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Sysadmin / #vExpert / #OmnissaTechInsider / PC Enthusiast /

 Melbourne, FL
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Joined October 2009
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Home Lab 4 node vSAN deployment using Hades Canyon NUCs. Thanks @lamw @VMUGAdv @VMware #homelab vjonathan.com/2020/01/10/the…
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JFYI - #VCF components do NOT use PHP and is NOT affected by yesterdays vulnerability disclosure: CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619 knowledge.broadcom.com/exter…
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Protecting #ActiveDirectory with #VCF: blogs.vmware.com/cloud-found… #vExpert

Protecting Active Directory with VCF

Active Directory is Tier 0, and hypervisor admins are effectively domain admins. How to protect domain controller VMs in VCF.

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My love, hate, hate relationship with Redfish has come together and shipped something. * Inventory and cable match bare metal servers/Switches running any OS. * HCL check server chassis, CPU, NICs, firmware for 9.x upgrades. * a lot more... github.com/vmware/vcf-readin…

GitHub - vmware/vcf-readiness

Contribute to vmware/vcf-readiness development by creating an account on GitHub.

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[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - OCuLink External Graphics (eGPU) Dock with integrated PSU for GPU Passthrough with VKS williamlam.com/2026/10/vcf-9… #VCF911 💪🤖🧠
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[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Single ESX Host for VCF Fleet, VCF Workload Domain or VCF Cluster williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-9… 👇 Non-Prod ofc 😅 Single Host VCF Fleet ✅ Single Host VCF Instance ✅ Single Host VCF Workload Domain ✅ Single Host VCF Cluster ✅ #VCF91 #VCF911
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[🆕] - Bypassing Minimum Unique Flows & Metric Collection Period for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Lab Deployments williamlam.com/2026/09/bypas… 👆Couple more handy workarounds for playing w/vDefend SSP in Lab/PoC environment 😎 #VCF91
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Just refreshed my VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 in a Box Repo github.com/lamw/vcf-91-in-bo… with latest #VCF911 updates including: 💻 Automated ESX Kickstart Configs w/AMD Ryzen Tweaks ⚙️ VCF Deployment 1, 2 & 3 Host JSON samples (TEP & TEPLESS) 💰 Detailed BOM
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📣 1st #VCF 9.1.1.0100 EP has been released for following commponents: * Fleet LCM * SDDC LCM * VCF Automation * VCD Migration Engine 📔 Release Notes techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/… 📊 VCF Upgrade Planner vmware.github.io/vcf-upgrade… has been updated w/new release
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A reminder, some ideas are so bad we should't have to write a KB saying they are not supported. thenicholson.com/peanut-butt…

Peanut Butter is Not Supported with vSphere/Storage Networking/vSAN/VCF - Virtual Ramblings

 From time to time I get oddball questions where someone asks about how to do something that is not supported or a bad idea. I’ll often fire back a simple “No” and then we get into a discussion about...

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⍼ John Nicholson ⍼
@Lost_SignalSep 14
In todays: WHAT HAVE YOU BARBARIANS DONE. I discovered you can do fake raid without intel VMD on NVMe drives. Gross.
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Excellent blog post by William - this is a great way to test Local AI models in VMware! #VMware #PrivateAI
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[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Deploying Your Own AI Models with VCF Private AI Services (PAIS) 3.0 williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-9… #VCF911
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[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Enabling the the new AI Assistant for VCF in VCF Operations williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-9… ☝️Lots of potential for Admin efficiency with bringing AI 🧠🤖 into VCF Operations, which has all your Infaa context! ✨ #VCF911
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[🆕] - VCF 9.1.1 - Reducing CPU Utilization on AMD Ryzen Zen4/Zen5 by Masking the RDSEED Instruction williamlam.com/2026/09/vcf-9… #VCF911

VCF 9.1.1 - Reducing CPU Utilization on AMD Ryzen Zen4/Zen5 by Masking the RDSEED Instruction

While I am a huge fan of the recent AMD Ryzen Zen4/Zen5-based consumer platforms, including the versatile Minisforum MS-A2, it is well known at this point that these processors can exhibit slower e…

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🙌 Couple of nice post #VMwareExplore Announcements! 🥳 🔸VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) & VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1.1 is now GA techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/… 🔹vCloud Director 10.6.2 (adds support for VCF 9.1.1) techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/… #VCF911
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It’s been a pleasure serving the #vExpert and #VMware community for the past 19 years. Thank you to everyone who has been active in the past and present in the community. My last day is at Broadcom is Nov 1st.
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Replying to @VMwareExplore
@VMwareExplore Video-on-Demand (VoD) Library is already up! 😁 Time to get your 🧠💻 Here's my usual summary page 😎 (which I'll refresh as new videos are published) github.com/lamw/vmware-explo…

GitHub - lamw/vmware-explore-2026-session-urls: VMware Explore 2026 Session URLs

VMware Explore 2026 Session URLs. Contribute to lamw/vmware-explore-2026-session-urls development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Replying to @VMware
@VMware (by @Broadcom) #HybridCloud #VCF - VCF 9.1 Critical JV Certificate Caching Bug Can Cause Silent Outage (by @wardvissers) @VMwareVCF @vExpert #vExpertVCF dy.si/wgJ8yU
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📣 Security Services Platform 5.2 is now GA! With the recent Frontier AI Model attacks ... SSP is no longer nice to have, many orgs have added to their toolset to protect their infra. Lots of 🆕 capabilities, like new 2-Node form factor! 👌 📔techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/… #VCF91
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[🆕] - Quick Tip: Reducing High CPU Utilization in VCF Automation (VCFA) on AMD Zen4/Zen5 CPUs williamlam.com/2026/08/quick… 🆒 🔥Tip from fellow colleague & reader of blog for those with AMD Zen4/Zen5 (Ryzen) CPUs 🙏 #VCF91
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🙌 Great to see the popular k8s Dashboard ⛑️💡Headlamp now supported as a native vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) Add-on with VKS 3.7 blogs.vmware.com/cloud-found… #VCF91

Headlamp as a VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service Add-on

Deploy Headlamp as a VKS add-on for a modern, extensible Kubernetes UI. Streamline monitoring, RBAC, and cluster management in VMware VKS.

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More cloud options. Less compromise. ☁️ #OmnissaHorizon Cloud on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is now in Beta, giving organizations a better way to deliver and manage virtual desktops and apps on GCP with the familiar Horizon experience. Learn more. 👇 bit.ly/4eSFldX
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