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[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Single ESX Host for VCF Fleet, VCF Workload Domain or VCF Cluster williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-... 👇 Non-Prod ofc 😅 Single Host VCF Fleet ✅ Single Host VCF Instance ✅ Single Host VCF Workload Domain ✅ Single Host VCF Cluster ✅ #VCF91 #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

[🆕] - Bypassing Minimum Unique Flows & Metric Collection Period for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Lab Deployments williamlam.com/2026/09/bypa... 👆Couple more handy workarounds for playing w/vDefend SSP in Lab/PoC environment 😎 #VCF91

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

[🆕] - PowerShell Module for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Installer Configuration and Instance Deployment williamlam.com/2026/09/powe... #VCF91

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

[🆕] - Bypassing Minimum Storage Pre-Check for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Lab Deployments williamlam.com/2026/09/bypa... #VCF91

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just refreshed my VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 in a Box Repo github.com/lamw/vcf-91-... 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

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've been using Codex to help debug my #VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) setup, especially since I saw inconsistent perf when running GPU inside of MS-A2 ... Turns out thermal throttling was cause, Codex helped w/benchmark & I recently learned about MTP = 31 toks/ 💪

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New toy just arrived for my #VCF911 lab deployment 😎

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

[🆕] - Quick Tip - Improved NVMe Tiering Device Health Monitoring in VCF 9.1 williamlam.com/2026/09/quic... #VCF91

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Time to update my #VCF911 lab env with the latest EP After refreshing the metadata, you'll see an available update, select new Fleet LCM version and upgrade to begin!

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

1-Liner using VCFDT 9.1.1 (supports --latest flag) to pull latest #VCF911 install binaries w/EPs vcf-download-tool binaries list --depot-download-activation-code-file ~/vcf_activation_code.txt --sku=VCF --vcf-version=9.1.1.0 --type=INSTALL --automated-install --latest

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

1-Liner using VCFDT 9.1.1 (supports --latest) flag to pull #VCF911 EP1 component patches vcf-download-tool binaries list --depot-download-activation-code-file ~/vcf_activation_code.txt --sku=VCF --vcf-version=9.1.1.0 --type=UPGRADE --patches-only --latest

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

[🆕] - Using VCF Download Tool (VCFDT) with a Kerberos-Authenticated HTTPS Proxy williamlam.com/2026/09/usin... #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📣 1st #VCF 9.1.1.0100 EP has been released for following commponents: * Fleet LCM * SDDC LCM * VCF Automation * VCD Migration Engine 📔 Release Notes techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... 📊 VCF Upgrade Planner vmware.github.io/vcf-upgrade-... has been updated w/new release

techdocs.broadcom.com

Patch Releases 9.1.1.x

Patch releases provide time-sensitive fixes to security and catastrophic issues, impacting business operations, that need to be released between major, minor, and maintenance releases. You can pick an...

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Setting up HTTPS Proxy w/Kerberos Auth ... Sunday-Funday? 🤔 😂

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

😎 Just some ⚙️ Automation I asked my 🤖 AI to write ... definitely beats clicky clicking 😆 #VCF911 x #SSP52 🤙

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

JFYI - For those playing with #VCF911 Private AI Services (PAIS) or just experimenting with running local LLM models, check out this neat little app that I recently came across huggingface.co/spaces/Local... which helps identify models that can run your desired HW (CPU/GPU/Mac) as input

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Connecting Pi Coding Agent to VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-... 🙌 Have your own Agentic AI experience using AI models 🤖🧠 that you can run within your on-prem env! #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Once VCF SSO is configured ✅ We can create new vCenter Linked Group in VCF Operations (Admin>Config>Linking) & select vCenter Server(s) you want to see & manage in the vSphere UI! 🙌 Definitely don't miss ELM #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

❤️ Simplicity of VCF SSO ... just finished deploying a new Workload Domain, single check box & its now federated w/my configured External IdP👌 If you had MFA configured on your IdP, when you login to vCenter or NSX, you'll be prompted based on policy from your org! #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

[🆕] - Quick Tip - Automating vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2.0 Installer OVA Deployment williamlam.com/2026/09/quic... 👆1st step in rolling out the latest vDefend SSP 5.2 in my #VCF911 lab! 😅

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

📣 KB 455842 knowledge.broadcom.com/external/art... is now LIVE which has the post-upgrade script for Adopting the Reduced VCF Management Services (VCFMS) Footprint after upgrading to #VCF911 williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-...

knowledge.broadcom.com

Reducing footprint of VCF management services cluster that is only hosting Day 0 component

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Simplified vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) using VLAN-Backed VPCs without NSX Tunnel Endpoints (TEPs) williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-... ☝️Its great to see core capabilities like VPC become even more accessible to env w/certain network constraints! 🙌 #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Using AI to debug AI 🧠🤖😎 Thank Astra! ✨ 🌡️ Looks like GPU is running tad bit 🥵 was hoping compact MS-A2 form factor could keep cool even w/external fan

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just updated my VMware Explore 2026 Session URL repo with Top 🔟 by Views 📺 github.com/lamw/vmware-...

