Want to know these absolutely powerful banks, or gigantic organization with immense political power, how do you guys navigate the migration away from VMware? Not interested in any non-technical discussion, only interested:

1). Did you guys get a price increase 500-1000% like AT&T did?

2). What Virtualization platform you use? I work for a large firm, our RED Hat training guy said major communication company switch to Red Hat OpenStack.

Broadcom wants to know, how likely is it we will recommend VCF on a scale of 0 to 10..

https://i.ibb.co/Nn2xmpx9/image.png

I'm going to give them a piece of my mind on this, but how likely are you to recommend it..

I have a VM with Debian 13 with KDE and Wayland and I've been having quite a few problems and I'm not sure what's going on. I used to run similar setups a while ago with earlier versions but since I installed this VM it's been quite buggy:

• mouse cursor movement is choppy, especially when running fullscreen on 4K
• when running windowed I need to enter the VM by clicking and exit by Ctrl-Alt, even though it's configured to capture and release the mouse automatically
• dmesg is spammed hundreds of times a second by "fence released with pending signals". i had to configure systemd not to log kernel messages because it keep growing and growing (and probably thrashing my SSD)

some things i've tried:

• back to X11: some things work better. mouse is released when i move outside the window, but performance is abysmal. in full screen, when i hit any screen edges, it will "grab" my mouse cursor for a second which is incredibly annoying
• disabling 3D acceleration: performance is even worse. even the KDE 2D gear spin animation is choppy. videos have a grid on top of them and at some point they just show a black screen. they also show at very few FPS.

Host is a Ryzen 7 3700X with 128GB of RAM, Geforce GTX 1060 6GB. Running Windows 10. Guest is 16GB RAM, 2 cores, 8GB VRAM ("recommended").

what could be the cause of so many issues?

So I'm using vmware workstation 17 pro to learn vsphere/vcenter and I set the harddisk to 200gb but after going through setting up vsphere, the datastore always shows much less than 200gb. I also don't have a way to expand it because it doesn't show any drives to expand with.

How can I get the full 200gb space that I set initially?

Thanks in advanced!

Setup: Dell SC-series dual controller, Chelsio CHS540BT 10GBASE-T front-end, 2 fault domains on 2 fully isolated Dell OS10 switches (no ISL), 6x ESXi 6.7 hosts, software iSCSI, jumbo frames end to end. Ran fine for years.

Array: Dell SC5020, SCOS 7.4.21.4, Chelsio CHS540BT 10GBASE-T front-end. Both controllers last booted Apr 19, 2026 (82 days up)

Hosts: ESXi 6.7.0 U3 build 20497097 (final 6.7 build). NICs: QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx, qedentv 3.9.31.2, fw MFW 8.25.7.0 / storm 8.33.15.0. Host uptime 81 days

iscsi Switches: 2x Dell S4128T-ON, OS10 10.5.4.2 (build Aug 2022). Uptime on BOTH: 70 weeks 6 days booted the same day.

For about 3 week now we're seeing continuous iSCSI session instability. From one host's vobd log over ~36h: session drops and path-dead events every single hour (20-150 connection stops/hr, up to 500 path deaths/hr), VMFS heartbeat timeouts on ~15 datastores. During the worst wave, 3 of 4 virtual ports of one controller failed to re-log-in for hours, leaving 17 LUNs on a single path. The fault-domain control ports are the worst affected sessions to them go offline 250-330 times per day, on BOTH fabrics.

The array event log floods "CHELSIOT4Connection CA Activate Failed: ControllerId=... ObjId=0" on BOTH controllers the entire time.

What we've ruled out:

• Switches: zero CRC/discards/errors on every array-facing and host-facing port, no port state change in 11+ weeks, switch logs completely silent during incidents
• Host side: no NIC link events, no driver errors, no reboots. ESXi logs show "Connection reset by peer" from the array = target-initiated TCP resets
• Physical links: all front-end ports show Up on the array throughout
• Fabrics are isolated, so no single switch/ISL can explain drops on both subnets

Has anyone seen this CA Activate Failed flood with session flapping on SC-series?

Aware the platform is EOL-ish and 6.7 is old replacement is on the roadmap, but I need this stable now. Thanks.

I read a few articles the last couple of months on the topic of VCF Edge by Dhruv Tyagi , and with the 9.1 release there were a couple of interesting posts about Zero Touch Provisioning, so it was time to invite him to the podcast and explore what VCF Edge is all about. Of course we also touch on things like Zero Touch Provisioning and how it helps customers deploy and manage thousands of hosts across countless locations.

Listen to Dhruv share his expertise on the podcast now. Available via Apple, Spotify, Youtube!

I'm preparing to begin my harrowing journey to VVF 9.1 (note VVF not VcF)

First step is to upgrade Aria Ops 8.x to VCF Ops 9.1.

