VMware Explore 2027: New Dates, May 10–13 at Resorts World Las Vegas
VMware Explore 2027 moves to May 10–13, 2027 at Resorts World Las Vegas. Key dates, what to update in your calendar, and why May beats August weather in Las Vegas.
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ESXi Nov 13, 2026
ESXi Advanced and Kernel Settings in VCF 9: What 25 Broadcom KBs Change and Why
Every Broadcom KB for VCF 9 and ESX 9 that tells you to change an ESX advanced or kernel setting: 17 settings, the default, the KB value, why, the command and an explorer link.
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ESXi Advanced and Kernel Settings in ESXi 8.x: What 25 Broadcom KBs Change and Why
The ESXi 7.x and 8.x companion to the VCF 9 list: 25 Broadcom KBs that change an ESX advanced or kernel setting, with the default, the KB value, why, the command and an explorer link.
vSphere Express vs vSphere Standard 8 in the EEA: VMware Licensing After Broadcom’s November 2026 Update
vSphere Express (128 cores, ESX 9 and vCenter 9, no DRS or vSAN) compared with vSphere Standard 8, which EEA customers can still buy until 31 October 2027 with Extended Support until October 2028: features, packaging, price, support window, upgrade path and what a small or mid-size EEA customer should do. As of November 2026.
Install VDAN Tools as an App on Android and iPhone
vdan.cz/tools is a Progressive Web App: add it to the home screen on Android (Chrome, Firefox) or iPhone (Safari) and every tool opens full screen like a native app. Steps, what you get, and how it works.
William Lam’s ESXi Advanced and Kernel Settings: 21 Lab Recommendations with Explorer Links
21 ESXi advanced and kernel settings William Lam recommends for labs and consumer hardware, each with the exact esxcli command, the version it was written for, what changed since, and a deep link to the vDan ESXi settings explorer.
VCF 9.1 Known Issues: October 2026 KB Roundup
VCF 9.1.1 known issues from 1,562 new Broadcom KBs in October 2026: upgrade blockers, the Brotli CVE workaround, urgent NSX and ESX defects and 12 how-to fixes with CLI.
PSOD “#GP Exception 13 in world ###:vmotionRecvH” During vMotion on ESX 9.1 (KB 455306)
PSOD #GP Exception 13 in world vmotionRecvH during vMotion on ESX 9.1 (KB 455306): the PSOD screen text, why more than 16 stream helpers crash the host, and the workaround.
VCF 9.1 Known Issues: September 2026 KB Roundup
VCF 9.1 known issues from 973 Broadcom KBs in September 2026: upgrade traps, urgent PSODs, blocked paths, licensing, SSO and 12 how-to fixes with CLI.
SAP HANA VM Sizing and NUMA on VCF 9: A Worked Example
How to size SAP HANA VMs on VCF 9 around NUMA: whole or half sockets, vCPUs equal to threads, memory per socket after ESX overhead, the VM settings that matter, and how to check placement with esxtop and sched-stats.