VCF 9 – Decipher the Release #
What does 9.0.0.0000.1234567 actually mean?
Major, minor, maintenance, express patch, hot patch, & build number.
Also covers the expected cadence for releases.
Broadcom ID# 410435 link is here.
VCF – how many instances in a VCF Fleet?
…it depends.
In short?… it’s now based on the # of objects & metrics VCF Operations is keeping track of.
VMware is working on providing sizing tools to simplify the sizing.
William Lam’s blog post is here.
vSAN Global Deduplication – where is it?
It’s coming…. VCF 9.0.1 it became available upon request.
I’ve been looking forward to this, and to see the actual impact in the lab.
VMware Blog post on vSAN Global Dedupe is here.
VCF – Data Services Manager (DBaaS)
With VCF 9, Data Services Manager is integrated with VCF Automation.
You get D PostgreSQL & MySQL (Microsoft SQL still in preview) as a Service.
Yes it is an Advanced Service (additional licensing)….but automating self-service databases consumption is becoming the norm.
Blog post is here.
Cormac Hogan on MS SQL Enhancements part 1 & part 2.
VxRail – now with VCF
VxRail was specifically excluded from VCF 9.
With VCF 9.1, there is a single VCF release that supports VxRail.
They are now treated as vSAN Ready Nodes.
To me, it sounds like VxRail.next is the HSM for VxRail nodes.
Blog post is here.
VCF Operations – Build Custom Alarms
This example uses VMs affected by an HA restart (failed host).
Nice and simple walk through.
Blog post is here.
Workstation & Fusion – new versioning
Now aligned with calendar years….
So, you will see 25H2 as the version (25 Calendar year, H2 is 2nd half of year).
VMware Blog post is here.
Windows 11 VDI Image for Omnissa
Never hurts to share information more than once….
Need to build a proper Windows 11 image, with Office, and optimizations ready to go?
How to deal with vTPM as you build, and then later, as you deploy.
Stephen Wagner’s post is here.
Yes, it has a 1-hour video covering the process.
That means there are lots of details to get right….
F5 breach exposes Big-IP Source Code
Never think you are impervious to being hacked…
HackerNews post is here.
Notepad++ – time to get patched
We all should be patching anyway, but sometimes it gets missed.
Just get your Notepad++ installs updated…
Blog post is here.
Nutanix AHV – Now supporting Cisco UCM
Cisco UCM (Unified Communications Manager) is now supported on AHV!
Availability of this is coming early 2026.
I’ll be interested in what magic exists for the integration of Cisco Intersight with Nutanix Prism….
Cisco Blog post is here.
Nutanix Database Services (NDB) 2.9 release
This is a great tool for orchestrating the lifecycle of database servers, and the ongoing operations (deploy, patch, clone for dev/test/qa).
Think policy driven approach to databases in production, freeing up your DBAs time.
Nutanix’s Magnus Andersson’s post is here.
Nutanix Files – Synchronous Data Protection
Introduced in Files 5.2, you can achieve a zero (0) RPO across clusters.
Yes, consider bandwidth & latency, as with any synchronous solution.
Blog post is here.
Nutanix X-Ray 6.2 released
Great stress testing tool.
This version requires a net-new deploy…just be aware….
Nutanix Blog post is here.
Free Learning – GitHub Repo
KodeKloud
Nutanix University
Nutanix .NEXT 2026 – April 7-9, Chicago, IL
PluralSight
vBrownBag
VMware Hands On Labs
VMware Explore 2026 – August 31 – September 3, Las Vegas, NV
VMware Explore 2025 Sessions (William Lam’s easier to search list version)