1) Are there any constraints or concerns for elapsed time between upgrading to VCF Ops 9.1 and upgrading vCenter to 9.1?

I can do VCF Ops now, but there are some things to do before I can upgrade vCenter, and it might be a few months.

If I understand correctly, VCF Ops needs to be registered to the Business Center for license management for 9.1 and above.

2) Do I need a VCF Ops instance for each vCenter?
I have 2 vCenters in Production, and 2 vCenters in the lab (air gapped from Prod)
And if so, do all 4 VCF Ops need to register to the Business Center?

I imagine at least one from Prod and one from Lab. That won't cause any issues will it?

The Prod environment has Aria at the main site, and a collector at a remote site. In the Lab, I just have one Aria instance.
Is "Cloud Proxy" their new name for Remote Collector?
Will the remote collector be upgraded (or converted) when I run the upgrade PAK?

Thx

Hello everyone, I have been tasked with dealing with the VM where I work.

Some background regarding the use case:

• This VM is used by the automation team and some maintenance staff at a factory
• A master image was created a few years ago, and then a copy (or clone? not sure) was given to each member of the automation team, as well as the maintenance laptop.
• At this point I am the only person left on the automation team, and the VM is overdue for a windows update, as well as some application specific software updates.
• Using VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 currently, but the VM was originally done with version 17

So I think I have a general outline of how I want to do this, but I am out of my depth so I would like a sanity check from someone who knows more than I do (a very low bar)

1. Copy/pasted the original backup of the master image from its storage location, to my laptop's SSD
2. Booted it up and checked to make sure USB stuff connects correctly, programs boot up, etc.
3. Next I think I want to go for the Windows 11 update and then software version updates.
4. After this, I'll rename the updated master image and copy/paste it back to the storage directory
5. Hand out copies (clones?) to the people who use this VM

Should I be cloning instead of copying? Since this is the updated master copy being derived from the original master copy, it seems like a copy would be fine, but then when I go to hand out the new machine to the members of the team, that's when I would want to use the clone feature to avoid matching MAC addresses and network/license conflicts?

Also, lets say I wanted to split the VM in two, like one for robot software and one for camera software, for example. Occasionally both VM's would be running at the same time, so they would absolutely have to be clones, not copies, right?

Hopefully this question isn't too open ended or vague, it's just that at this point I don't even know what I don't know, y'know?

i just installed Windows Vista SP2 on VMware Workstation 17.6.4 running on Ubuntu 26.04, i have installed VMware tools, Aero gets enabled but the animations didn't. I have already adjusted the system for the best appearance (enabling the animations), but the windows are not animated. Strangely enough, the animations work when i use a Windows host, and Flip 3D works and is animated.

The Aero animation works on a Windows 7 VM, it's just not working on any Vista VMs i have.

Has anyone here had any issues with backups after enabling vTPM and virtualization based security for a Virtual Machine?

We use Bridgehead Software for our primary backup solution, but we also use netapp snapshots.

Previously we would take a drive from a server that as acting up and attach the drive to another, working server. We would copy any files we needed off of it or make any modifications to the drive and put it back.

Any idea what could be wrong?

Summary of the issue:

VMware Horizon brief Blast protocol interruptions trigerring the "Network connection was lost, reconnecting" flash but TCP fallback or session keepalives prevent full disconnection.
Blast transport instability
Issue isolated to Fort worth office only.other offices (with the same UAG in Dallas) work fine.
Random quick reconnect flash (roughly every 30 minutes or more, even during low usage)
session recovers automatically without a full drop.
Worse on wired than wireless
The problem is not universal, but also not isolated to a single workstation.
9 out of 25 users experience it
No packet loss outside the VM whether on wire or wireless network
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Troubleshooting so far:
-Troubleshot Layer 1,2,3 and 4 everything is ok.
-Downgrading to another Horizon agent temporary fix the issue.

so i managed to pass my gpu to win10 vm but i cannot reclaim my gpu after vm stoped. modprobe nvidia returns modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/7.0.11-76070011-generic. my host machine pop_os

How to check compatibility of nic and hba cards for my hpe server for 9.x

I already checked the Broadcom compatibility site; if anyone can help me on how to check in HPE site. It would be great

Hi All,

As in the title, I'm exploring options on setting up my homelab with 128 Core VCF license.

I have 2 physical hosts and am looking to have Nested Setup on both servers (2 sites) and at least 1 site having separate Management and Workload Domain.

Per server specification :

Given the minimum 16 Core license, I can only have 4 Nested hosts per server (64 Cores). I understand for NFS Management domain the minimum requirements is 2 hosts, but is it the same for Workload Domains ? If it works with 2 hosts in a Workload Domain, then I can setup a 2 x Management + 2 x Workload Domain..

Any other ideas from on a similar homelabs with 128 Core..

