𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱! 🚀 I’ve always wanted a 𝗩𝗖𝗙 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 that shows which network switch ports connect to each host in my lab. 🥼 Using my 𝗠𝗖𝗣 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 in 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲, I connected to my network switch and vCenter to map the host-to-switch port connections. 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 then created an HTML report that I could display in VCF Operations using the Text Display Widget. 📊 Sharing with the vCommunity to spark ideas for your own lab. 𝗔𝗜 is making projects like this easier to bring to life! 👍 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱: vcrocs.info/dashboards/ESX-S… #vExpert #VMware #VCF #HomeLab #vCommunity #AI #MCP

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁: 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿 🚀 LinkedIn doesn't have a bold button. So I built a small, 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 tool that does it. Type your text, click a style, paste. A few of the 10 styles: 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐯𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜 𝑣𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝘃𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙫𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝗠𝗮𝗰: a menu bar app, one click away. 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅: a web version you can bookmark. The bold text in this post was made with it. 😎 #vExpert #vCommunity #AI #Claude vcrocs.info/unicode-styler-b…

I just published a new 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 post covering the 𝗚𝗟𝗶𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗞𝗩𝗠. I have been using these for remote console access to my Home Lab ESX hosts, and they have worked very well with my Starlink and Twingate setup. 🛰️ If you are looking for a simple remote KVM option for your Home Lab, this may be worth a look. 👀 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: 👈 vcrocs.info/home-lab-glinet-… #HomeLab #VMware #VCF #ESXi #KVM #Twingate #Starlink

New Blog Post! 🚀 Quick tip for anyone who lives in the terminal: use Claude from the CLI. Need help with a command? Just "ASK". I created two simple shell functions, "ask" and "explain", that use Claude Code to answer CLI questions right in your terminal. No new app, no extra subscription, just a one-time setup. ✅ ask find all files over 1GB → get the command ✅ explain tar -xzvf file.tar.gz → get it broken down ✅ Works in zsh and PowerShell ✅ Works in any terminal: Ghostty, iTerm2, Windows Terminal Full setup and samples here: vcrocs.info/ai-from-the-cli-… #vExpert #vCommunity #ClaudeCode #PowerShell #CLI #Automation