VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1
https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/whats-new-in-vcf
| Inside VMware Cloud Foundation A Live Briefing on What’s Next | Recording |
| Exclusive live briefing on the next planned release of VCF Watch this recording to hear directly from Paul Turner, Chief Product Officer of the VCF Division, and the engineers, architects, and customers behind the release. | |
| Subject | Link |
|---|---|
| Broadcom Announces VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, Enabling Secure and Cost-Effective Infrastructure for Production AIVCF 9.1 Empowers Enterprises with Accelerated AI Workload Deployment at Lower Costs, Enhanced Security, and an Open Hardware Ecosystem. Read more in the press release. | Announcment |
| Introducing VCF 9.1: Built for Efficiency and Resilience [Virtually Speak]VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is here, and in this kickoff episode, Pete and John sit down with Paul Turner, VP of Products for VMware Cloud Foundation, to set the stage for what this release really means. […] | Youtube |
| Announcing VCF 9.1: Modern Private Cloud Built for Efficiency and ResilienceInfrastructure teams face a paradox: environments are growing more complex while budgets and headcount remain flat. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 will address this head-on with innovations that improve efficiency, accelerate application delivery, and strengthen cyber resilience while […] | Blog Post |
| Announcing VMware Cloud Foundation Edge 9.1: A Scalable, Autonomous Edge PlatformTraditional infrastructure was never designed for edge scale. Managing hundreds to thousands of distributed sites with fragmented stacks, siloed tools, and manual processes creates operational risk, inconsistent security, and costly site-by-site management. For many organizations, this means […] | Blog Post |
| Scale Smarter, Save More: Redefining Infrastructure Economics with VMware vSphere in VCF 9.1In an era where every dollar counts and every minute of downtime matters, infrastructure teams face a perfect storm of challenges: hardware scarcity projected through 2027, isolated environments created by coexisting legacy and modern architectures, continuously evolving skillset demands, and […] | Blog Post |
| Deploy Modern Apps Faster, Scale Smarter, and Lower Your TCO with VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service in VCF 9.1For many organizations, Kubernetes adoption began as a technical initiative, but scaling it into a reliable, enterprise-grade platform often proved far more difficult than expected. What started as innovation quickly became complex with: At the same time, the stakes are increasing. […] | Blog Post |
| Streamline, Simplify and Protect all your AI workloads with VCF 9.1 AI has tremendous potential to transform all enterprises. IDC Predicts AI Solutions & Services will Generate Global Impact of $22.3 Trillion by 20301. With such massive potential, it’s no surprise that enterprises are eager to leverage AI to boost productivity across every aspect of their […] | Blog Post |
| Modernizing Infrastructure Economics with VMware vSphere Foundation 9.1Infrastructure leaders today are navigating a complex landscape where the cost of hardware and the demands of modern workloads are in constant friction. DRAM price volatility and rapid data growth often erode the return on investment for even the most well-planned modernization initiatives. […] | Blog Post |
| Inside VCF 9.1: Platform, Lifecycle, and What’s Different Now [Virtually Speak]VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 introduces a wide range of improvements across the platform, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with William Lam to walk through the updates that matter most to practitioners. From zero-touch provisioning and faster patching to fleet management, real-time […] | Podcast |
| What’s New with VMware vSphere in VCF 9.1 This technical session covers what’s new in vSphere as part of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1. Féidhlim O’Leary walks through lifecycle management, VM management, and Kubernetes enhancements. Dave Morera covers workload acceleration including memory tiering, vMotion encryption offload, NUMA scheduling improvements, and expanded GPU support. Bob Plankers closes with platform security topics. | Youtube |
