Field-tested VCF Operations, capacity and GreenOps guidance
The rule we all grew up with If your VCF upgrade plan still says "wait for the next release before we adopt", it is now costing you support runway, not protecting it. In VCF 9, the newest minor release is the one with the longest life ahead of it. For most of my 25 years … Continue reading The End of GA-1: Why the Newest VCF Release Is Now the Safe Choice
A customer inquired about discrepancies between VCF Operations and vCenter regarding SQL Server cluster capacities, with VCF showing critical alerts while vCenter indicated otherwise. The post explains how the two systems measure different aspects of capacity and provides a detailed analysis of VCF Operations' capacity engine outputs, policy impacts, and actionable steps for management.
Every few weeks, a headline tells me AI is draining the planet, and the next one says a single prompt costs about as much as a sip of water. After 25+ years in IT and private cloud operations, I distrust any number that arrives without its methodology. So let's break it down the way we … Continue reading How Much Power, Carbon and Water Does One AI Prompt Really Use?
Many customers I work with already hold VCF licenses and haven’t started on 9.1. When I ask why, the answer is almost always the same: “We don’t have spare hardware for a management domain.” With vSphere 8 reaching end of general support on 11 October 2027 (technical guidance continues to October 2029, but without new patches), … Continue reading No Spare Hardware? Reclaim It: A Practical Path to VCF 9.1 Before vSphere 8 Reaches End of Support
