#768 - Automating ESXi Host Preparation for VCF 9 w/Paul van Dieen
13/05/2026
Paul Van Dieen comes on the show to discuss his automation scripts for getting ESX ready for a VCF 9 deployment, Eric is in at VMUG Connect in Toronto.
#767 - Virtual Tooling with Tommy Grot VirtualBytes.io
05/05/2026
Tommy Grot talk about his "tools.virtualbytes.io tools, how they work and how he built them by converting anisible scripts with AI. Tony Foster and Eric spend time talking about Tommy's basement setup and how he manages it and his tools.
#766 - Explore Registration Opens, Session Voting, Hackathon and more
03/05/2026
Tony Foster and Eric discuss Explore costs and ways to get to the show by self funding. Lots of community sessions this year, as well as the AI Hackathon. Good learnings and excitement builds for another Vegas Experience. VMUG Connect in Toronto and Dallas.
# 764 - VMUG. Connect Live and VMware {code} AI Lab with LLMA3 model
26/04/2026
Bob and Eric are at VMug Connect in Minneapolis talking about the event and VMware{code} lab which was running LLMs on ESXi with GPU, the good, bad and the ugly when running models locally.
# 765 - AI Administration with Agentic Tools with Bob Plankers
26/04/2026
Bob uses AI tools with Agentic capabilities and talks about how the IT administrator tasks can be automated and managed. By using AI to automate via Powershell or buy using tools such as Open Claw directly.
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