| Exploring Network Services for VPCs in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) delivers the compute, storage, and networking services required to power modern cloud environments. In this blog, we are focusing specifically on the Network Services available within VCF 9.1 Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). | Youtube |
| VCF 9.1: The Secure, Cost-Effective Private Cloud Platform for Production AIToday, Broadcom announced VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1, the next milestone in the evolution of the industry’s most widely deployed private cloud platform. VCF 9.1 is a focused release with a clear ambition: to be the most cost-effective and secure foundation for production AI, modern […] | Blog Post |
| AI with VCF 9.1 on AMD GPUs: Build with open frameworks and simplify management, at a lower TCO Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly emerging as one of the most transformational technologies of our time, with massive potential to redefine how organizations operate, compete, and innovate. With the ability to learn from vast amounts of data, identify complex patterns, and make […] | Blog Post |
| Simplify Workload Connectivity and Enhance Network Scale and Performance with VCF 9.1 In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, IT organizations are caught between two worlds: rapidly adopting and scaling modern infrastructure while maintaining visibility, security and control. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Networking evolved significantly in VCF 9.0 with a simpler network […] | Blog Post |
| Auto RAID and Effective Capacity in VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1 The new Auto RAID feature in vSAN for VCF 9.1 provides a system-managed approach to setting data resilience and space-efficiency parameters based on the characteristics of each vSAN cluster. A single vSAN ESA Auto RAID storage policy can manage clusters of different sizes and topologies [..] | Youtube |
| Global Deduplication and Enhanced Compression in VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1 vSAN for VCF 9.1 introduces global deduplication along with new compression techniques that can help reduce storage consumption across vSAN ESA clusters. Global deduplication is a cluster-based, post-processing activity that looks for duplicate data across the entire cluster and only runs when […] | Youtube |
| Technology Overview of VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1This technical overview walks through VMware vSAN as the storage platform for VMware Cloud Foundation, covering the architecture, key capabilities, and deployment options available with vSAN for VCF 9.1. The video starts with the limitations of traditional three-tier storage architectures, then [..] | Youtube |
| What’s New in VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1This technical session walks through the new capabilities and enhancements introduced in VMware vSAN as part of VCF 9.1. The video is organized around the themes that come up most often in customer conversations: lowering storage costs, accommodating the demands of modern applications […] | Youtube |
| What’s New with Security & Compliance in VCF 9.1 This session walks through the security and compliance changes in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, organized around four areas: identity and access control, workload isolation, cryptography and encryption, and threat detection along with auditing and monitoring. | Youtube |
| Designing VCF 9.1: Architecture, Sizing, and Scale in Practice [Virtually Speak]Behind every feature in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is the work that makes it actually run at scale. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Emad Younis to unpack the details practitioners care about most. From fleet architecture and latency planning to sizing at massive scale, Emad breaks | Youtube |
| VCF 9.1 Cyber Resilience: From Attack to Recovery with Confidence [Virtually Speak] Cyber threats are evolving fast, and traditional defenses are no longer enough. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Belu De Arbelaiz and Jacob Garrison from CrowdStrike to explore how VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is redefining cyber resilience. They break down the rise of AI-driven […] | Youtube |
| VCF 9.1: Scaling Secure Edge Deployments [Virtually Speak]Edge environments are growing fast, but managing them at scale is anything but simple. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Rick Walsworth to explore how VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is transforming edge deployments. From zero-touch provisioning and built-in security to lifecycle […] | Youtube |
