Ep. 54 of the VCD Roundtable explores vDefend Firewall, IDS/IPS, and ATP – focusing on licensing, use cases, and tips for CSPs. Updates to licensing allows overage-based use for vDefend Firewall, removing the need for a three-year commit. The episode highlights vDefend ATP’s value through microsegmentation for tenant workload protection and IDS/IPS…

In Episode 53, the Roundtable breaks down Broadcom’s latest updates on product changes, license key limits, pricing adjustments, and more. Highlights include new Cloud Director automation, Tanzu Mission Control’s return in VCF, and Usage Meter 9 with vDefend Firewall support. Plus, listen in for key pricing changes for new data services users and a…

VMware HCX now supports Cloud Director, enabling multiple migration options—including live and OS-assisted migrations. While setup requires extra steps like RabbitMQ, it offers a dedicated UI and lets customers manage migrations independently. Despite some networking limits, it simplifies Day 2 operations for service providers and boosts flexibilit…

How can CSPs navigate the developments of AI and their concern for data privacy? This episode explores how Private AI is way for customers to leverage AI without exposing their data and knowhow to popular AI models and, by proxy, competitors. Additionally, the Roundtable provides insight and tips for how CSPs that are new to AI can position themsel…

Filmed live from Broadcom’s Corporate Headquarters in Palo Alto, this episode covers key details into Broadcom’s latest news for Partners, insights into download tokens, upcoming industry events – primarily VMware Explore ’25 – and our own personal insights. Crucially, Broadcom now requires partners to choose a single way to market — as a reseller …

VCSPs must be on the current or last major release to remain compliant! Several products face end of support, including NSX-V, vSphere 7, NSX-T 3.1, and older Aria versions. Continuing to rely on these products will lead to compatibility issues that will prohibit future upgrades and migrations. As a plan, the Roundtable recommends starting your upg…

In this episode, the Roundtable reviews and discusses a straightforward approach to automate VMware Cloud Director 10.6 using VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator. Our experts share pro tips on leveraging REST APIs due to its integration with all other products and its ability to reconcile some of the plug-in’s limitations. This episode also address…

Hardening software is essential for cybersecurity, compliance, and achieving business goals. It involves modifying configurations and monitoring to securing your environment. While Aria Operations offers visibility, reports, and alerts, hardening further ensures your environment is protected per your needs. For CSPs, hardening – crucially – safegua…

Regular health checks are crucial for maintaining a stable infrastructure, preventing disruptions, staying optimized, and ensuring readiness for updates like VCF 5.2 or 9. Manual checks detect issues scripts may miss, improving efficiency and even compliance. Plus, the more often an environment is assessed and documented, the more seamless optimiza…

Join the Roundtable for the first live episode of 2025. Beginning with what’s confirmed, this episode focuses on their expectations for 2025/26, what CSPs are saying, and the big question: how to prepare for VCF9 and the discontinuation VCD? The Roundtable addresses live questions, what CSPs should do with VCD and NSX-V, future VCF 9 considerations…

In this episode, the Roundtable covers all things VCDA – from technical use cases as a disaster recovery tool, a replication appliance, and its cloud-to-cloud functionality, to tips that can increase performance. As we start 2025, the Roundtable also shares insight into discontinuations and end-of-life announcements, such as VCD. To get the full st…

This podcast episode explores the VCF stack further with: Operations for Network (formerly vRealize Network Insight), with a focus on service providers, since they may have trouble understanding which exact device is misbehaving or misconfigured for a client. The Roundtable highlights Ops. for Network’s performance monitoring, its ability to troubl…

Ep. 42 marks 1 year since VMware was acquired by Broadcom. With it, the Roundtable provides their initial reactions, noticeable improvements, and challenges faced. Not without time to adjust, it is clear that Broadcom is committed to achieving its vision, working with partners and the community at large, and providing a more integrated product line…

In Ep. 41, the Roundtable is reporting live at Explore and discussing what is new – primarily with VCD and the future of VCF. Going forward, we can expect advancements in AI that will solve support tickets more efficiently, tools that can validate environments and aid migrations, and a more robust VCF 9 that has fewer restrictions and greater resou…

In Ep. 40, the Roundtable discusses new features in VCF 5.2.1. Some new features include greater stability, and improved updating mechanisms that minimize disruptions. Amongst other changes, certificate and password management has also been moved from the SDDC manager to the vSphere client – simplifying security. We can expect updates that will ret…

In Ep. 39 of the vCD Roundtable, our in-house expert, Alain Geenrits, covers Aria Operations and compliance reporting. He highlights Operations’ unique compliance-checking for PCI, ISO, CIS standards, and more. This is a base-level feature within Aria Operations that can alert you about what and how an object is non-compliant in your environment ag…

In this episode, the comdivision experts explore how Aria Operations is evolving for cloud service providers. Learn from real customer stories about how Aria Operations improves multi-tenancy billing and chargeback with Aria Operations, and overcomes common industry challenges like security and compliance. 📲 Listen now to gain the insights that wil…

In Ep. 37 of the vCD Roundtable, we discuss integrations and updates to Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) since it's no longer included in VCF, licensing – especially ongoing challenges – around TKGm and AVI Load Balancer, and our recommendations to navigate these changes. For service providers, licensing has never been more important! For example, TKGs …

VMware Explore Las Vegas has come and gone, but our review is here! In this Episode of the Roundtable, we discuss our experience and feelings surrounding the entirety of the conference. Additionally, we unpack some of Explore’s highlights and announcements, such as the release of VCF 9, upcoming VCF integrations, Tanzu 10, and improved functions to…

As VMware Explore Las Vegas nears, the Roundtable uses this Episode to inform you on what they’re expecting, possible changes, and comdivision events during the conference. This be the first Explore with Broadcom at the helm, advisory boards are back, and with a lot of great sessions, the Roundtable is hoping to learn about the future of VCF! Comdi…