From Metal to Model: Broadcom’s Private AI Cloud Pitch at VMware Explore 2026
From agentic AI to private cloud, business needs are evolving fast. You come to protect. The threats are real, and the stakes are rising. You come to build,...
Zero Trust at the Air Gap: Introducing Airlock Depot
TL;DR Airlock Depot 2.0.0 is out and downloadable. It carries the Broadcom/VMware VCF depot across an air gap: a connected appliance syncs and scans, a dark-site appliance serves...
VCF 9.1 – The NSX KB Procedure That Locks You Out of the Thing It’s Protecting
We run NSX with Avi Load Balancer, and every so often the Avi Controller manages to lock the NSX admin account. Usually it is credential drift somewhere. The...
VCF 9.1: When the Compatibility Matrix Blocks the Documented Upgrade Path
This one started as a five minute question and turned into a full day. If you are planning a VCF 9.0.2 to 9.1 upgrade, the error below may...
VMSP Toolkit 2.0 — Assurance Edition
DISA Kubernetes STIG — 92 requirements 25 evaluated from evidence 67 not reviewed — and reported as such Most compliance tooling shows you the first number. The second...
VCF 9.1: A Failed OPS_LOGS Precheck and a Greyed-Out Upgrade Plan
Two unrelated-looking roadblocks turned up in the same afternoon while moving a VCF 9.0.2 environment to 9.1: a Log Management precheck that failed instantly with a 500, and...
VMSP Toolkit – Troubleshooting Appliance for VCF 9.1’s Management Services
If you’ve deployed VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, you’ve met the VCF Service Runtime — the Kubernetes cluster quietly running the entire management plane. Broadcom calls the platform underneath...
VKS Cluster Management Stuck in “Configuring” on VCF 9.0 — and the Disabled DFW Hiding Underneath
If you’ve enabled VKS cluster management on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 and the service just sits at Configuring forever, this one is for you. I had the VKS...
VMware Explore 2026: 5 Must-See Sessions for Doing More with VCF 9
VMware Explore is back in Las Vegas this year, running August 31 – September 3, 2026 at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center. The session catalog is live,...
Upgrade NVIDIA Mellanox Firmware for VCF 9
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 ships with ESX 9.1 and a tightly integrated NSX/vSAN stack, and that integration makes your NIC firmware matter more than it used to. RDMA...