| VCF 9.1: From AI Hype to Production Reality [Virtually Speak]AI is easy to demo but hard to run in production. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Chris Wolf, Global Head of AI at Broadcom, to break down what it actually takes to operationalize AI. They explore how customers are moving from experimentation to real-world Private AI on VMware Cloud […] | Youtube |
| From Rising Costs to Smarter Storage: The VCF 9.1 Reality [Virtually Speak]Storage is at the center of rising infrastructure costs, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with Rakesh to explore how VCF 9.1 is tackling that challenge head-on. From cutting hardware requirements in half to introducing global deduplication and native S3 object storage, this […] | Youtube |
| VCF 9.1: Automation, Kubernetes APIs, and Faster Deployments [Virtually Speak]VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is all about making the platform easier to consume and operate at scale. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Dilpreet, Head of Engineering for VCF, to explore how that vision comes to life. From the introduction of VCF Automation and Kubernetes-based APIs […] | Youtube |
| From Infrastructure to Innovation: VCF 9.1 Core Explained [Virtually Speak]VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 brings major updates across compute, storage, and networking, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with Vijay, product lead for core infrastructure, to break it all down. From smarter memory utilization to native object storage and improved cyber […] | Youtube |
| What’s New with VMware Data Services Manager 9.1 VMware Data Services Manager is a Database-as-a-Service solution for VMware Cloud Foundation. It simplifies and automates database lifecycle management for the three most popular database engines deployed in VCF environments: PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server. | Youtube |
| VMware Data Services Manager 9.1: Automating the Modern Databases that Drive AI and Private CloudMicrosoft SQL Server is now generally available in VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) 9.1, completing a robust Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform. This integration enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs by over 50%, and supports crucial databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL. […] | Blog Post |
Product Releases
| VMmark | 4.1.0 | 05/07 | Download | Release Notes |
Product Lifecycle
| Product | Version | EOS |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Fusion (for Intel-based and Apple silicon Macs) | 25H2 | 01.06.26 |
| VMware Workstation Player | 25H2 | 01.06.26 |
| VMware Workstation Pro (For Windows) | 25H2 | 01.06.26 |
| VMware Workstation Pro for Linux | 25H2 | 01.06.26 |
| VMware Tools | 11.3.0 | 17.06.26 |
| VMware Tools | 11.3.5 | 17.06.26 |
| VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension | 3.0.0.1 | 27.06.26 |
| VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension | 3.1 | 27.06.26 |
| VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension | 3.1.0.1 | 27.06.26 |
| VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension | 3.1.0.2 | 27.06.26 |
| VMware Aria Automation Config | 8.17.0 | 30.06.26 |
KB Articles
Some new and updated KB articles
| Subject | ID |
|---|---|
| Correct procedure to disable IPFIX, removed NSX datasource and readd it back in VMware Aria Operations for Networks | 439600 |
| ESXi hosts missing from the Fleet Management >> Certificates view when the „Show ESXi Hosts“ toggle was enabled in VCF Operations | 439599 |
| Cannot migrate virtual machines: vSphere Distributed Switch down due to stale NSX entries. | 439592 |
| ESXi host silently disconnects from vCenter due to lwsmd memory exhaustion and Kerberos loop | 439570 |
| Multicast traffic fails from VM to physical destination | 439567 |
| ESXi VM Migration Fails with SSL Handshake Error on Transport Node | 439553 |
| Workload Domain creation fails with „Failed to validate domain spec“ and „Failed to retrieve component binary“ in VCF 9 | 439546 |
| No organizations are imported after upgrade from VRA 8 to VCFA 9.0 | 439487 |
| CPU resize failure for onboarded virtual machines | 439458 |
| Impact on NSX for CVE-2026-31431 Linux Copy Fail Vulnerability | 439440 |
