VCF 9.1: Fixing “Hot migration is disabled in vmkernel” and Making It Stick
This one caught me in the lab while I was moving VMs off a management domain host ahead of some maintenance. vMotion failed almost instantly, and vCenter gave…
Automating Let’s Encrypt Certificates on VMware Avi Load Balancer with Cloudflare DNS
This is a community script, not something Broadcom supports. Run it against the Let's Encrypt staging environment first and make sure you understand what it does before you…
VCF 9.1.1: One Host, One NFS Cluster, and a Validator That Wouldn’t Budge
Changing the host minimum for an SDDC Manager cluster is not supported by Broadcom. Everything in this post modifies SDDC Manager bytecode to get around a check the…
From Metal to Model: Broadcom’s Private AI Cloud Pitch at VMware Explore 2026
That was the opening montage at VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas, and it turned out to be a decent table of contents. What followed was ninety minutes…
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…
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,…
Omnissa Horizon 2603 – Deleting / Cleaning Up Orphaned VMs / Templates
Tonight's topic is one I keep running into, and 2603 didn't change the behavior, so it's worth a fresh write-up. The scenario: I deleted an Instant Clone pool…
VMware Explore 2026: A No-Hype Field Guide for VCF Practitioners
VMware Explore 2026 runs August 31 – September 3 at The Venetian in Las Vegas, and for once the calendar is working in our favor. VCF 9.1 went…
VCF 9.1: Past the AI Hype, a Solid Maturity Release
Broadcom announced VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 on May 5th, 2026, and the messaging across the press release and the dozen-plus supporting blog posts all converges on the same…
VCF 9.0 U1 Upgrade Stuck? Fix the DNS Error on Your Edge Nodes!
Are you hitting a roadblock during your VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Update 1 upgrade due to a DNS configuration issue? You're not alone! Many administrators are encountering the…