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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
vSphere 7 retires: end of support in October 2025
It is now definitely time to say goodbye to vSphere 7. Security updates and support end on 2 October 2025.
2025-06-05 · posts/announcing-end-of-support-life-for-vsphere-7-0.md · 120 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
Renew the STS Signing Root Certificate in vCenter
I recently had a call from a customer that received multiple alerts about their ESXi Hosts certificate was about to expire.
2025-05-23 · posts/how-to-renew-the-sts-signing-root-certificate-in-vcenter.md · 357 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
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
HPE VM Essentials – Part 2
Part 1 covered where VME stood in mid-February. A few weeks on, a fair amount has changed, and we built a three-node VME cluster in our lab.
2025-05-06 · posts/hpe-vm-essentials-part-2.md · 578 words · 3 min · patrick-pletscher
Broadcom Download Token
From now on your vCenter or SDDC Manager needs a unique token. Without it, from the end of April 2025, no patches for VMware software will download any more.
2025-04-14 · posts/how-to-broadcom-download-token.md · 176 words · 1 min · daniel-stadelmann
soulTec reaches the highest Omnissa partner status
We have reached Platinum, the highest partner status in the newly introduced Omnissa partner programme.
2025-04-01 · posts/soultec-ag-erreicht-hochsten-omnissa-partnerstatus.md · 599 words · 3 min · michael-steg
HPE VM Essentials – Part 1
HPE's own hypervisor, HPE VM Essentials, has been available in Europe since mid-February. Through the Morpheus Data acquisition, HPE has a proven KVM-based hypervisor.
2025-02-26 · posts/hpe-vm-essentials-part1.md · 631 words · 3 min · patrick-pletscher
An overview of Omnissa Horizon for Citrix customers
A guide for Citrix administrators who want to understand how Horizon is put together, and how its components map onto a Citrix environment.
2025-01-31 · posts/ubersicht-omnissa-horizon-fur-citrix-kunden.md · 1756 words · 9 min · michael-steg
Leaving Citrix behind, with Omnissa Horizon and soulTec
Wondering how to move off your existing Citrix environment without interrupting operations? More and more of our customers are looking at it because Citrix keeps getting more expensive.
2025-01-24 · posts/wie-du-citrix-hinter-dir-lasst-mit-omnissa-horizon-und-soultec-den-perfekten-umstieg-meistern.md · 737 words · 4 min · michael-steg
Securing the Horizon connection – part 2
Part 1 covered how locked.properties secures the connection between Horizon Connection Servers and clients, mainly through balancedHost. There are cases where that causes trouble.
2024-12-11 · posts/how-to-horizon-verbindung-absichern-teil-2.md · 305 words · 2 min · raphael-thommen
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
Free for everyone – VMware Fusion and Workstation
Homelab enthusiasts, students and commercial users: VMware has made Fusion and Workstation free for everyone.
2024-11-13 · posts/kostenlos-fur-alle-vmware-fusion-und-workstation.md · 295 words · 1 min · michael-steg
Unrecognized requests in the Horizon Console XML API log
The Horizon Console dashboard shows a warning about unrecognized requests on the XML API protocol connection. Usually these have no direct effect on user sessions.
2024-09-14 · posts/unrecognized-requests-xml-api.md · 326 words · 2 min · raphael-thommen
NVIDIA L40s: Horizon cannot provision desktop pools with vGPU profiles
A customer recently bought several NVIDIA L40s cards to extend their Horizon environment. Provisioning failed for every desktop pool using an L40s vGPU profile.
2024-07-17 · posts/nvidia-l40s-horizon-provisioning-error.md · 412 words · 2 min · raphael-thommen
Broadcom Support Portal – Quick Links
A collection of links into the Broadcom Support Portal, so you get to the right product download or the right portal quickly.
2024-06-19 · posts/how-to-broadcom-support-portal-quick-links.md · 132 words · 1 min · yannick-gerber
Securing the Horizon connection – part 1
Recent Horizon releases tighten the connections between agents and connection servers. Several of those settings are driven by the locked.properties file.
2024-05-08 · posts/how-to-horizon-verbindung-absichern.md · 329 words · 2 min · raphael-thommen
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
End of support for the classic Teams client in VDI
The classic Teams client in VDI reaches end of support on 30 June 2024. This guide covers installing the new client in a VDI.