| Creating a Custom Alert for Virtual Machine HA Failovers in Aria Operations | 439432 |
| Best Practices for Default Transport Zones during VCF Deployment | 439410 |
| Unable to generate the users report in the UI of VMware Identity Manager | 439353 |
| HCX Interconnect Underlay PMTU mismatch alerts due to CPU contention | 439344 |
| Uplinks (Overridden) on HCX UI | 439337 |
| Aria Operations Primary Replica Node Returns 503 Service Unavailable Error | 439325 |
| Collecting Logs and Database Dumps for Ongoing or Intermittent Issues in HCX | 439312 |
| SDDC Manager Shows NSX Root Password Disconnected and Remediation Fails | 439290 |
| Moving a Datastore Out of a Datastore Cluster (Storage DRS) | 439259 |
| VCP Validation Fails With Missing iSCSI CHAP Password Error for Unused Adapters | 439256 |
| HCX inventory visibility and migration access limitations in multi-tenant vCenter environments | 439221 |
| VCF Instance Certificates Not Visible in Fleet Management Interface | 439203 |
| VCF Operations for Logs 9.0.2 primary node crashes intermittently | 439198 |
| VCF Import Fails at Operations Collector OVF Deployment Due to Network Timeout | 439190 |
| Aria Automation Login Hangs on „Loading/Authenticating“ Screen | 439179 |
| NSX host transport node upgrade fails with error „Upgrade failed: Solution apply failed on host: <hostname>. The vSphere Lifecycle Manager image contains a new ‚ESXi‘ version.“ | 439165 |
| How to Deploy NSX Manager Nodes to Form a Cluster Using the UI | 439164 |
| Import of Local Manager to Global Manager fails with „Unable to import due to these unsupported features: MultiTenancy“ error. | 439149 |
| VCF Operations Sync Inventory encounters „Failed to get domain details“ error | 439148 |
| Unable to find specific OID in downloaded SNMP MIB files | 439069 |
| How to verify physical NIC speed capabilities and support on ESXi hosts | 439060 |
| Live storage vMotion fails when Software Memory Tiering is enabled in vSphere 8.x | 439056 |
| Error: „VCF Operations Fleet Management is Not Ready“ when navigating to VCF Management in VCF Operations 9.x | 439054 |
| HCX Interconnect (IX) tunnel status persists as „Unknown“ following appliance re-deployment | 439039 |
OnSite Events
Incl. VMUG User/cons
| VMUG Connect – Minneapolis – Recap [virtually Speaking] | April 07-09 | |
| VMUG Connect – Toronto | May 12-14 | |
| VMUG Connect – Dallas | June 09-11 | |
| Explore – Las Vegas | Aug 31- Sep 03 | |
| Explore on Tour – Mumbai | September 29-30 | |
| Explore on Tour – Singapore | October 1 – 2 | |
| Explore on Tour – Frankfurt | October 13-14 | |
| Explore on Tour – Tokyo | October 20-21 | |
| VMUG Connect – Orlando | October 20-22 | |
| Explore on Tour – London | November 18-19 | |
| Explore on Tour – Washington D.C. | December 8 | |
| Local VMUG Events Overview | ||
TAM Lab | Podcast | Webinar | Blog Posts
Podcasts , Blogs and Webinars published last week
Blogpost
| Post-Quantum Readiness on VMware Cloud Foundation VMware Cloud Foundation | Blogpost |
| The algorithms that secure most digital communications today, such as RSA and elliptic curve cryptography, rely on math problems that traditional computers cannot solve in any reasonable amount of time, even with the computing advances of the last few decades. Quantum computers, however, work on fundamentally different principles. A traditional computer uses “bits” that hold a single value, either 0 or 1. A quantum computer uses “quantum bits” or “qubits” that exist in a combination of the 0 and 1 states at the same time, each with its own weight. Physicists call this a superposition, and it is profoundly non-intuitive, defying the logical world of defined states we’re accustomed to. | |
Webinar
| What’s New with Kubernetes on VCF VMware Cloud Foundation Webinar Series | 05/13/26 Webinar |
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) enable enterprises to deploy and manage all modern applications. Join us in the webinar to hear about the latest capabilities and innovations in VKS that help secure, scale, and accelerate AI and modern workloads without increasing cost and complexity. Key Highlights:Faster deployment and upgradesEnhanced cluster scale and securityImproved operational efficiency | |
VMware Security Advisories History 2026
| VMSA ID | Products | Affected CVE |
|---|---|---|
| VMSA-2026-0002 | VMware WorkstationVMware Fusion | CVE-2026-22715CVE-2026-22716CVE-2026-22717CVE-2026-22722 |
| VMSA-2026-0001 | Aria Operations | CVE-2026-22719 CVE-2026-22720 CVE-2026-22721 |