS.
blogs.vmware.com
August 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
🙌 Great to see the popular k8s Dashboard ⛑️💡Headlamp now supported as a native vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) Add-on with VKS 3.7 blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
#VCF91
#VCF91
[🆕] VCF 9.1 - Quick Tip: Optimized Workflow for Configuring Distributed Transit Gateway (DTGW) w/NSX Virtual Network Appliance (VNA) williamlam.com/2026/08/vcf-...
🙌 Definitely apperciate enhancement in #VCF91 not having to go to NSX to complete connectivity configs, vSphere UI FTW!
🙌 Definitely apperciate enhancement in #VCF91 not having to go to NSX to complete connectivity configs, vSphere UI FTW!
August 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
[🆕] VCF 9.1 - Quick Tip: Optimized Workflow for Configuring Distributed Transit Gateway (DTGW) w/NSX Virtual Network Appliance (VNA) williamlam.com/2026/08/vcf-...
🙌 Definitely apperciate enhancement in #VCF91 not having to go to NSX to complete connectivity configs, vSphere UI FTW!
🙌 Definitely apperciate enhancement in #VCF91 not having to go to NSX to complete connectivity configs, vSphere UI FTW!
August 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
August 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM