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VMware Skills MCP Mind Map Short answer: this mind map shows the VMware MCP servers of the public vmware-skills organization on GitHub. The tree goes from product area to project, tool category and… Open tool → kubectl CLI Interactive Mindmap Short answer: this mindmap shows all kubectl commands and subcommands of the current kubectl reference. That is 44 commands and 65 subcommands of kubectl v1.37. They are grouped… Open tool → Knowledge Base Every post and every CLI command on this blog indexed in one searchable place, with version filters and a commands view. Open tool →
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Interactive mindmaps

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CLI namespaces and commands, the HOL catalog and the VMware Explore sessions: searchable, expandable by level. · Operate from the CLI

Updated ESXCLI Interactive Mindmap Every ESXCLI namespace and command for ESXi 6.x, 7.0, 8.0 and ESX 9.x: search, expand by level, and see what each release added or removed. Data: Broadcom ESXCLI… Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated NSX CLI Interactive Mindmap Every NSX CLI command for NSX 3.2, 4.2, 9.0 and 9.1, grouped by action and object: filter by Manager, Edge or ESXi, search, expand by level, and see… NSX Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated Cisco UCS Manager CLI Interactive Mindmap The Cisco UCS Manager CLI as a scope tree (/org → service-profile → vnic …) with every command used in Cisco's UCS Manager CLI configuration guides for releases… UCS Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated VCF CLI Interactive Mindmap Every command of the VCF CLI (vcf) for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 and 9.1, the CLI for vSphere Supervisor and VCF Automation: plugins such as cluster, package, addon… VCF Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated VCF 9.1 HOL Mind Map Short answer: all VCF 9.1 Hands-on Labs (the HOL 2027 catalog, 47 labs) and the VCF 9.0 labs (HOL 2026, 40 labs) in one interactive mind map: 22… 9.1VCF Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated VMware Explore Mind Map 2025 – 2026 Short answer: this is the study map of the VMware Explore sessions from the two most recent Las Vegas conferences, 2025 (VCF 9.0 launch) and 2026 (VCF 9.1,… Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated kubectl CLI Interactive Mindmap Short answer: this mindmap shows all kubectl commands and subcommands of the current kubectl reference. That is 44 commands and 65 subcommands of kubectl v1.37. They are grouped… Updated Nov 2026 Open tool → Updated VMware Skills MCP Mind Map Short answer: this mind map shows the VMware MCP servers of the public vmware-skills organization on GitHub. The tree goes from product area to project, tool category and… Updated Nov 2026 Open tool →

ESXCLI command references

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Full command lists and static mindmaps per ESXi release. · Look up a command

Updated ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 6.x For reference ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 8.0. The same ESXi 6.x namespaces are also available in the interactive ESXCLI mindmap, with search, expandable levels and a… 6.xESXi Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 7.0 For reference ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 8.0 + ESXCLI 8.0 – MindMap. Prefer a visual view? The interactive ESXCLI mindmap shows these ESXi 7.0 commands as… 7.0ESXi Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 8.0 This page lists every ESXCLI command in ESXi 8.0 Update 3, grouped by namespace, with a short description: 814 commands from Broadcom's ESXCLI Command Reference 8.0.3. The last… 8.0ESXi Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXCLI commands 8.0 – Mindmap New: interactive ESXCLI mindmap for 6.x–9.x with search, expand levels and version compare For reference ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 8.0 New ESXCLI Commands in vSphere 8.0… 8.0 Updated Sep 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 9.x This page lists every ESXCLI command in ESX 9.x (9.0 and 9.1), grouped by namespace, with a short description: 857 commands from Broadcom's ESXCLI Command Reference 9.1.0. The… 9.xESXi Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXCLI commands 9.0 – Mindmap New: interactive ESXCLI mindmap for 6.x–9.x with search, expand levels and version compare For reference ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 9.x ESXCLI changes in ESX 9.0 and… 9.0 Updated Sep 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXCLI commands 9.1 – Mindmap New: interactive ESXCLI mindmap for 6.x–9.x with search, expand levels and version compare For reference ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 9.x ESXCLI changes in ESX 9.0 and… 9.1 Updated Sep 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXCLI commands 7.0 – Mindmap New: interactive ESXCLI mindmap for 6.x–9.x with search, expand levels and version compare For reference ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 7.0 Previous version: ESXCLI commands 6.x –… 7.0 Updated Sep 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXCLI commands 6.x – Mindmap New: interactive ESXCLI mindmap for 6.x–9.x with search, expand levels and version compare For reference ESXCLI full commands list for ESXi 6.x Newer versions: ESXCLI commands 7.0 –… 6.x Updated Sep 2026 Open tool →

Deprecated and unsupported devices

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Check your NICs, HBAs and controllers before an ESXi upgrade. · Check hardware before an upgrade

