During a VCF 9 entitlement I had to do some basic health checks now and then because of some recurring purple screens which caused various issues in the customer’s PoC environment. VCF Automation and IDB had been deployed in HA mode as a 3 node cluster each. Besides using the VCF Operations dashboards and the …
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vExpert 2026
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! And of course congrats to all the returning and new vExperts. Keep on sharing knowledge with the #vCommunity! #VMware #Broadcom #BroadcomKnights
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 …
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 …
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…
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 …
VCF 5.2.1.1 – add VxRail VI WLD validation failed
We wanted to add a VxRail VI WLD because we had four VxRail Nodes in our demo environment that had become free. This time we wanted it do it the “new way” which is possible since Version 5.2 – using the SDDC Manager UI instead of the WFO script. During the addition of the VI …
VCF 5.2 – big launch day
After a few months of winter darkness, rain, even storm (over here in Germany) and mostly negative publicity because of the Broadcom acquisition of VMware we can finally see the light at the end of the (SDDC) tunnel. The summer is back and so is VMware – back with a big and shiny monster release! …
vExpert 2024
I am humbled and honored to have been named a vExpert again for 2024! Congratulations to all the other vExperts and to Corey Romero for taking excellent care of this unique program in these difficult times! #vexpert #vcommunity
vExpert 2023
Grateful to be selected again as a #vExpert! Thank you VMware! Thanks to the vExpert program & especially Corey Romero! #VMware #vExpert #vCommunity










