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Cloud Architect @evoila.bsky.social Gemany // Broadcom #Knight & VMware #vExpert // #SDDC #VCF #NSX & #HCI #VxRail #vSAN // opinions are my own // think different! make-it-work.net www.linkedin.com/in/martinmeinhardt

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
[🆕] - VCF Agentic AI Hub (Code Assist) MCP Server Fling williamlam.com/2026/10/vcf-... ☝️Many of you've asked for an official VMware MCP Server, check out this new Fling 🧠👏
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
[🆕] - Automate Inventory of vSphere Supervisor Clusters & vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) Guest Clusters williamlam.com/2026/10/auto... #VKS
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[🆕] - 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 · 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 · 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
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
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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 · 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 · 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-...
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Reducing footprint of VCF management services cluster that is only hosting Day 0 component
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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AsBuiltReport @asbuiltreport.com · 15/09/2026
[New Release] AsBuiltReport.System.Resources v0.1.4! Check out what's new! github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltRep… #System #Resources #AsBuiltReport #PowerShell
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Release v0.1.4 · AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.System.Resources
[0.1.4] - 2026-09-14 Changed Bump AsBuiltReport.Chart to version 0.3.4 to include latest charting features and improvements Bump AsBuiltReport.Diagram to version 1.0.10 to include latest diagrammi...
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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 · 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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Angry Admin | VMware • AI • HackMeNow @angrysysops.com · 07/09/2026
From Four Hours to Four Minutes: My AI-Powered VCF Session at VMware Explore 2026 At VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas, I showed how I connected VMware Cloud Foundation Operations, PagerDuty, Splunk, an internal agile platform, Slack, MCP servers, and GitHub Actions to turn a four-hour manual…
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From Four Hours to Four Minutes: My AI-Powered VCF Session at VMware Explore 2026
At VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas, I showed how I connected VMware Cloud Foundation Operations, PagerDuty, Splunk, an internal agile platform, Slack, MCP servers, and GitHub Actions to turn a four-hour manual investigation into a controlled four-minute AI workflow. There are moments in a technical career that feel bigger than another ticket closed, another upgrade completed, or another certificate added to the wall.
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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
🙌 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 · 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
[🆕] - 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
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 · 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...
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List of NVIDIA-Certified Hypervisors — NVIDIA-Certified Hypervisors Documentation
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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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AsBuiltReport @asbuiltreport.com · 21/08/2026
[New Release] AsBuiltReport.DellEMC.VxRail v0.5.0! Check out what's new! github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltRep… #Dell #VxRail #AsBuiltReport #PowerShell #HCI #VxSeal #VMware #vExpert
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Release v0.5.0 · AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.DellEMC.VxRail
[0.5.0] - 2026-08-21 Added Add VCF.PowerCLI to External Module Dependencies Add CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, CONTRIBUTING.md and SECURITY.md Add Stale and Dependabot GitHub workflows Add Known Issues secti...
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - Configuring Harbor to use VCF Identity Broker (IDB) for External Identity Federation williamlam.com/2026/08/vcf-... #VCF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Not many folks realize that ESXCLI can also be invoked remotely using the vSphere APIs (as well as through PowerCLI) Great to see you can now install latest the #VCF91 version by just using pip across any platform (Windows, Linux & macOS) 👏 blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda...
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ESXCLI 9.1.0 GA: Simplified Installation, Modern Python Support, and Enhanced Security
For vSphere administrators and automation engineers, ESXCLI is one of the most fundamental utilities in the VMware management toolkit. It enables you to execute host management commands remotely again...
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For Lab purposes, single node Avi Load Balancer can help w/resources with both #VCF9 & #VCF91 using same workaround williamlam.com/2025/07/sing... Just learned we now officially "support" single node deployment for small or edge environments as of v31.2.1 👏 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
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Single Node VMware Avi Load Balancer with VCF 9.0 & VCF 9.1
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 continues to support one of the most popular and powerful load balancer, VMware Avi Load Balancer. When you deploy a new VMware Avi Load Balancer within a given VC…
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📣 Security Services Platform 5.2 is now GA! With the recent Frontier AI Model attacks ... SSP is no longer nice to have, many orgs have added to their toolset to protect their infra. Lots of 🆕 capabilities, like new 2-Node form factor! 👌 📔 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... #VCF91
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Security Services Platform 5.2 Release Notes
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
[🆕] - Quick Tip: Selective ESX Host Patching in VCF 9.1 williamlam.com/2026/08/quic... #VCF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
[🆕] VCF 9.1 - Quick Tip: Optimized Workflow for Configuring Distributed Transit Gateway (DTGW) w/NSX Virtual Network Appliance (VNA) williamlam.com/2026/08/vcf-... 🙌 Definitely apperciate enhancement in #VCF91 not having to go to NSX to complete connectivity configs, vSphere UI FTW!
