February 2026

VCF9 with VPC Networking

Virtual Private Networking (VPC) has been around since VCF 5.2.1. The latest 9.0 release brings additional features such as transit gateways, consumption via vSphere, VCF automation integration, Tanzu supervisor support, VPC ready workload domains and DHCP enhancements. For the setup…

Red Hat OpenShift on VCF9

In this article, we will be exploring deploying Red Hat OpenShift container platform on VMware Cloud Foundation 9. Introduction I have been running various Red Hat OpenShift environments on Bare Metal Cisco UCS B200 for a while now. You can…

Beyond VMware Series Part #4

In the next part of the series, I’m exploring Red Hat OpenShift as an alternative to VMware. OpenShift is a very capable “cloud-like” platform which is focused on delivering Microservices and Virtual Machines in a single converged platform. You can…

Beyond VMware Series Part #3

In the next part of the series I explore KVM alternatives Proxmox and HPe VME. Both are realistic alternatives, and have their own strengths and weaknesses, I show demos of how these products compare. Areas covered are:

VCF9 Single Host Home Lab

This article will guide you through how to build a VMware Cloud Foundation solution in a single super tiny system. Intro and thanks Although I currently work as the lead for a consulting practice in Alcester, I am, in the…

Beyond VMware Series Part #2

In the next part of the series I’m exploring Hyper-V as an alternative to VMware. Hyper-V has a bit of a dodgy reputation in the industry, I explain why I think this is, and put forward reasons as to why…