Wild!

Software Supply Chain attacks will only increase, especially in this day and age with AI 😞

videocardz.com/newz/popular...

[🆕] - Automating VCF 9.0 Single Sign-On (SSO) with OIDC-based Identity Provider williamlam.com/2026/04/auto...

👇15 seconds to complete E2E VCF SSO Configuration! This can easily take several minutes, with ton of clicky-click 🙌

#VCF9

👌 Nice summary changelog for all #VCF9 APIs! 👇

techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...

There's also one for PowerCLI techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...

My AI tool usage has grown over time. Current snapshot:

🧠 General Knowledge / Search
Combo of ChatGPT & Gemini

🧑‍💻 Work (Scripting / Coding)
Cursor (Model=Auto), enjoying code assist w/context

💻 Personal (Scripting / Coding)
VS Code w/Co-Pilot (Model=Claude), latest addition

[🆕] - Automating Lab Optimizations for Post-Deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) williamlam.com/2026/04/auto...

☝️Finally found some time to automate (did old fashion way, no AI was used) a few tweaks for lab deployments of #VCF9

#VCF9 documentation was recently updated to help clarify that VCF Automation (VCFA) is an optional component as part of Day-0 & can be deployed as Day-N (optional). Regardless of VCFA being deployed, you will always have ability to deploy VKS workloads!

techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...

Linux kernel developers have some interesting sense of humor 🤣

[🆕] - Maximizing vSAN ESA Performance on Minisforum MS-A2 williamlam.com/2026/03/maxi...

👆A MUST read if you're owner of an MS-A2!

🧠 Learned a ton from Nicholas Wilson (Broadcom)! 🙏

#VCF9

For Synology users - If you need to perform bulk DNS updates, go to /var/packages/DNSServer/target/named/etc/zone/master & update forward/reverse zones.

Its even faster/better when you ask AI to create entries based on your requirements, less typing and avoiding DNS mistakes 😁

Some friends just sent me a new toy to try out … now just need to find time! 😅

#VCF9

2 out the 3 990 Pro's have arrived ... I'm really regretting not spending a bit more 6 months back to get these or even Enterprise grade NVMe drives at 1/3 to 1/2 the cost it is today! 😩

VCF 9.0 Delivers 5.6X Pod Density and 4.9X Faster Pod Readiness than Red Hat OpenShift A recent independent study, conducted by Principled Technologies, compared Kubernetes pod density and pod readiness speed between two environments – VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 with vSphere Kube...

The ESX scheduler has been ruthlessly optimized for 2 decades packing VMs on same HW, delivering 🚀 perf!

Workloads evolve, ESX continues to enable organizations to run MORE (5.6x) & FASTER (4.9x) app readiness than others! 👏 Work to ESX & VKS teams!

blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...

Fake Samsung 990 PRO SSD is getting harder to distinguish from the real drive - VideoCardz.com Fake Samsung 990 PRO SSD reaches 7.2 GB/s read, but it fails in real-world test Here's how to check if your new drive is genuine.  Japanese AKIBA PC

🤬 Oh man ... a new low, taking advantage of the high storage prices! I was just looking at some 990 Pro as well ...

videocardz.com/newz/fake-sa...

My pre-workout this morning with some HCIBench😆

Broadcom donates Velero to CNCF — and it could reshape how Kubernetes users handle backup and disaster recovery Broadcom VMware donates Velero to CNCF sandbox, expands VKS 3.6 with open-source integrations, new CNI options, and QD profiles for AI and database workloads.

👏 Just like Harbor, the defacto OSS Container Registry solution for the Kubernetes eco-system, VMware & now Broadcom continues to lead in OSS contributions to K8s community by donating Velero (Backup/DR framework for k8s) to the CNCF 🥳

thenewstack.io/broadcom-vel...

I hear everyone wants more Tokens ... I've got an idea #IYKYK 😅

[🆕] - Creating Custom Virtual Machine Classes using vSphere API williamlam.com/2026/03/crea...

#VCF9

Nothing like finding and fixing some 🐞 with Engr on Sat morning! Always learning new things and hopefully helping make our VCF solution more robust! 💪

[🆕] - VCF Installer Deploying VVF Components with VCF Entitlements williamlam.com/2026/03/vcf-...

#VCF9

Always get distracted when deploying a new vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) Cluster ... I need to make sure its operationally ready for the Platform Engr team 😅 🕹️👾

This might need to be a new Supervisor Service 😆

#VCF9

🔥🆕 Updated Technical Whitepapers for Microsoft workloads on VCF💪

🔸SQL Server Failover Cluster on #VCF9 www.vmware.com/docs/mssql-f...
🔹SQL Server on VCF www.vmware.com/docs/archite...
🔸SQL Server HA on VCF www.vmware.com/docs/archite...
🔹Active Directory on VCF www.vmware.com/docs/active-...

[🆕] - Simplify License Management across VCF Operations Fleet & Standalone Deployment for Monitoring williamlam.com/2026/03/simp...

#VCF9

[🆕] - Automated Initial Configuration of VCF Operations 9 using CASA API williamlam.com/2026/03/auto...

#VCF9

[🆕] - Automated Deployment of VCF Operations 9 OVA williamlam.com/2026/02/auto...

#VVF9 #VCF9

Just finished upgraded to Fusion Pro 25H2! 👌

GitHub - vmware/vsphere-supervisor Contribute to vmware/vsphere-supervisor development by creating an account on GitHub.

🧠 Just learned about this awesome vSphere Supervisor resource for configuring Air-Gapped env, Ports & Protocols to Troubleshooting & more!

Whether you're deploying vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), DB, Private AI or Network Services, must bookmark! 🔖

github.com/vmware/vsphe...

🆕 VMware Workstation & Fusion 25H2u1 releases! 🥳

💻Workstation:

📔https://lnkd.in/ggvRp-nU
💿 lnkd.in/gw4GK8Pm

🖥️ Fusion:

📔https://lnkd.in/g-U4mHN6
💿https://lnkd.in/gQqdvmm7

JFYI - New KB knowledge.broadcom.com/external/art... to address VvsCompatibilityController controller failed with error message : Invalid VMwareProductVersion which was due to invalid VVS entry (change has been reverted but in case you're seeing it, quick workaround)

#VCF9

VCF 9.0 Server Certification: Preserving Your Hardware Investment and giving the best ROI Executive Summary VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 is designed to enable customers to modernize their cloud infrastructure, and part of that design is doing so without forcing unnecessary hardware re...

🔥📰 Check out this blog post for more details regarding some of the changes for #VCF9 Server Hardware Certification, especially for those with certified 8.x Hardware!

blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...

📢 VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2.3 is now available!

📔techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf...

💿 support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/pr...