2024-02-05 · posts/supportende-classic-teams-client-in-vdi.md · 616 words · 3 min · raphael-thommen
redfishlib.cpp:264 :: In executeRedfishCall()
On a current project we run vSphere Lifecycle Manager together with HPE OneView and HPE OneView for vCenter, so a cluster image can carry the firmware as well.
2024-01-31 · posts/redfishlib-cpp264-in-executeredfishcall.md · 293 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Block specific Notifications in Windows 10 & 11
In a VDI environment there is nothing more irritating for a user than getting the same notifications and popups at every logon, none of which interest them.
2023-09-10 · posts/block-specific-notifications-in-windows-10-11.md · 280 words · 1 min · raphael-thommen
Install vCenter without DNS
A lot of people believe you cannot install vCenter without a DNS server in the environment. Not quite. It is not ideal, but it works.
2023-06-19 · posts/how-to-install-vcenter-without-dns.md · 314 words · 2 min · marco-mattei
Build your own Homelab – Part 2
In this installment, I will walk you through the initial steps of configuring the basic infrastructure required for my nested vSphere homelab with NSX and Tanzu.
2023-05-08 · posts/how-to-build-your-own-homelab-part-2.md · 785 words · 4 min · marco-mattei
Workspace ONE security standards
VMware has raised the security standards of Workspace ONE. For military, federal and government bodies, and for insurers and banks, this is an essential requirement of their IT.
2023-05-02 · posts/workspaceone-sicherheitsstandards.md · 976 words · 5 min · michael-steg
VCSA IP Change
Have you ever thought about moving your ESXi servers into a different network segment? Reconnecting a host after an IP change can take up to 30 minutes. It does not have to.
2023-01-10 · posts/vcsa-ip-change.md · 311 words · 2 min · norbert-hamm
VMware Workspace ONE UEM Cloud 2206
VMware Workspace ONE UEM Cloud 2206 has been available to shared SaaS customers since 26 July 2022, and the rollout for shared SaaS environments is complete.
2022-09-06 · posts/vmware-workspace-one-uem-cloud-2206.md · 382 words · 2 min · michael-steg
VM News Collector 1.0
A new fling to keep up to date On January 4th 2022 VMware has released a new Fling: VM News Collector.
2022-01-11 · posts/vmware-vm-news-collector.md · 171 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
vSphere Update 3 releases withdrawn
VMware has withdrawn all vSphere 7.0 Update 3 releases.
2021-11-19 · posts/vmware-vsphere-update-3-releases-withdrawn.md · 208 words · 1 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
vSphere 6.5 Update 1
A couple of days ago VMware released version 6.5 Update 1 for some of their products: vCenter Server: Link ESXi: Link, Link to HPE Custom Image Site Recovery Manager (SRM): Link I was waiting for
2017-07-31 · posts/vmware-releases-6-5-update-1.md · 334 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Cannot power on VMs after deleting resource pools
One of my colleagues had a problem the other night. He was called to troubleshoot a VMware View environment which was not running as expected.
2017-07-27 · posts/cannot-power-on-view-vms-after-deleting-resource-pools.md · 164 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Backing up Fault-Tolerance protected VMs (the operation is not supported on the object)
How to get rid of the error “the operation is not supported on the object”
2017-07-25 · posts/backing-up-fault-tolerance-protected-vms-the-operation-is-not-supported-on-the-object.md · 257 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger
Automating VM Shutdown triggered by USV
So another customer had a requirement. They want their USV to trigger a script that moves all VMs from one datacenter to the other datacenter in case of a power failure.
2017-07-21 · posts/powercli-automating-vm-shutdown-triggered-by-usv.md · 409 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
New Fling: DRS Lens
I have always been a fan of the VMware Flings. There have been some great Flings in the past that eventually made it into VMware's products.
2017-07-19 · posts/new-vmware-fling-drs-lens.md · 488 words · 2 min · dario-doerflinger
Problems with a restored VM: Invalid IDs in the Snapshot Files
Recently we've had the pleasure to restore a Database-VM from the most recent Backup because one of my coworkers accidentally deleted a vital .vmdk File on the datastore..
2014-11-21 · posts/problems-with-a-restored-vm-invalid-ids-in-the-snapshot-files.md · 261 words · 1 min · dario-doerflinger