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VCF full stack from October 2027 – myth or truth?
A myth that will not go away, and one VMware's competitors are happy to repeat: “from October 2027 a full-stack VCF implementation is mandatory”. It simply is not true.
2026-05-18 · posts/vcf-full-stack-ab-oktober-2027-mythos-oder-wahrheit.md · 282 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
Microsoft Secure Boot certificates expire in June 2026
Microsoft is refreshing the Secure Boot certificates originally issued in 2011, so Windows systems keep verifying trusted boot software. The old ones expire in June 2026.
2026-05-07 · posts/ms-secure-boot-cert-expiry-2026.md · 525 words · 3 min · yannick-gerber
VLR Appliance 9.0.4 – HBR-Agent can't be installed
You installed VLR Appliance 9.0.4 and it will not install the Host Based Replication Agent for ESX. If you run a vSAN stretched cluster, there is a workaround.
2025-12-12 · posts/how-to-vlr-9-0-4-bugfix.md · 263 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
Fix NSX to Re-Import ESX into VCF
If you stumble upon this blog chances are you are working on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x.
2025-10-11 · posts/how-to-fix-nsx-to-re-import-esx-into-vcf.md · 587 words · 3 min · dario-doerflinger
vSAN Witness Appliance 9.0
You have probably run into the same problem I did: a freshly deployed 9.0 Witness Appliance that ignores its configuration and reports an expired licence.
2025-09-15 · posts/how-to-vsan-witness-9-0.md · 187 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
Get Online Depot working in VCF 9
In VMware Cloud Foundation 9 we can configure a Online Depot to get access to the Binaries for the Management as well as the Instance Components.
2025-09-02 · posts/how-to-get-online-depot-working-in-vcf-9.md · 396 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
VCF Operations for Logs 9.0
You upgraded VCF Operations to 9.0, lost the link to VCF Operations for Logs, found there is no upgrade path for it, rebuilt it, and now want the connection back.
2025-08-22 · posts/how-to-vcf-ops-for-logs.md · 349 words · 2 min · daniel-stadelmann
DSM 9.0 – MS SQL as a Service
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 brought VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) 9.0 with it. Alongside many improvements, the largest new feature is support for Microsoft SQL Server (tech preview).
2025-06-26 · posts/dsm-9-0-mssql-support.md · 442 words · 2 min · yannick-gerber
ESX 9.0 NVMe Memory Tiering
The NVMe memory tiering feature in ESX lets local NVMe SSDs be used as RAM, so cheap NVMe devices carry workload memory instead of expensive DRAM.
2025-06-23 · posts/esx-90-nvme-memory-tiering.md · 567 words · 3 min · yannick-gerber
VCF and VVF 9.0 Installer – first look
The VMware Cloud Foundation Installer installs a VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation) or VVF (vSphere Foundation) infrastructure. It is the Cloud Builder's successor, and a considerably better one.
2025-06-23 · posts/vmware-cloud-foundation-90-installer.md · 361 words · 2 min · yannick-gerber
Create a password hash for vSphere Configuration Profile
Configuration Profiles have emerged as the modern successor to VMware's legacy Host Profiles, bringing enhanced automation and streamlined management to your vSphere environment.
2025-05-22 · posts/how-to-create-a-password-hash-for-vsphere-configuration-profile.md · 265 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
VMware Data Services Manager – DBaaS
VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) provisions databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and MinIO S3 buckets simply, and takes care of their lifecycle, backup, monitoring and alerting.
2025-02-03 · posts/vmware-data-services-manager.md · 508 words · 3 min · yannick-gerber
IaaS Control Plane – wrong NSX edge cluster for T1 placement
After upgrading an IaaS Control Plane environment to vSphere 8.0.3, the T1 SR instances of the vSphere namespaces stopped landing on the edge cluster they were meant to.
2024-12-04 · posts/iaas-control-plane-wrong-nsx-edge-cluster-for-t1-placement.md · 873 words · 4 min · matthias-grasmueck
VMware Private AI Foundation: we bring the AI to your data
VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA (PAIF-N) lets companies run AI workloads securely and efficiently on their own infrastructure.
2024-11-26 · posts/vmware-private-ai-foundation-intro.md · 1274 words · 6 min · yannick-gerber
IaaS Control Plane – API inaccessible
After upgrading the Supervisor cluster of our IaaS Control Plane platform to vSphere 8.0 Update 3, kubectl access to the Kubernetes clusters stopped working.
2024-11-12 · posts/iaas-control-plane-api-inaccessible.md · 951 words · 5 min · matthias-grasmueck
Working out the VCF core count for VCSP
As an existing VMware VCPP partner you now face joining a VCSP partner under a white-label model, unless you can deliver the 3500 cores yourself. We offer that white labelling.
2024-03-18 · posts/vcf-core-anzahl-ermitteln-fur-vcsp.md · 329 words · 2 min · daniel-stadelmann
Morpheus Cloud Management Platform
As a Morpheus partner with certified specialists on the team, we want to take a moment to show what Morpheus is and how it makes your life in your infrastructure easier.
2022-09-01 · posts/morpheus-cloud-management-plattform.md · 364 words · 2 min · uemit-senguel
Cloud on AWS
VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS) brings the familiar VMware infrastructure software straight into the AWS cloud.
2022-04-26 · posts/vmware-cloud-on-aws.md · 969 words · 5 min · dario-doerflinger
How to skip vSAN HCL Checks for ESXi Upgrades
A short blog about how one can disable vSAN HCL Checks in VCF SDDC manager.
2021-10-08 · posts/vmware-cloud-foundation-how-to-skip-vsan-hcl-checks-for-esxi-upgrades.md · 417 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger