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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 15h

Beauty of Automation!

Something that would easily take 10, 20 and maybe even 30min for some, all done in under 30secs!

The new #VCF9 Terraform Provider for VCF (VCFA) Automation registry.terraform.io/providers/vm... was on my explore list, got a chance to dabble with it over the weekend

William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 21h

So that's why Apple+ kept saying failing all over sudden while watching Invasion ...

William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 22h

[🆕] - My VCF 9 Lab Mini-Rack williamlam.com/2025/10/my-v...

❤️#VCF9 setup 😁

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 2d

Minisforum just keeps dropping the goods! 🔥

Upcoming MS-02 Ultra (Intel-based w/Hybrid Cores) looks to be beast! 😮

Not SFF (4L) but impressive:
🔹Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX (24c)
🔸4 x SODIMM (256GB)
🔹4 x M.2
🔸2 x 25GbE SFP+
🔹1 x 10GbE & 2.5GbE
🔸3 x PCIe Slots

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 3d

[🆕] - Quick Tip - vSphere Supervisor fails to complete due to vSAN Health Check Alerts williamlam.com/2025/10/quic...

☝️Just rebuilt my VCF lab to 9.0.1 and was going 😤 with this error until I came across a note from @vmwarelab Have already filed 🐞

#VCF9

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 3d

😎 #IYKYK

#VCF9

William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 3d

📢 Best Buy has the lowest price for the 2 x 64GB (128GB) DDR5 SODIMM $419 vs Amazon $464

Not sure how long it'll last but a number of folks have purchased for #VCF9 setup before prices go higher OR stock runs out ...

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Crucial 128GB Kit (2x64GB) DDR5 5600MHz C46 SODIMM Laptop Memory Black CT2K64G56C46S5 - Best Buy

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 3d

[🆕] - No ESX images available when upgrading from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0.0 to 9.0.1 williamlam.com/2025/10/no-e...

#VCF9

William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 4d

Since some of you have been asking about benchmarking between new NVIDIA DGX Spark & AMD Strix Halo kits, just came across what looks to be an unbias review www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pww8...

Haven't watched the full video, but the intro has already set the tone! 😁

NVIDIA DGX Spark – A Non-Sponsored Review (Strix Halo Comparison, Pros & Cons)

YouTube video by Bijan Bowen

www.youtube.com

William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 5d

Some initial benchmarking of the new NVIDIA DGX Spark ... what about aesthetic comparisons 😆 its definitely got a unique look!

William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 6d

💡Insightful conversation regarding the OpenAI x Broadcom collaboration 🧠

youtu.be/qqAbVTFnfk8

OpenAI x Broadcom — The OpenAI Podcast Ep. 8

YouTube video by OpenAI

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 10d

Yikes‼️

DDR5 SODIMM memory has really spiked in prices in recent weeks! amzn.to/4bcpXFJ

128GB (2x64GB): $364->$279->$518 (as of today) 😱

Crucial 128GB Kit (2X64GB) DDR5 RAM 5600MHz (or 5200MHz or 4800MHz) Laptop Memory Kit, SODIMM 262-Pin, Compatible with Latest Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen 8000 & Above – CT2K64G56C46S5 at Amazon.com

Buy Crucial 128GB Kit (2X64GB) DDR5 RAM 5600MHz (or 5200MHz or 4800MHz) Laptop Memory Kit, SODIMM 262-Pin, Compatible with Latest Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen 8000 & Above – CT2K64G56C46S5: Memory -...

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 10d

Apologizing in advance to your SO (significant other) in case your wallet is crying again 😅

😎Powering up my new #VCF9 lab setup, 2months+ in the making!

I'll share full BOM later but it looks damn good, if I say so myself! Just needs single power + network uplink 🙌

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 11d

📢🔥📰 Caught up on latest VMware Community Roundtable Podcast ... Looks like VCF 9.0 Licensing for VMUG Advantage w/VCF Certifications is planned go live on 11/15!

Best of all, users can generate download tokens, same experience as users w/support entitlements! 🙏

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 11d

[🆕] - Multiple VCF SSO Identity Providers for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Fleet? williamlam.com/2025/10/mult...

#VCF9

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 12d

JFYI - Automating VCF 9.0 Operations License Registration & Import for Air-Gapped Environments williamlam.com/2025/09/auto... works for BOTH VCF and VVF deployments!

Automating VCF 9.0 Operations License Registration & Import for Air-Gapped Environments

License management for both VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 is now handled by VCF Operations, which supports keyless entitlement in both Connected and Disconne…

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 12d

[🆕] - Modding an NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada (20GB VRAM) into Minisforum MS-A2 williamlam.com/2025/10/modd...

👆There's no #VCF9 capability you can't run in lab environment! Loving Minisforum MS-A2 & its now equipped w/nice NVIDIAGPU 🤑 for some VMware Private AI! 🧠

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 13d

[🆕] - MS-A2 VCF 9.0 Lab: Deploying Model Endpoint with DirectPath I/O using VMware for Private AI Services (PAIS) williamlam.com/2025/10/ms-a...

☝️Final Part 6 of my mini-PAIS blog series is now complete! 🥳 Great to see PAIS is fully capable w/o requiring vGPU 😆

#VCF9

William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 13d

Amazon Prime is so dangerous for techies ... can't even count the number of times / purchases these past few days. Waiting on one more item tomorrow to hopefully finish up my lab project😅

William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 14d

#CLOP1126LV VCF on Arm: Where We Are & Where We're Headed discussion has finally been posted! www.vmware.com/explore/vide...

Fascinating listen! Over 40-60K+ Arm Cores running on #ESXionARM Fling! 🤯

Won't spoil the goods ... but significant update on future of ESXi-Arm was shared 😄

William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 14d

Just updated my VMware Explore On-Demand Session URL Repo, which now includes views stats + Top 10 (By View) github.com/lamw/vmware-...

Over 200+ Technical breakouts, now FREE for everyone, get your #VCF9 learning on! 🧠

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 14d

Some new videos just got added to the #VCF9 Automation YouTube playlist 📺

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 14d

[🆕] - Side-loading VCF binaries into VCF Installer & SDDC Manager for Air-Gapped Environments williamlam.com/2025/10/side...

#VCF9

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 16d

Performing some GPU Surgery 😷

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William Lam @lamw.bsky.social · 17d

[🆕] - How many VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Instances can a VCF Fleet support? williamlam.com/2025/10/how-...

#VCF9

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