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VCF 9 – mega launch day

As of today, VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 is generally available. In the next weeks I will try to post some blogs about my VCF 9 experience, but first I want to collect and share some of the most interesting links on this page. Announcement (Replay)Broadcom Delivers the Modern Private Cloudhttps://www.thecube.net/events/broadcom/modern-private-cloud Press ReleaseBroadcom Delivers the Modern …

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Broadcom Knight

Absolutely stunned! Only one day after I have been accepted to the VMware #vExpert #VCF subprogram, I have been knighted by Broadcom! 🎉 I cannot express in this way how honored and grateful I feel. Definitely a huge thank you to Richard Carlson, Michael Rankin, Curtis Gunderson and the Knights program team for rewarding me with …

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vExpert VCF 2025

Extremely honored to be recognized as a #vExpert for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)! Many thanks to Corey Romero and the #vCommunity. Can’t wait to share some #VCF9 content soon…

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vExpert 2025

I am very honored to receive the #vExpert badge for the fifth year in a row! This recognition is a testament to what continues to be an incredible #vCommunity. Thank you to #VMware for this prestigious award and congratulations to all the other vExperts. Here’s to another year of collaboration, innovation and pushing boundaries in …

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VCF 5.2.1 – SDDC Manager update is stuck

If you are updating the SDDC Manager from 5.2 to 5.2.1 in a strictly firewall secured environment where only a few, officially vendor documented URLs are allowed for outgoing traffic then you can possibly run into the same issue as we did. During the SDDC Manager update the process is stuck in the step “Refresh …

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Enable vLCM in VxRail Cluster

The vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) will not only be the “default” Lifecycle Manager for VCF, but will also be increasingly integrated into VxRail environments and work hand in hand with the VxRail LCM. As of VxRail 8.0.210, vLCM supports additional functions that can shorten the update process: In this post I want to demonstrate how …

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