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Introduction For more than twenty years, VMware has been the benchmark for data center virtualization. However, the landscape is shifting. Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware and the resulting licensing changes have prompted many IT teams to reassess their strategies. Rising costs…
Introduction Securing your virtualization environment is more critical than ever, especially as organizations increasingly rely on VMware vSphere and ESXi for core workloads. With VMware ESXi 8, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) has evolved to provide administrators with a powerful and…
In the last post in this series, we deployed the VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Installer & configured the offline depot. We can now proceed with the VCF 9 Deployment Wizard. Part 1 – Physical ESXi Host ConfigurationPart 2 – Deploying…
In the previous part of this VCF series, we ran through some basic prerequisites and deployed the embedded ESXi hostsThis is a multi-part post. You can find the index of all the posts here: Part 1 – Physical ESXi Host…
VCF 9 was announced in 2024 and became GA on 17th June 2025. Since then, the VMUG Advantage team has collaborated with Broadcom to offer complimentary VCF9 licenses to their members who pass the VCF Architect VCP exam. Most of us do not have large…
VMware vSphere 9.0 brings robust features for virtualization. Yet achieving top performance requires smart tweaks across hardware, hypervisor settings, and virtual machine configurations. Drawing from official guidance, this post highlights ten key practices to optimize your environment. These tips help…
Last year, VMware / Broadcom made VMware Workstation Pro free for all, including commercial and personal use. However, it’s always been a bit difficult to find the download links to install it. First, you don’t need any VMware or Broadcom subscriptions or…
When customers deploy their services in a Cloud Datacenter powered by VMware Cloud Director , they often want to use their own virtual firewall appliance, rather than using the Edge and Distributed firewall built into the NSX infrastructure. Many administrators prefer to…
Starting with version 7.0, the U2 update, the way some ESXi configuration files are saved has changed. One of these files was the ESXi user password. VMware (and more recently Broadcom) officially states that it is not possible to reset…
Exciting news for IT professionals! VMware by Broadcom has launched five brand-new certification exams based on Version 9 of the VMware Cloud Foundation platform. But this isn’t just a routine update—it marks a clear shift in VMware’s strategy under Broadcom’s…
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