VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0.1 is the first maintenance release for VCF 9.0, delivering a number of important fixes but also several exciting enhancements for […]
MS-A2 VCF 9.0 Lab: Configuring Model Store using Harbor for VMware for Private AI Services (PAIS)
In this blog post, we will setup an AI Model Store using Harbor, which will allow us to download Hugging Face models and upload that to […]
MS-A2 VCF 9.0 Lab: Configuring Authentik Identity Provider VMware for Private AI Services (PAIS)
In this blog post, we will walk through the configuration of an Identity Provider (IdP) and create an OIDC Public Application Client, which will be […]
MS-A2 VCF 9.0 Lab: Configuring Data Services Manager (DSM) for VMware Private AI Services (PAIS)
In this blog post, we will walk through the configuration steps for setting up Data Services Manager (DSM) and connecting that to VCF Automation (VCFA), […]
Quick Tip — Retrieving ESXi Host Fingerprint for VCF Installer JSON deployment
When deploying a new VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 Fleet, the VCF Installer will automatically retrieve the fingerprint for each of the ESXi hosts that […]
MS-A2 VCF 9.0 Lab: Installing VMware Private AI Services (PAIS)
Over the past couple of months, I have used my minimal VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 lab to explore nearly every major VCF 9.0 capability […]
Quick Tip — Custom JSON for Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) with Custom TLS Certificates
ESXi hosts deployed with a custom CA signed TLS certificate can be consumed by either VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.x Cloud Builder or 9.x VCF […]
Automating VCF 9.0 Operations License Registration & Import for Air-Gapped Environments
License management for both VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 is now handled by VCF Operations, which supports keyless entitlement in […]
Using vSphere 9.0 API to retrieve vGPU & DirectPath Profiles
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 has introduced a number of enhancements when consuming vGPU and DirectPath Profiles, which are available in both the vSphere UI […]
Quick Tip — Improving thermals on Minisforum MS-A2
If you own a Minisforums MS-A2, you may have noticed that the system can run quite warm under load. I certainly have been putting my […]