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

JFYI: I don't have fancy HCL HW I'm using to play with latest #VCF911 capabilities ... I heavily depend on NVMe Tiering (1:2 ratio) & flexibility of VCF to allow me to deploy & use vSAN ✅ NSX VPC ✅ VKS ✅ Private AI ✅ & much more! 🙌 See Explore Breakout #CLOB1613LV tips

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Using VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) Models with AI Assistant for VCF williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-... ☝️Supports both ☁️ Cloud & 🏢 Local AI Models 👌 #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Deploying Your Own AI Models with VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) 3.0 williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-... #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) ships with 3 x Model Engines: vLLM, LlamaCPP & Infinity Just learned the default version of LlamaCPP is only for CPU-based models, doesn't include GPU accelerator. With that said, users can easily override engine w/server-cuda 👍 #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Setting up VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) using Artifact Mirroring Tool (AMT) for Air-Gapped Environments williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-... #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ICYMI: VMware Explore 2026 Breakout Recordings have all been published 📺🧠🧑‍💻 They're 🆓 to watch, no registration/logins required this year 🙌 You can find nice summary of all sessions on my Github repo: github.com/lamw/vmware-...

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GitHub - lamw/vmware-explore-2026-session-urls: VMware Explore 2026 Session URLs

VMware Explore 2026 Session URLs. Contribute to lamw/vmware-explore-2026-session-urls development by creating an account on GitHub.

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

📣 🆕 VCF 9.0.2.0300 Express Patches (EPs): 🔸VCF Automation techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... 🔹VCF Operations Orchestrator techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... 🔸VCF Operations Fleet Management techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... 🔹VCF Identity Broker techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...

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VCF Automation 9.0.2.0300 Release Notes

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Enabling the the new AI Assistant for VCF in VCF Operations williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-... ☝️Lots of potential for Admin efficiency with bringing AI 🧠🤖 into VCF Operations, which has all your Infaa context! ✨ #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

With the release of VCF 9.1.1, all current back-in-time releases now have path to #VCF91 🙌 vSphere 8.0U3J ✅ vSphere 8.0U3K ✅ VCF 5.2.4 ✅ VCF 9.0.2 ✅ ☁️ VCF Upgrade Planner Tool ⚙️ vmware.github.io/vcf-upgrade-... has been updated w/the new flexible upgrade paths!

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Apparently some AIs ⛔🧠🤖 are down this morning ... make sure you still remember how to do it the "old fashion way" ... guess this shows the bears the REAL impact of AI 😂

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🙏 Thank YOU to all those who've submitted their #VMwareExplore Session Survey Responses, extremely kinds words! It really helps with planning the type of content we present, so please take time to submit, presenters & the Explore team do listen to all the feedback!

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just 🔃 refreshed Explore 2026 VOD Session URLs (188 breakouts have now been posted) github.com/lamw/vmware-...

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

[🆕] - 10 Exciting Enhancements in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1.1 williamlam.com/2026/09/10-e... #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1: Adopting the Reduced VCF Management Services (VCFMS) Footprint After an Upgrade williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-... 🙌 Resource optimizations introduced 9.1.1 applies to both new deployment but also upgrades from 9.1.0! #VCF911

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🙌 Couple of nice post #VMwareExplore Announcements! 🥳 🔸VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) & VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1.1 is now GA techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... 🔹vCloud Director 10.6.2 (adds support for VCF 9.1.1) techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... #VCF911

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1.1.0 Release Notes

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I will be presenting 90 min breakout session this morning w/Sushil Suvarna [CLOT1100LV] - Design & Architect: Private Cloud Deployment & Best Practices for #VCF91 🧠☁️ Heard Explore app says its full, show up early & hopefully you'll be! See you in about 1.5hrs #VMwareExplore

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🥳 #VCF91 has been officially certified by @nvidia as part of their NVIDIA-Certified Hypervisors program docs.nvidia.com/certificatio... 🙌 No surprise, but good to see the perf validation from NVIDIA "w/near bare metal performance for AI workloads" 🚀 blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...

docs.nvidia.com

List of NVIDIA-Certified Hypervisors — NVIDIA-Certified Hypervisors Documentation

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

[🆕] - Configuring OIDC with PKCE in Keycloak for VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) williamlam.com/2026/08/conf... 👊Thanks to both Codex/Gemini 🧠 for the debugging assist! 😅 #VCF91

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - Understanding VCF Converge & Import Scenarios for vCenter Server Without NSX williamlam.com/2026/08/vcf-... #VCF91

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