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
[🆕] - Quick Tip: Automating PAK Upload & Installation for VCF Operations williamlam.com/2026/08/quic... ☝️Not sure why it took me this long to look into this 😅 Guess updates were a lot less frequent, where it wasn't as annoying using the UI every so often 😆 #VCF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
v1.0.2 of VCF Infrastructure Service (VIS) Appliance is now available github.com/lamw/vcf-inf... which includes number of enhancements including offline update Check out docs lamw.github.io/vcf-infrastr... for more details, especially how this can be used in #VCF91 Lab/PoC env
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
📣 vSphere 8.0 Update 2f has just been released, addresses several CVEs 📔 Release Notes: 🔸vCenter techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... 🔹ESX techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
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VMware vCenter 8.0 Update 2f Release Notes
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
[🆕] - Password, Certificate & Backup Management UI/API for VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) 9.1 williamlam.com/2026/08/pass... #VCF91 #VVF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
[RE-PUBLISHED] - VCF 9.1 - VCF Instance & Fleet Consolidation/Relocation williamlam.com/2026/07/vcf-... 🆕 🔸Detailed info for each scenario 🔹Includes instructions w/docs + screenshots 🔸Summarized table for all supported scenarios
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
VCF Inspector Fling: A Standalone Diagnostic and Health Tool for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda... 👆Slick 🆕 #VCF91 Fling
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Introducing the VCF Inspector Fling: A Standalone Diagnostic and Health Tool for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1
Introducing VCF Inspector: a standalone, zero-footprint diagnostic tool for VCF 9.1 and VCF Management Services. Available now as a free download on VMware Flings.
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📣 vSphere 8.0 Update 3K has just been released, addresses various CVE. This is also back-in-time release, which means there is currently NOT a #VCF91 release for upgrade, future 9.1.x will allow for this 📔 RN 🔸vCenter techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... 🔹ESX techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
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VMware vCenter 8.0 Update 3k Release Notes
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📢 🆕 EPs for VCF/VVF 9.x addressing various CVEs, see 📔 🔸vCenter (9.1.0.0300) techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... 🔹vCenter (9.0.2.0100) techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... 🔸ESX (9.0.2.0100) techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware... 🔹SDDC Manager (9.0.2.0100) techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
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VMware vCenter 9.1.0.0300 Release Notes
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - Deploying the VCF License Server Directly to an ESX Host williamlam.com/2026/07/vcf-... #VCF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - Quick Tip: Easily Generate VCF SSO API Tokens using VCF Component UI williamlam.com/2026/07/vcf-... ❤️ How easy it is to create a new VCF SSO API Token directly in each component UI, even easier to consume for PowerCLI users! #VCF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
[🆕] - VCF Infrastructure Services (VIS) Appliance for VCF 9.1 Lab/PoC williamlam.com/2026/07/vcf-... 🥳 Excited to finally share my personal AI 🧠🤖💻 project VIS which I had started back in May using OpenAI Codex #VCF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Deploying just vCenter/ESX, VCF Ops & License Server 9.1) is FULLY supported, which I've covered in my Demystifying Supported Upgrade Paths to #VCF91 williamlam.com/2026/05/vcf-... Tech Docs has just been updated to include this flow w/o using VCF Installer techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...
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VCF 9.1 - Demystifying Supported Upgrade Paths to 9.1
The rapid advancement of frontier AI capabilities, including recent developments from Anthropic Mythos, keeping software and infrastructure up to date has become a critical priority for many IT org…
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
[🆕] - vSphere Back-in-Time Support for Upgrade, Converge and Import williamlam.com/2026/07/vcf-... #VCF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - Automating VCF Backup Scheduling with the Fleet LCM API williamlam.com/2026/07/vcf-... 👆Includes working PowerShell script for #VCF91 & also timely a link to colleague Brian's post on doing same for #VVF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - VCF Instance & Fleet Consolidation/Relocation williamlam.com/2026/07/vcf-... #VCF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
👏 Nice blog on which Load Balancer to choose from when using vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) AND entitlements required for each, especially the included ones as part of #VVF & #VCF which is quite handy! blogs.vmware.com/cloud-founda... #VCF91
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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
[🆕] - VCF 9.1 - July Express Patch is more than Security Fixes williamlam.com/2026/07/vcf-... 👆🥳 Successfully upgraded my lab earlier this week! Lots of good fixes / UI enhancements in addition to security for those upgrading or deploying #VCF91
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