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Mastering Cybersecurity with VMware vDefend and Avi via Hands-on Labs

By Michelle Plato
By Tuan Nguyen, Apoorv Malmane Cybersecurity Awareness Month is underway, and the rapid growth of generative AI makes robust defense strategies more critical than ever. Organizations must move beyond basic awareness to build practical, active defenses that protect their VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private clouds from increasingly sophisticated, AI-driven threats. To help you strengthen your security posture, VMware is excited to introduce an updated series of VMware vDefend and Avi Cybersecurity Hands-on Labs . These interactive labs offer actionable frameworks and practical walk-throughs designed to give you direct experience safeguarding your ...
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BPA-Demo System - Configuring the EUM - Business Payload Analyzer (BPA) and tune the App eXperience Analytics (AXA)

By Jorg Mertin
Business Payload Analyzer (BPA) Configuration step by step In your DXO2 tenant, go to Settings and search for eum - select Web Payload Capture Rules(WebServer) . Note: In this location you can also download the BPA WebServer Plugin and the BTListener If you have enabled the docker or k8s traffic generator, and configured the APMIA_HOST_NAME variable, you should see " APMIA_HOST_NAME-root " existing in the left-most drop down " Select an application " list. If you have not set the APMIA_HOST_NAME, it defaults to BPA-DEMO-DOCKER|K8S (Docker/K8S depending on what you deployed it on). Make sure the identifying attribute ...
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BPA-Demo System - Setting up DX O2

By Jorg Mertin
Setting Up the DX-O2 Environment Using Provided Scripts Once your application is running and receiving traffic, configure and fine tune the DX O2 tenant-side resources—such as Services, Management Modules, Alerts, Universes, SLIs, Dashboards, and EUM—using the automated scripts. Download the dx-do CLI Tool Download and verify the supported version of the dx-do CLI into your project: build-scripts/download-dx-do.sh It is being downloaded as a binary from dx-do-dist . It is required to perform CLI configuration using the provided API. For this deployment, release v7.2.1 works. The script makes sure to download the appropriate version. A newer ...
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Harvest SCM r14.6 Beta Build Now Available

By Praveen Kumar Gudupalli
D ear Customers , Thank you for your interest in participating in the Beta validation for the upcoming H arvest SCM r 14 . 6 . Your insights are vital to ensuring this release meets your operational needs, and we are excited to share these major enhancements with you. Beta Validation Timeline & Access Validation Window: O ctober 6 – O ctober 2 7 (3 weeks) What’s New in H arvest SCM r 14.6 SAML Authentication Simplified Installer Check-in/Checkout REST APIs Move Package across projects Multi-project consolidation Copy Project as a Template HSupport ...
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Fresh From the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates September 2026

By TJ March
Fresh From the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates September 2026 About the Author: Cathal Cleary - Product Leader, CloudHealth | Governing Board, FinOps Foundation Mastering AI Spend, MCP Server Release It’s October, the air is getting a little cooler and the leaves are changing in the Northern Hemisphere, if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere you’re looking forward to Summer! The buzz around generative AI continues to dominate conversations—the CloudHealth team attended the first Tokenomicon in Amsterdam last week. The Tokenomics Foundation launched the inaugural State of Tokenomics survey, which revealed many things some expected and some ...
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General Availability of Nolio Release Automation Patch 6.9.5

By Pavel Sestak
We are pleased to announce the release of Nolio 6.9.5, featuring key updates to system reliability, user experience, and platform security. Key Highlights Deployment & Management Controls: Enhanced tools for managing interrupted tasks, paired with optimized startup behavior to maintain continuous system operations. Interface Modernizations: Core pages have been updated to our modern UI framework. This update includes prompts to prevent losing unsaved work and ensures timestamps accurately display in your local time zone. Security & Core Maintenance: Applied critical security updates and upgraded underlying libraries to maintain ...
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Beyond Tokens: Key Takeaways from Tokenomicon & FinOps X

By TJ March
Beyond Tokens: Key Takeaways from Tokenomicon & FinOps X About the Author: Lucas Paratore - Product Manager, CloudHealth Last week in Amsterdam marked the first officially combined Tokenomicon and FinOps X event, with around 500 people in person and more than 2,000 joining virtually. You might have expected a conference called Tokenomicon to be about tokens and optimizing token usage, but that isn't what happened. The conversations were about visibility into AI costs, how involved the FinOps team should be, and how an organization decides whether an agent is creating enough value to keep paying for it. Tokenomics is bigger than Tokens ...
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BPA-Demo System - Building the images

By Jorg Mertin
Deploying a full-stack demo application integrated with Broadcom DX O2 monitoring is straightforward. By following this guide, you can build, deploy, and configure the BPA-Demo environment in three simple steps . Building the BPA Demo Images Before building the Docker images, establish your environment configuration and place the required Broadcom DX O2 agent installer packages . 1. Configure Environment Variables Copy the template configuration file and edit the required parameters : Bash cp .config.example .config $EDITOR .config Specify your database passwords, registry ...
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Introduction to the BPA-Demo System - a full fledged self sustained demo for Pre-Sales and Partners

By Jorg Mertin
The BPA-Demo system is a full-stack e-commerce web shop designed around a modern home automation theme specifically designed to demo the interaction of a live system with the Broadcom DX O2 Application Performance Management (APM) and full end to end application monitoring . It functions as a feature-complete online store selling smart-home devices—covering 300 products across top brands like Shelly, SonOff, and Tuya, self-sustained to run on docker on your local laptop deployed using "docker compose" or in a Kubernetes cluster deployed using a helm-chart. Note that you need to have access to a DX O2 Tenant to be able to build and deploy ...
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Announcing DX UIM 23.4 CU9: Multi-Domain LDAP, Expanded Device Tagging, and Stronger Security

By Ravishu Arora
We are excited to announce general availability of DX Unified Infrastructure Management (UIM) 23.4 Cumulative Update 9 (CU9) . This release extends DX UIM's capabilities to provide a secure, highly observable, and easily manageable infrastructure monitoring solution. DX UIM 23.4 CU9 delivers powerful enhancements for multi-domain authentication, device tagging, deployment and credential security, and platform hardening. Below are important highlights in this release. Note: The CU9 upgrade does not install optional probes by default; you only need to deploy them if your environment actively uses them. However, both the webservices_rest ...
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CA Client Automation - Patch Management - Published Patch Me OS Security Rollup and Office Security IntelliRollups for September, 2026 (v2609.00)

By Venkata Chelluboina
On behalf of CA Technologies, a Broadcom Company, we are pleased to notify you that September 2026 rollups for Microsoft OS and Office security updates are now available. 📦 The following rollups have been published: CA - Patch Me - Security IntelliRollup v2609.00 CA - Office 32Bit - Security IntelliRollup v2609.00 CA - Office 64Bit - Security IntelliRollup v2609.00 These items will be available for acceptance in your Patch Manager GUI after the next successful run of the "Software Contents Download Job." ⚠️ Important End-of-Support Notice As of February 2026 , Microsoft has fully discontinued Extended Security Updates (ESU) for ...
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CA Client Automation: Content Update Service Down for Maintenance

By Sreekanth Chejarla
The “CA Content Update Service” application has been inaccessible due to maintenance activity. The maintenance window occurred during the following periods: Application Maintenance Window - Start: Friday, Sept. 11, 8:00 PM EDT (Saturday, Sept. 12, 5:30 AM IST) - End: Saturday, Sept. 12, 8:00 PM EDT (Sunday, Sept. 13, 5:30 AM IST) Database Access Interruption Window - Start: Saturday, Sept. 12, 8:00 PM EDT (Sunday, Sept. 13, 5:30 AM IST) - End: Sunday, Sept. 13, 8:00 PM EDT (Monday, Sept. 14, 5:30 AM IST) Regards, CA Content Team.
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CA Client Automation - Patch Management - Published Windows OS and Office Security Individual Patches for September, 2026

By Venkata Chelluboina
🔔 September 2026 Individual Patch Release Notification On behalf of CA Technologies, a Broadcom Company , we are pleased to notify you that individual patches for September 2026 are now available. 📋 The following individual patches have been published: 🪟 Windows 11 2026-09 Cumulative Update - Win11-kb5122880-x64-23H2 2026-09 Cumulative Update - Win11-kb5124008-x64-24H2 2026-09 Cumulative Update - Win11-kb5124008-x64-25H2 2026-09 Cumulative Update - Win11-kb5124012-x64-26H1 2026-09 Net Framework 4.8.1 - Win11-kb5126052-x64-24H2 2026-09 Net Framework 4.8.1 - Win11-kb5126052-x64-25H2 2026-09 Net Framework 4.8.1 - ...
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Agentic Zero Trust and Threat Defense: New VMware vDefend and Avi Load Balancer Innovations for Agentic AI

