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Good news here for customers who use iSCSI in their current vSphere environments and are looking to move to VCF. I recently received a query regarding support for iSCSI in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0. To be exact, the query was related to iSCSI-backed VMFS volumes, […]
VCF 9.0 is here! At the core of VCF is VCF Automation, which powers the private cloud self-service experience. Learn more about the three game-changing design innovations for private cloud, waiting at your fingertips.
Happy Sunday! Before the wave of announcements starts rolling out from VMware Explore Las Vegas, which starts tomorrow, I wanted to share a quick update. 😅 I have been pretty swamped for the past couple of months, so it has taken a bit more time to get the latest Nested ESXi Virtual Appliances […]
From key announcements to community connections—Day 2 at VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas has delivered on big Ideas and bold Innovations. Learn more in the recap.
Welcome to VMware Explore 2025, where thousands of explorers have gathered at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center to harness the power of private cloud. Reporting live from Nevada, here’s your recap of Day 2.
How to deploy VVF/VCF 9.0 using VMUG Advantage & VCP-VCF Certification Entitlement
VMUG Advantage members who have recently earned their VCP-VCF certification are entitled to non-commercial VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) licenses for personal use. When logging into the Broadcom Certification Portal, you may have noticed that only perpetual licenses for VCF 5.x are available, […]
Back for a fifth year, the Extreme Performance Series will continue the tradition of exploring some of the exciting work being done at Broadcom. The following series of blog posts is all new for 2025 and will be released starting during the week of VMware Explore.
VMware Explore 2025 featured an exciting session, [CODEQT1247LV] Automagically Deploy VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 in Homelab Using VMware Cloud Foundation Holodeck Toolkit. The presentation showcased how the VMware Cloud Foundation Holodeck Toolkit makes it easier than ever to deploy a fully functional nested VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 lab—in just a few commands.
For IT professionals, architects, developers, and homelab enthusiasts, this toolkit is a breakthrough. Instead of struggling with the complexity of a VCF deployment, Holodeck offers a repeatable, automated process that saves both time and effort.
The Holodeck Toolkit is a PowerShell-based automation framework designed for building nested VCF environments on VMware ESXi or a vSphere cluster. It’s ideal for:
With just four PowerShell commands, users can deploy an entire VCF management domain and optional workload domains, complete with NSX, vCenter, SDDC Manager, and vSAN ReadyNodes.
The session highlighted several powerful features included in Holodeck environments:
This makes Holodeck an ideal solution for homelabs and VCF training environments, but it is not intended for production workloads.
At the core of every Holodeck deployment is the HoloRouter appliance, a Photon OS–based virtual appliance that provides critical networking and infrastructure services for the nested VCF environment:
The HoloRouter ensures smooth connectivity between nested VCF environments and external networks, enabling realistic lab testing.
| VCF 9.0 | Single Site | Dual Site |
| CPU | 24 | 48 |
| Memory | 325 GB | 768 GB |
| Disk | 1.1 TB | 2.5TB |
At today’s VMware Explore general session, Chris Wolf showcased Intelligent Assist for VMware Cloud Foundation — bringing AI-powered assistance directly to our users.
Today at VMware Explore’s general session you saw Chris Wolf demonstrate Intelligent Assist for VMware Cloud Foundation, providing AI-powered assistance for our users. In this blog, we’ll take a step behind the curtain to see how these capabilities are running in VCF, using AI features that […]
Today at hashtag#VMwareExplore, Broadcom and AMD announced an expanded collaboration to deliver private, secure, and high-performance AI infrastructure for enterprises.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, and Generative AI (Gen AI) is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, creating new content and redefining value creation. However, enterprises face significant challenges in AI adoption, especially concerning privacy, data […]
VMware Private AI Services Now Included in VCF Subscription
Big news from today’s VMware Explore general session with Chris Wolf 🎉
What was once sold separately is now part of the platform — VCF Private AI Services are now included in your VMware Cloud Foundation subscription.
This marks a major step forward in unleashing the power of Private AI, fueled by Broadcom and NVIDIA innovations.
Enterprises can get tremendous productivity and business transformation from AI. With VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA, Broadcom and NVIDIA aim to unlock AI and unleash productivity with lower TCO. Recently with VCF 9.0, Broadcom and NVIDIA released several features in VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA to further our mission of providing private and … Continued The post Unleashing the Power of Private AI: New Innovations from Broadcom with NVIDIA appeared first on VMware Cloud…Read More
