The Image Is Not the ISO
A field guide to vSphere Lifecycle Manager: the model shift away from baselines, the driver components you can't delete, and a remediation failure that pointed at every host except the one thing actually broken.
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Choosing a Kubernetes Platform on VMware: OpenShift vs. Tanzu (VKS) vs. Rancher
A practical, dimension-by-dimension comparison of OpenShift, VMware Tanzu/VKS, and SUSE Rancher for VMware shops — covering load balancing, micro-segmentation, HA, backups, storage, disaster recovery, fleet management, and security.
Read more →macOS on ESXi 8.0 U3i: History, Current Status, and What Actually Works
A complete timeline of macOS virtualization support on VMware ESXi — from the Intel transition in 2006 through the ESXi 8.0 discontinuation — plus an honest assessment of the unofficial Unlocker path and when to use Tart or Anka instead.
Read more →Who is Abusing the administrator@vsphere.local Account?
A practical guide to tracking down unauthorized usage, hardening your vSphere environment, and enforcing least-privilege access across your vCenter infrastructure.
Read more →NVIDIA GPUs in vSphere 9: Time-Slicing vs MIG Mode
A field guide for VMware architects designing on-premises AI infrastructure with NVIDIA vGPU, VMware Private AI Foundation, and the new capabilities in ESXi 9 Update 1 — and an honest take on where VCF fits versus purpose-built AI cluster tooling.
Read more →When Your Patching Tool Doesn't Know the HCL: Building HCLCheck for VMware and Dell
There is no native tool that cross-validates ESXi driver versions and firmware as a validated pair against the VMware HCL at scale. HCLCheck fills that gap — querying ESXi via PowerCLI and Dell OME via REST API simultaneously, then validating results against a local HCL reference table.
Read more →Tanzu Migration Best Practices: A Practical Guide for Enterprise Teams
Best practices for migrating VMware Tanzu workloads, covering discovery, TKGm to TKGs/VKS migration, stateful apps, GitOps adoption, and post-migration validation.
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