By Michelle Plato
Explore 2026 Product Announcement By Umesh Mahajan To address the new blind spots and security risks emerging from Agentic AI adoption, we are further enhancing our comprehensive multi-layer security stack in VMware vDefend (vDefend) and VMware Avi Load Balancer (Avi) to further secure these new workloads from Day 1. We are announcing plans to deliver Agentic Zero Trust and Agentic Threat Defense capabilities for vDefend and Avi, a comprehensive suite of security capabilities that enables enterprises to safely operationalize agentic AI with defense-in-depth for their private cloud. Read more about the announcement here. VMware vDefend: ...
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Fresh From the Labs - CloudHealth Product Updates August 2026

By TJ March
Fresh From the Labs - CloudHealth Product Updates August 2026 Welcome to the August 'Fresh From the Labs'—a special edition as we join our customers and partners at VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas. The air here is electric with the promise of the Agentic AI era. As organizations navigate the complexities of model choices and infrastructure, the focus has shifted from merely experimenting with AI to measuring its real-world ROI and securing its foundation. Whether we're discussing new AI-ready data foundations or exploring practical strategies for managing AI spend, it's clear: AI is no longer a peripheral experiment—it's the center of our operational ...
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Unlocking the Next Frontier of FinOps for AI

By TJ March
Unlocking the Next Frontier of FinOps for AI About the Author: Cathal Cleary - Product Leader, CloudHealth | Governing Board, FinOps Foundation Following the announcement of AgentMinder by Broadcom at VMware Explore in Las Vegas, the enterprise AI landscape has reached a pivotal milestone. As organizations deploy autonomous agents into production workflows, managing AI economics and governance becomes just as critical as managing cloud spend. CloudHealth is thrilled to be a part of the journey with AgentMinder. Through a series of close product integrations, we will bring comprehensive AI visibility, runtime governance, and cost optimization ...
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Modernization Journey: How a Global Fortune 500 Fintech Giant Streamlined Operations and Cut Costs with DX O2

By Srikant_Noorani
Millions of transactions. Thousands of alerts. Zero tolerance for downtime. For a Fortune 500 fintech leader serving customers around the globe, maintaining a seamless digital experience is critical to both revenue and reputation. Yet behind the scenes, a patchwork of legacy monitoring tools, custom scripts, and aging infrastructure was creating growing operational risk and slowing the company's modernization efforts. Rather than continue investing in systems approaching end-of-life, the organization chose a different path: a rapid migration to DX Operational Observability (DX O2). In just a matter of days, the company transformed its observability ...
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Harvest SCM r14.6 Beta Validation Program (6th Oct 2026 to 20th Oct 2026)

By Praveen Kumar Gudupalli
Hello All, As communicated earlier in our Office Hours Session, w e will be sharing ​ H ​arvest SCM ​r14 . ​6 Beta Build on ​ O ​ctober 6 , 2026 ​ . The program will be available for three weeks, starting October 6, 2026, through October 20, 2026. We encourage you to participate in this validation program. Please register using the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTH58HAwbkseWBb7lTal4isu3MDufu8sh_F0b7kTY--VZHdg/viewform Thank you ​for those who have already registered. Regards, ​ H ​arvest SCM Team.
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Plex r7.3.1 Beta Validation Program (1st Sep 2026 to 13th Oct 2026)

By Praveen Kumar Gudupalli
Hello All, Thank you for your engagement and valuable feedback during the ​ f ​irst phase of the Plex r7.3.1 Cumulative Patch Beta validation. To ensure your team has sufficient time to thoroughly test all new features - particularly the VBScript-to-Python migration - WinC ActiveX updates, we are extending the Beta validation program by an additional 3 weeks . Updated Beta Timeline Extended Closing Date: October 13, 2026 (previously September 21) We encourage you to participate in this validation program. Please register using the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoq3bPviLjR3VsxyPF4wXuHlyUWCzQoNjbEXN_pxdPqNzfMw/viewform We ...
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A Powerful Combination: OpenTelemetry Data Plus DX Operational Observability

By Anand Rajanala
As those working to support cloud-native environments can attest, microservices move fast, but issues and substantial failures can happen even faster. To keep pace, OpenTelemetry (OTel) is becoming an industry standard for gathering metrics, traces, and logs. Still, collecting raw telemetry data is only half the battle. Teams can multiply the value of OTel data by correlating it with other IT operations data so that subsequent analytics include important context and teams (or automated workflows) can take precise actions for remediation. This is where DX Operational Observability (DX O2) by Broadcom stands out. The solution is built on the flexibility ...
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