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Avi Load Balancing in VCF 9.1 Self-Service Delivery and the First LB Features Built for Agentic AI

Automated load balancing within guardrails on one front; MCP session persistence, JWT authentication, and tool RBAC on the other. The load balancing layer catches up with where the platform is going.

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The UniSuper Podcast Worth Re-Listening to in 2026 With the Benefit of Hindsight

In late 2023, UniSuper’s infrastructure lead told the story of an 80/20 cloud transformation driven by regulatory pressure.

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Memory Tiering What-If Analysis in VCF Operations 9.1 Capacity Engineering with Evidence

The 40% TCO claim is only as good as the word ‘suitable.’ What-If Analysis models NVMe Memory Tiering against your actual telemetry before you commit and that changes how the business case gets made.

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vCenter Resize API and Image Integrity in vSphere 9.1 Two Runbook Upgrades Hiding in the Release Notes

A single PATCH call to resize vCenter, and SHA256 checksums on vLCM image definitions. Small features that move vCenter administration toward declarative, verifiable, API-driven operations.

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VIDM to Identity Broker Migration in VCF 9.x The Scripted Path for 5.x Upgraders

The identity layer is the riskiest thing to migrate. VCF 9.x ships a scripted, non-disruptive workflow that decouples the identity transition from the upgrade itself and that decoupling is the design

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Fleet-Level Password Management in VCF Operations 9.1 Credential Hygiene as Declarative Configuration

Unified password policies, vault integration, compliance checks and remediation and coverage extending to workload mobility and Avi. The spreadsheet era of VCF credential management ends here.

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File Integrity Monitoring in VCF 9.1 From Compensating Control to Platform Property

FIM on the virtualisation management layer has been a custom-control conversation with the QSA for a decade. VCF 9.1 makes it a native capability aligned with NIST and PCI DSS.

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Hypervisor-Native EDR in ESX 9.1 Closing the SOC’s Oldest Visibility Gap

EDR agents from security partners can now run directly on the ESX hypervisor, inside an isolated container. Here’s the architecture, the design implications, and what to ask your EDR vendor.

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vMotion Modernisation in vSphere 9.1 The Quiet Changes That Speed Up Every Day 2 Operation

Slot scheduling, contention-aware evacuation, and Intel QAT encryption offload. None of it is keynote material all of it compounds through every lifecycle operation in the estate.

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Broadcom Publishes the VCF 9.1 Identity Design Best Practices Whitepaper

Identity Broker topology, SSO models, IdP federation, and role governance the official design guidance for the layer with the longest architectural shadow. Read it before you write the HLD.

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Faster Security Patching with Fewer Disruptions in VCF 9.1 The Three-Layer Model Explained

The window between vulnerability disclosure and active exploitation has collapsed from weeks to hours.

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Cyber Recovery and Backup Operations in VCF 9.1 A Day 0/1/2 Field Guide

When the regulator asks “what happens when ransomware hits,” the answer in VCF 9.1 is a native platform capability. Here’s how to design the IRE, deploy the components, and operate the recovery rhythm