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Virtually Speaking Podcast · Tuesday · 16 min

Agentic AI for VCF: Your Cloud Admin’s New Sidekick

What if your next troubleshooting session started with a conversation instead of digging through logs? Recorded at VMware Explore 2026, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson welcome Victoria and Dave Linthicum to explore how agentic AI can help VMware Cloud Foundation administrators troubleshoot issues, simplify reporting, and get more done. The conversation examines VCF Intelligent Assist, private AI services, and how AI agents can use logs, telemetry, and VMware knowledge base articles to help identify root causes and guide administrators through resolution. They also discuss connecting existing orchestration workflows through Model Context Protocol (MCP), keeping data on premises, and building in guardrails with human oversight. Hear how these capabilities can help administrators build their skills, why some use cases can start on CPUs, and what customers should discuss with their account teams to get started.

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What if your next troubleshooting session started with a conversation instead of digging through logs?

Recorded at VMware Explore 2026, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson welcome Victoria and Dave Linthicum to explore how agentic AI can help VMware Cloud Foundation administrators troubleshoot issues, simplify reporting, and get more done.

The conversation examines VCF Intelligent Assist, private AI services, and how AI agents can use logs, telemetry, and VMware knowledge base articles to help identify root causes and guide administrators through resolution. They also discuss connecting existing orchestration workflows through Model Context Protocol (MCP), keeping data on premises, and building in guardrails with human oversight.

Hear how these capabilities can help administrators build their skills, why some use cases can start on CPUs, and what customers should discuss with their account teams to get started.

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