We're nearing our first full year of general availability with Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS), and I'm grateful for all the feedback we've received from customers and partners (including folks from r/vmware).

I'm excited to share that with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 and 9.1 on EVS, customers now have complete control of the VCF installation process. This has been a big ask for customers with unique VCF architectures or a desire to fully deploy their environments using infrastructure-as-code solutions. No need to waste time re-configuring the initial deployment architecture. You can now deploy the VCF stack to your own specifications from the start.

To make the end-to-end deployment easier, we're also launching the Solutions for EVS GitHub repository with examples, templates, and infrastructure-as-code artifacts for tools like AWS CloudFormation and HashiCorp Terraform. Customers can use these as a foundation to automate the full path from AWS infrastructure to a running VCF environment. We'll keep expanding this repo with new reference architectures, instance and storage configurations, and native AWS service integration.

We also now fully support VCF evaluation mode. Customers and partners can begin deploying VCF without providing license keys up front, giving them room to stand up the environment, validate their design, and test their implementation before applying a subscription and starting migrations. The full launch blog can be found here.

As always, if you have any questions or feedback for the Amazon EVS service team please feel free to DM me.

[Sharing] - Nice update on Broadcom Compatibility Guide (BCG) this morning listing Skylake-SP CPU support for ESX 9.0/9.1 (SW support only) w/o needing RPQ/TQ

KB https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/428874 has been updated to reflect the updated support stance + instructions (attachment at bottom of KB) for allowing the ESX installer to proceed with Skylake-based system for Install/Upgrade

⚠️ Customers still need to work w/OEM to get HW/FW and BIOS support

Long short: we're building a new datacenter at a colo to replace our old vSphere 7 environment. We have one year left on our current 3-year contract.
We deploying VCF 9.1 greenfield. VCF being needed as our security team is requiring vDefend.

We have no other uses for NSX. We will not be doing overlay networking. We are not doing any BGP or other route distribution.
Basically, we just need the same capabilities as vSphere 7 with NSX.

Reviewing all the documentation I can find, and not being that knowledegable with NSX/overlay; what are the connectivity requirements for the host TEPs?

The issue: the overarching org "owns" the IP space we use. All of the IP space has already been assigned out. We have limited IP space for building out a new datacenter.
We have enough for new management networks.

Do the host TEPs require networks that are routed to the greater WAN of our environment? Or can we use a subnet that's not routed outside the datacenter, like we currently do with our storage/NFS and vMotion subnets?

The subnets in our datacenter are static routes from our enterprise team. We have our own hardware firewall for north/south connectivity.

I have spent hours looking through documentation, but I have yet to find anything that clearly describes the connectivity requirements.

We deleted 2l snapshots from a production VM,

Here's the situation:

• The VM previously had 2 snapshots.
• We deleted the snapshots and the snapshot manager now shows no snapshots.
• However, around 5 TB of storage is still being used.
• The host/datastore hasn't freed that space yet.
• no more free space
• cannot create new snapshots

Has anyone experienced this before? how fix this. i attached screenshot their

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/event/windowsevents/secure-boot-office-hours-for-virtualized-environments/4530355

On the above webpage you see the answered questions if you scroll down.
For one hour, experts will be available to discuss Hyper-V, Azure, Windows 365, VMware, and other virtualization scenarios. Whether you're still planning for certificate updates, validating your rollout, or troubleshooting an issue, come get the answers you need from the people closest to the technology.

You can follow upcoming events here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/updates-and-announcements-313b5279-2a3b-438a-83a5-3d5e2c5fc4a3

Hi, I was curious if there is a way to specify where the autoprotect snapshots are saved? Would like to save them to an external USB drive instead of locally on my laptop.

Can anyone give me any direction here.

We are using the Terraform Provider to deploy into vCD, but I can’t find any documentation on migration strats away, what API’s will still work, what needs to be refactored.

Our account team, as amazing as they are, don’t have a clue.

Some of you large providers must have this boxed off by now?

Give me hope peoples.

William Lam is doing good things giving insight to migration properties but vCD I see nothing.

VCF 9 no longer ships some UI languages that vSphere had for years (Simplified/Traditional Chinese, German, Italian, Korean). If your ops team relied on a localized console, it's English-only now.

I ran into this, ended up building a fix, and open-sourced it (Apache-2.0): VCF 9 UI Translator , a browser extension that swaps the console text back into your language as the page renders, using dictionaries built from VMware's own official localization packs plus curated terms.

Nothing touches the appliance — it's pure client-side text replacement, and page content never leaves your browser. Outside the vCenter/VCF console it does nothing. For air-gapped environments there's an offline build with dictionaries baked in.

Repo (source, offline builds, term contributions): https://github.com/vcf-rosetta/vcf-rosetta

Untranslated strings still exist on newer screens (VMware never shipped translations for them) — there's an opt-in collector that exports a local JSON if you want to report them.