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VMware’s 72-Core Licensing Shift: Turning a Challenge into an Opportunity for Small Businesses

GrahamApril 3, 2025April 4, 2025

The virtualization scene is buzzing once again. VMware, now steered by Broadcom, has dropped a new licensing update. As of April 10, 2025, a minimum of 72 cores per product must be licensed for initial purchases. Existing subscriptions and expansions? Unaffected, we think! For small businesses running ESXi or VMware...

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VMware Products Going EOL in 2025: The Full-Year Rundown

GrahamMarch 4, 2025April 4, 2025

It’s that time again - time to check your VMware estate and make sure you’re not running on borrowed time. With 2025 in full swing, several VMware products are hitting their End of Life (EOL) or End of Support (EOS) milestones this year. For those unfamiliar, EOL means no more...

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VMware Cloud Foundation 9 – What’s New?

GrahamSeptember 14, 2024September 14, 2024

Exploring the Innovations in VMware Cloud Foundation 9 VMware (now Broadcom, of course) has once again pushed the boundaries with the introduction of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9. This iteration is not just an update; it's a transformative platform designed to streamline the deployment, consumption, and management of modern private...

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VMware vSAN ESA – Book review

GrahamFebruary 17, 2024February 17, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of virtualization and storage technologies, VMware's vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) emerges as a revolutionary solution, promising a unique approach to storage that combines efficiency, simplicity, and scalability. However, vSAN ESA is different from the traditional vSAN (OSA)which we have become familiar with since 2014. Since...

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Official VMware Visio Stencils & Icons – Update

GrahamFebruary 17, 2024April 4, 2025

I have been writing documentation for some time but it has always bothered me that there has been no official Visio Stencils, Draw.io or other Icons for the documentation of VMware solutions. There are some unofficial icon set sources out there and there are a few official product diagrams available but...

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VMware Explore – US – Top 5 Session Picks

GrahamJuly 21, 2023July 27, 2023

With VMware Explore (US - Las Vegas) starting August 21st, it is time to save your seats to ensure you get to see the breakout sessions you want to be involved in. Depending on which products you have as part of your infrastructure, and personal interests, everyone will have their...

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vSAN 8 – What’s New

GrahamAugust 30, 2022October 11, 2022

vSAN was introduced in 2014, around 8 years ago. We've seen impressive features introduced to the product over the years from All-Flash, Deduplication, Encryption, File Services and enhancements in how vSAN deals with failures and maintenance mode. Since 2014 IT has evolved rapidly. No longer do we tend to run...

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VMware Solutions – End of Support in 2022

GrahamDecember 7, 2021December 7, 2021

This is a quick post to highlight some of VMware's most used software which will no longer be supported in 2022. Software releases drop out of support all the time and it's easily missed to be sure to check them frequently. A quick search of this page will identify some...

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VMware vSphere 7 Update 3 – What’s new?

GrahamSeptember 28, 2021September 30, 2021

It's only been around 6 months since vSphere 7 Update 2 was announced. Today VMware has announced new functionality in update 3. If you're looking for all the best bits of vSphere 7 Update 2, check my in-depth post here. You'll also notice that I publish these posts out really...

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How can VMware vSAN benefit your business?

GrahamApril 15, 2021April 17, 2021

VMware's vSAN solution was first launched back in March 2014 as VMware Virtual SAN 5.5. Now, more than 7 years later, vSAN is a stable platform with a complete set of enterprise-ready features. Furthermore, VMware's vSAN is consistently voted a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for HCI. That's all...

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