Two Years Later: VMware, Broadcom, and the End of Innocence Oct 31, 2025 Miguel Brasseur Disclaimer : The views and reflections shared here are entirely my own and do not represent those of my employer, Broadcom, or any affiliated partners. Once Upon a Datacenter: The Unicorn and the Gian... acquisition broadcom dell private cloud vcf vmware vsphere Read more
When VMware Certificates Grow Old Oct 9, 2025 Miguel Brasseur Many environments haven’t yet moved to VMware Cloud Foundation and still rely on traditional vCenter setups. In these architectures, certificate management remains a manual task handled through the VM... SR broadcom certificate vcenter vcert vmca Read more
VxRail: Back to the Future with VCF 9 Oct 6, 2025 Miguel Brasseur The name MysticMarvin was always a nod to a platform that made perfect sense back in its time, a blend of EMC’s ‘Mystic’ and VMware’s ‘Marvin’, two code names that eventually converged into what we kn... broadcom dell emc hci update vcf vcf9 vsan vxrail Read more
VMware Tools vs open-vm-tools: Same Version, Same Fixes? Oct 3, 2025 Miguel Brasseur “Does open-vm-tools xx.y.z equals VMware Tools xx.y.z?” That’s the kind of deceptively simple customer question that can send you down a rabbit hole of KBs, VMSAs, and mailing lists. And honestly? The... broadcom build open-vm-tools release vcf vmtools vmware Read more
72 Cores Later Jun 18, 2025 Miguel Brasseur You’ve probably seen it floating around on forums, Reddit threads, or whispered in the corridors of IT departments: “Broadcom now requires a minimum of 72 cores per host!” Panic ensues, eyebrows raise... broadcom licensing vmware Read more
VCF 9 - Useful Links & Resources Jun 18, 2025 Miguel Brasseur Raise your hand if this sounds familiar: You’re mid-upgrade, vCenter’s already in maintenance mode, and someone pings, “Are we sure NSX-T’s L2 Bridge isn’t deprecated in this build?” cue frantic PDF s... broadcom build deprecated reference support vcf vcf9 vmware Read more
VCF 9 - Why This Release Finally Feels Like a Platform Jun 17, 2025 Miguel Brasseur For years, “VCF” meant “bundle”: vSphere, vSAN, NSX, plus a lifecycle appliance and a thick user guide. Helpful, but still an assembly kit. Version 9 flips that script. Under Broadcom’s watch the piec... broadcom private cloud vcf vmware Read more