I spent a couple of hours last night attending a great session with Paul Turner and others of VMware by Broadcom.
The session was talking about VCF 9.1
Far too many features to list.
So, here's a link to the What's New VCF site
https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/whats-new-in-vcf
It's been a while, but today we had to reset a vCenter Password for administrator@vsphere.local
So, I thought I'd write down the process
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Thanks VMware for this handy little guide to the Private Cloud
A new certifcation is available on the VMware Certification Website
VMware Certified Advanced Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Operations (3V0-22.25)
New exam registrations will be available after Nov 9, 2025.
The VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VCAP Administrator Operations certification validates the expertise required to monitor, manage, and optimize VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments for performance, capacity, and cost efficiency.
Candidates for this certification demonstrate the ability to configure dashboards, apply optimization policies, and perform analyses to ensure smooth and reliable private cloud operations. Earning this certification demonstrates a professional’s ability to maintain compliance, security, and lifecycle management across all aspects of VCF operations.
Language: English
Duration: 135 Minutes
Number of Questions: 60
Format: Multiple Choice, Multiple Choice Multiple Selection, Drag and Drop, Matching, Proctored, Build-List, Sequencing
Passing Score: 300 (Scaled)
Pricing: $250 USD
A new certification has been announced on the VMware Certification website
VMware Certified Advanced Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Automation (3V0-21.25)
New exam registrations will be available after Nov 9, 2025.
The VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VCAP Administrator Automation certification validates the expertise required to support and troubleshoot private cloud environments built on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
Candidates for this certification are typically responsible for implementing, maintaining, and supporting VCF infrastructure to help their organizations meet service level objectives related to availability, performance, and security. Earning this certification demonstrates a professional’s ability to effectively diagnose and resolve issues within VCF-based private cloud environments.
Language: English
Duration: 135 Minutes
Number of Questions: 60
Format: Multiple Choice, Multiple Choice Multiple Selection, Drag and Drop, Matching, Proctored, Build-List, Sequencing
Passing Score: 300 (Scaled)
Pricing: $250 USD
A new certification from VMware is now listed on the
https://www.broadcom.com/support/education/vmware/certification web site
VMware Certified Advanced Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 vSphere Kubernetes Service (3V0-24.25)
New exam registrations will be available after Dec 12, 2025.
This certification validates professionals to deploy, operate, and secure vSphere Kubernetes Service environments within VMware Cloud Foundation. It demonstrates mastery of Kubernetes lifecycle management, workload orchestration, and scalable, production-ready operations.
Language: English
Duration: 135 Minutes
Number of Questions: 60
Format: Multiple Choice, Multiple Choice Multiple Selection, Drag and Drop, Matching, Proctored, Build-List, Sequencing
Passing Score: 300 (Scaled)
Pricing: $250 USD
I've been looking at the VMware Troubleshooting course this week.
Performace issues are generally a bit of a problem to solve.
User rings up "The computers running slow", then as an IT support professional we all think, "ah, OK"
I've used ESXTOP for years and it helps, but there's so much information that can be gained from analusis of the results.
Broadcom/VMware have this handy little video/article on using ESXTOP to identify storage issues for ESXi, it really is quite useful
Using esxtop to identify storage performance issues for ESXi (multiple versions)