ESXi 7.0 – Deprecated devices supported by Native drivers Check your NICs, HBAs and controllers before an ESXi upgrade. 7.0ESXi Updated Jan 2021 Open tool → ESXi 7.0 – Deprecated Devices native and not removed in drivers Check your NICs, HBAs and controllers before an ESXi upgrade. 7.0ESXi Updated Jan 2021 Open tool → Updated ESXi 7.0 – Deprecated devices supported by VMKlinux drivers Short answer: ESXi 7.0 removed VMKlinux drivers completely. Devices that were supported only by a VMKlinux inbox driver in 6.7 or earlier do not work in 7.0 or… 7.0ESXi Updated Sep 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXi 8.0 – Deprecated and unsupported devices Short answer: ESXi 8.0 dropped support for a number of I/O devices that their vendors have end-of-lifed. Two groups are critical: every device that used the nmlx4_en driver… 8.0ESXi Updated Sep 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXi 9.0 – Deprecated and unsupported devices Short answer: ESX 9.0 marks 487 I/O devices as Restricted (they still work, but get no new features and only best-effort fixes) and lists 1,137 as End of… 9.0ESXi Updated Oct 2026 Open tool →

Design simulators and generators

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Interactive models and config generators for network, depot and deployment design decisions. · Design and generate configs

Updated SAP HANA on VCF 9: TDI Network Design and vNIC Simulator Short answer: on VMware Cloud Foundation 9 with NFS storage, the network decision that matters most for SAP HANA is whether vMotion and the NFS log write flow… VCFSAP HANA Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated VCF Offline Depot Generator Short answer: a VCF offline depot for VMware Cloud Foundation 9 is just a web server that serves https://FQDN:PORT/PROD/ over TLS 1.2/1.3 with directory listings and (unless you… VCF Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated VCF ESX Boot Server Generator Short answer: an ESX PXE boot server that netboots the ESX 9 installer needs three things on one Linux box: a DHCP answer that names the boot file… ESXVCF Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated VCF Upgrade Planner Short answer: pick your current and target VMware Cloud Foundation version and this VCF upgrade planner returns the supported hop sequence, the bill of materials for every hop,… VCF Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated VCF JSON Builder Short answer: fill in the environment planner once (prefix, domain, host count, release, IP scheme), click pre-fill, correct the details, and export the VCF Installer JSON spec that… VCF Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated VCF Host Sizing Calculator Short answer: for VCF host sizing, enter your workload profile (VMs, vCPU, RAM and storage per VM, or totals), the host you plan to buy (physical cores, RAM,… VCF Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated VCF Certificate Tool Navigator Short answer: the VCF 9.1 Certificate Tool (vcf-cert-tool) is the break-glass utility that repairs expired or broken internal certificates by driving the native recovery scripts of each component:… VCF Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated VCF Memory Tiering Resource Short answer: VCF memory tiering (VMware Advanced Memory Tiering) lets an ESX host use a local NVMe device as a second memory tier behind DRAM, so the same… VCF Updated Oct 2026 Open tool →

Reference tables

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Version mappings, lookup tables and the KB browser. · Map versions and builds

Updated VMware Tools Versions and Build Numbers (with Release Notes) This page lists every VMware Tools version with its build number, the client version code that vSphere reports, the release date, the ESXi build it ships with and… VMware Tools Updated Nov 2026 Open tool → Updated VCF 9.1 Pre-Deployment Checklist Short answer: this VCF pre-deployment checklist lists the 97 checks to finish before you run the VCF Installer for a new VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 or 9.1.1 fleet:… 9.1VCF Updated Oct 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXi Advanced and Kernel Settings Explorer Short answer: this explorer lists every ESXi advanced setting (esxcli system settings advanced) and every VMkernel setting (esxcli system settings kernel) of 42 ESXi releases from 6.0 Update… ESXi Updated Nov 2026 Open tool → Updated VMware Configuration Maximums Explorer Short answer: this explorer lists every published configuration maximum of three product families on one timeline each: vSphere / ESX from vSphere 6.0 to 8.0 and on to… Updated Nov 2026 Open tool → Updated ESXi Version History with Release Notes Short answer: this ESXi version history lists every ESXi and ESX release from Broadcom KB 316595. The order is the order of the KB: line by line, newest… ESXi Updated Nov 2026 Open tool → Updated vCenter Version History with Release Notes Short answer: this vCenter version history lists every vCenter Server release from Broadcom KB 326316. The order is the order of the KB: line by line, newest first… Updated Nov 2026 Open tool → Updated Kubernetes YAML Explorer Short answer: this Kubernetes YAML explorer teaches the manifests the CKAD exam expects you to write from memory. It has 42 topics in the order of the CKAD… Updated Nov 2026 Open tool →

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vSphereNov 6, 2026 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… VMwareNov 4, 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… HomeLabNov 3, 2026 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… VCFOct 31, 2026 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…