William Lam@lamw
Nov 6
🆕 Update to the #VCF Agentic AI Hub Fling v0.2.0 w/MCP servers for following:

🌐 NSX
💾 vSAN
📝 Log Management
🛜 VCF Ops for Network

📔 RN & 💿 DL 👉 support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/prod…
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William Lam@lamw
Nov 5
🆕 Enhancement to the VCF Upgrade Planner Tool now includes upgrade guidance for Data Services Manager (DSM) that includes both vSphere and VCF-based deployments and with or without Aria Automation / VCF Automation! 🥳

#VCF9
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William Lam@lamw
Nov 4
Check out this latest blog post which outlines some of our new 🛡️🔒 Security and 🧠☁️ Private Cloud AI offerings 👇

Broadcom Updates VMware Portfolio to Protect and Accelerate Private AI Cloud Deployments blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundati…

#VCF9
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William Lam@lamw
Nov 4
👌 Nice blog post from colleague Shree on Demystifying VCF Automation (VCFA) Node Architecture & Load Balancing blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundati…

#VCF9
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William Lam@lamw
Nov 2
Getting some interesting recommendations from IN today ... D-O-Double G 🎤😅
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William Lam@lamw
Nov 2
I’m actually kind of shocked that Ubuntu is sooo behind …. haven’t read blog post but not good look given severity of these recent CVE(s) > 9+
sysxplore
@sysxplore
Nov 2
Ubuntu is getting roasted over a kernel bug it still hasn't patched.

CVE-2026-98432 is a use-after-free in the Linux kernel's IPv4 TCP handshake code. It's been there since 2016, it can be triggered remotely, and it's rated CVSS 9.8. Debian shipped a fix on October 16. Arch, ve fixes too.

Ubuntu's security tracker still lists every supported release, 24.04 and 26.04 LTS included, as "Vulnerable", with fixes marked "work in progress". Ubuntu also rates it "High" rather than Critical, and Critical is what normally triggers an out-of-cycle update.

A blog post called "WTF Ubuntu?" by chalmovsky hit the top of Hacker News today. It says: "Ubuntu hasn't shipped the patch nine days after it was rated 9.8 and six days after a working root exploit." The author also took their Ubuntu servers offline.

HN commenters point out that fixed kernels are already sitting in Ubuntu's -proposed repositories. Others are swapping migration notes for Debian, AlmaLinux and Rocky. So far there's no public statement from Canonical.
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William Lam@lamw
Nov 2
With AI accelerating vulnerability discovering (CVSS >9+) as the new norm, patching before exploit is race against time! ⏰

I wonder if this might drive new wave of traditional app modernization, not for 12 Factor but the ability for Orgs to ship fixes almost instantly 🤔
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 31
Ugh ... 🚨 Another major security vulnerability, this time w/Linux Kernel (CVE-2026-98432) that could allow attacker in w/crafted TCP packet

Ref: thehackernews.com/2026/10/linux-…

👇 If you're running Ubuntu 20.x/24.x, you can apply this stop gap
Derek Ross
@derekmross
Oct 30
@silentlink1 here you go, @r0ckstardev made a gist. x.com/r0ckstardev/st…
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 28
📢 JFYI - CVE-2026-111497 (Brotli RCE) only applies to the SDDC Manager component in #VCF and to quickly address issue, there are manual interim workarounds for now

🟠 VCF 9.1.1 - knowledge.broadcom.com/external/artic…

🔵 VCF 5.x / 9.0.x / 9.1.0 - knowledge.broadcom.com/external/artic…
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 28
Great insights from Karl on common #VCF configurations that can prevent you from upgrading, ensure you take care of these and get insights by running the VCF readiness/upgrade checker to help!
Karl Widmer
@widmerkarl
Oct 28
@lamw Sure things to check:
- the BOM versions of all components like SDDC Manager, NSX, etc.
- cluster homogeneity, because of transition from baselines to vLCM image
- trust the health checks and fix the issues first

And thats just three of many more things I’m fighting with…
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 28
Great to hear in-product #VCF pre-checks is at least catching!

Any common patterns you’d like to share with broader community on things to check in general?

I do like that we have both upgrade and general pre-checks users can run adhoc!
Karl Widmer
@widmerkarl
Oct 28
Working on a huge #VCF upgrade at a customer. Multiple workload domains. I'm stumbling from one issue and error to the next. The infrastructure has been neglected over the years. It's a good thing the upgrade pre-checks are so thorough. #vExper @vmwarevcf
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 28
😩

arstechnica.com/security/2026/…
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 27
Small, but handy 🆕 feature that was just added to #VCF91 Upgrade Planner Tool - You can now Export/Import existing deployment flow, easy to resume where you left off or quickly try out different scenarios

See for some of the big enhancements👇
williamlam.com/2026/10/major-…
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 26
📢 Those using vSAN w/SMB file services & upgrading from 9.0.x, there's 🆕 vSAN File Services patch to resolve access failure. This version replaces prior 9.1.x vers (which have been removed)

📔techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-c…

💿 support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/prod… ( 👉Drivers & Tools)

#VCF911
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 24
$ uptime
up 15 years, load average: still learning, innovating & advocating
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 23
🛳️ VKS 3.8 is now available! Check out RN for what's new including support for k8s 1.37, in-place upgrade policies & support for new #VCF911 VLAN-backed VPC to just name a few 🎉

📔 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-c…

JFYI - VKS 3.8 support has also been added to VCF Upgrade Planner Tool!
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 22
[🆕] - Major Enhancements to VCF 9.1 Upgrade Planner Tool williamlam.com/2026/10/major-…

#VCF91
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 22
👇Very good watch on NUMA enhancements in #VCF91 to address high core count/chiplets for Intel/AMD CPUs. Best part, no operational/config changes, upgrade to 9.1 to get 🚀 scheduler!

Unlocking Performance w/Next-Gen Topology-Aware CPU Scheduler in VCF vmware.com/explore/video/…
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 22
Since this was recently asked ... In addition to Intel Haswell/Broadwell processors no longer being supported, you also can NOT use them with #VCF91 NVMe Tiering, you will need at least Skylake or newer processor
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William Lam@lamw
Oct 22
👏 Super dope to see how easy VMware vDefend + Avi can neutralize the recent PHP2Shell vulnerabilities! 💪🛡️

blogs.vmware.com/security/2026/…
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