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Your VCF Upgrade: What to Keep, What to…
Your VCF Upgrade: What to Keep, What to Replace, and Where to Start Your VCF Upgrade: What to Keep, What to… Moving to VMware Cloud Foundation doesn’t have to mean starting from scratch. But how do you decide what to keep, what to retire, and where to begin? Recorded at VMware Explore 2026, Pete Flecha…
Architecting Governed Agentic AI: The Broadcom…
Autonomous AI agents are transforming enterprise workflows, but they bring a new set of security challenges that traditional controls weren’t designed to solve. Unlike conventional apps, agents can discover tools, delegate tasks, and trigger workflows independently. Securing them requires more than just model guardrails or static API scopes—it requires a dedicated runtime control plane. Our…
Modern Automation with VMware Cloud Foundation…
Modern Automation with VMware Cloud Foundation Part 1: Push-Button Infrastructure Provisioning Modern Automation with VMware Cloud Foundation… In a former life, I successfully automated ESX rollouts, livestock-style in what we’d call a “vSphere only” environment. The project was to automate the process of ESX bare-metal host provisioning: storage zoning, bare metal installation, ESX configuration, vCenter…
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VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1 Poster
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1 Poster If you love technical & informative VMware posters (and missed this), here’s the newest VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2.x Poster! Broadcom Social Media Advocacy
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Aria Operations 8.18 HF5 _ brockpeterson.com
Aria Operations 8.18 HF5 _ brockpeterson.com Aria Operations 8.18 HF5 just dropped this morning, fixing a few bugs and addressing several VMSAs/CVEs, go get it here! You can apply it locally via the admin UI or via the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager. In this blog, I’ll apply it locally. I’m applying this to an 8.18.3…
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Important Update: Changes to How You Download…
Important Update: Changes to How You Download VMware Software Binaries Important Update: Changes to How You Download… At Broadcom, we want to ensure customers and channel partners can access our latest software in a secure and reliable manner. Starting March 24, 2025, there will be an important change to how you download VMware software binaries…
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My Experience about the VCP-VCF Architect Exam (2V0-13.24)
The exam encompasses a combination of VCP and vCAP design model questions, focusing on various components of VCF, such as the VCF Architecture model, VCF Availability, Manageability, Performance, Recoverability, and Security (AMPRS). It also delves into VCF Components Capacity Planning, Disaster Recovery, Scalability, vSAN, NSX networking, vLCM, Aria Operations sizing, Aria Automation lease policy, vRA…
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VCP-VCF with VMUG Advantage now ready to unlock…
Looking for your Home Lab Licenses to run either vSphere Standard Edition or VCF? This article should give you what you need to know to make this happen. VCP-VCF with VMUG Advantage now ready to unlock vSphere Standard Edition or VCF! VCP-VCF with VMUG Advantage now ready to unlock… Looking for your Home Lab Licenses…
