Jonathan(@[email protected])

Sysadmin / #vExpert / #OmnissaTechInsider / PC Enthusiast /

[Jonathan(@[email protected]) @jonesxcli]

Home Lab 4 node vSAN deployment using Hades Canyon NUCs. Thanks @lamw @VMUGAdv @VMware #homelab https://t.co/5fsgNhuurl

[William Lam @lamw]

🆕 Update to the #VCF Agentic AI Hub Fling v0.2.0 w/MCP servers for following:

🌐 NSX
💾 vSAN
📝 Log Management
🛜 VCF Ops for Network

📔 RN & 💿 DL 👉 https://t.co/uZIZ3OEiKC

[Erik @erikgraa]

Blog post for a new PowerShell module to test BGP and BFD connectivity, PowerBGP!

In the post are experiments with #Cisco IOS-XE, #VMware NSX and #Mikrotik RouterOS.

#MVPBuzz #PowerShell #Terraform

https://t.co/yVsN1NQTq5

[Pete Koehler @vmpete]

New whitepaper. Learn what vSAN topologies are supported and recommended for VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) across your VCF 9.1.1 environment.

https://t.co/yOtcAKtXYv

[William Lam @lamw]

📢 Those using vSAN w/SMB file services & upgrading from 9.0.x, there's 🆕 vSAN File Services patch to resolve access failure. This version replaces prior 9.1.x vers (which have been removed)

📔https://t.co/fjNns7STty

💿 https://t.co/QqqR9EhOtv ( 👉Drivers & Tools)

#VCF911

[⍼ John Nicholson ⍼ @Lost_Signal]

New Release of:
https://t.co/QnKkYyPcl4

1. Major improvements in @Lenovo converage (Security scanning beefed up a lot).
2. Improved UI elements.

[William Lam @lamw]

🛳️ VKS 3.8 is now available! Check out RN for what's new including support for k8s 1.37, in-place upgrade policies & support for new #VCF911 VLAN-backed VPC to just name a few 🎉

📔 https://t.co/vPXQudr6Q6

JFYI - VKS 3.8 support has also been added to VCF Upgrade Planner Tool!

[William Lam @lamw]

JFYI - #VCF components do NOT use PHP and is NOT affected by yesterdays vulnerability disclosure: CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619

https://t.co/Thxr63l9Kv

[vZeroG 📡 @vZeroG]

Protecting #ActiveDirectory with #VCF:
https://t.co/ceWYFTWjQK
#vExpert

[⍼ John Nicholson ⍼ @Lost_Signal]

My love, hate, hate relationship with Redfish has come together and shipped something.

* Inventory and cable match bare metal servers/Switches running any OS.
* HCL check server chassis, CPU, NICs, firmware for 9.x upgrades.
* a lot more...

https://t.co/QnKkYyPcl4

[William Lam @lamw]

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - OCuLink External Graphics (eGPU) Dock with integrated PSU for GPU Passthrough with VKS https://t.co/vBp0hI5u1q

#VCF911 💪🤖🧠

[William Lam @lamw]

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Single ESX Host for VCF Fleet, VCF Workload Domain or VCF Cluster https://t.co/GOuN8drsJV

👇 Non-Prod ofc 😅

Single Host VCF Fleet ✅
Single Host VCF Instance ✅
Single Host VCF Workload Domain ✅
Single Host VCF Cluster ✅

#VCF91 #VCF911

[William Lam @lamw]

[🆕] - Bypassing Minimum Unique Flows & Metric Collection Period for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Lab Deployments https://t.co/KyrbNwVOkt

👆Couple more handy workarounds for playing w/vDefend SSP in Lab/PoC environment 😎

#VCF91

[William Lam @lamw]

Just refreshed my VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 in a Box Repo https://t.co/I1mHAWawTn with latest #VCF911 updates including:

💻 Automated ESX Kickstart Configs w/AMD Ryzen Tweaks
⚙️ VCF Deployment 1, 2 & 3 Host JSON samples (TEP & TEPLESS)
💰 Detailed BOM

[William Lam @lamw]

📣 1st #VCF 9.1.1.0100 EP has been released for following commponents:

* Fleet LCM
* SDDC LCM
* VCF Automation
* VCD Migration Engine

📔 Release Notes https://t.co/vCdsJ5wA2B

📊 VCF Upgrade Planner https://t.co/eSMQfcUtXt has been updated w/new release

[⍼ John Nicholson ⍼ @Lost_Signal]

A reminder, some ideas are so bad we should't have to write a KB saying they are not supported.

https://t.co/YvgAzZlMir

[Ariel Sanchez Mora @arielsanchezmor]

Excellent blog post by William - this is a great way to test Local AI models in VMware!

#VMware #PrivateAI

[William Lam @lamw]

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Enabling the the new AI Assistant for VCF in VCF Operations https://t.co/0WJhTkhArI

☝️Lots of potential for Admin efficiency with bringing AI 🧠🤖 into VCF Operations, which has all your Infaa context! ✨

#VCF911

[William Lam @lamw]

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Reducing CPU Utilization on AMD Ryzen Zen4/Zen5 by Masking the RDSEED Instruction https://t.co/Hv87wTs7xf

#VCF911

[William Lam @lamw]

🙌 Couple of nice post #VMwareExplore Announcements! 🥳

🔸VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) & VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1.1 is now GA https://t.co/huzZI6Vvbl

🔹vCloud Director 10.6.2 (adds support for VCF 9.1.1) https://t.co/CUvbjudlPF

#VCF911

[Corey Romero, Former Sr. Community Manager @vCommunityGuy]

It’s been a pleasure serving the #vExpert and #VMware community for the past 19 years. Thank you to everyone who has been active in the past and present in the community. My last day is at Broadcom is Nov 1st.