Quick Tip – NSX Edge fails DNS pre-check as part of VCF 9.0.2 Upgrade – William Lam
As I continue my VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0.2 upgrade journey, I have now reached the core SDDC components, including vCenter, NSX, and ESX. NSX Manager and NSX Edges was up first and before the upgrade begins, a pre-check is performed. I was not expecting any issues but to my surprise, I […]
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.
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.
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.
