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Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year there will be only the VMware Explore in USA (again in Las Vegas) and no more an European edition (VMware Explore 2024 Barcelona was the last european edition). But this year there is a big news: VMware Explore on Tour.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne year ago, Broadcom killed the Free vSphere Hypervisor, but on April, with the VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3e, the free (and limited) version is back again! Broadcom makes again available the VMware vSphere Hypervisor (the entry-level and free hypervisor). But now Broadcom has released the GA of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 and VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0. So, the question is easy… where is the ESXi 9.0 free edition?

Reading Time: 4 minutesAccording to the VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Product Support Notes there are several VMware features deprecated! All of deprecated features will be removed in a future vCenter release. And some features has already been removed in version 9.0 because deprecated in previous versions. Deprecation of vSphere Clustering Service (vCLS):

Reading Time: 2 minutesVMware vSphere Clustering Service (vCLS) was introduced in the vSphere 7 Update 1 release with the idea of creating a decoupled and distributed control plane for clustering services in vSphere. But with VMware vSphere 8.0.3, the vSphere Clustering Service (vCLS) will be “migrated” with a new Embedded vSphere Cluster Service model. The entire vSphere Cluster Service (vCLS) is rearchitected to use fewer resources, remove storage footprint, and eliminate issues associated with vCLS deployment.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen you create a virtual machine or upgrade an existing virtual machine, you use the virtual machine compatibility setting to select the ESXi host versions that the virtual machine can run on. The compatibility setting determines the virtual hardware available to the virtual machine, which corresponds to the physical hardware available on the host. Virtual hardware includes BIOS and EFI, available virtual PCI slots, the maximum number of CPUs, the maximum memory configuration, and other characteristics. New virtual hardware capabilities are typically released once a year with major or minor releases of vSphere. The new VCF and […]

Reading Time: 14 minutesBroadcom has just announced the General Availability (GA) of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 and the General Availability (GA) of VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) 9.0. The best way to learn more about the new features is to try the new VMware Hands on Labs:

Reading Time: 2 minutesBroadcom has just announced the General Availability (GA) of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, the platform for the modern private cloud. And also has just announced the General Availability (GA) of VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) 9.0. Currently, vSphere 9.0 features are only available as part of VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0 and VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0. There is not yet an independent VMware vSphere 9.0 version. Note that the new products are already in GA… seems that for version 9.0 Broadcom is not using the VMware vSphere 8.0 IA/GA release model. Maybe they will choose again to create […]

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