About Essential Coach
Essential Coach exists to share real VMware and VCF implementations—the ones that actually work in production.
What We Do
Essential Coach focuses on real customer experiences with VMware infrastructure. Through hands-on implementations across various environments, we’ve seen what works, what doesn’t, and what makes the difference between a successful deployment and a struggling one.
This site grew from a simple realization: too many valuable lessons from customer implementations never get shared. The automation that saves hours of work, the deployment strategies that avoid common pitfalls, the operational practices that keep things running smoothly—these insights stay locked within individual organizations.
Essential Coach changes that by creating a space where real experiences become shared knowledge.
Our Focus Areas
The content here centers on practical VMware and VCF implementation topics:
VMware Cloud Foundation deployments and operations—real stories from planning through production.
Private cloud modernization—how organizations successfully transition from traditional infrastructure to modern SDDC platforms.
Automation solutions—scripts, workflows, and infrastructure as code that solve actual operational challenges.
Day 2 operations—the ongoing work that happens after deployment, where most organizations spend most of their time.
Why “Essential”?
The name reflects the approach. Not every feature. Not every possibility. Just what matters in production environments.
Essential Coach focuses on:
Solutions that have been tested in real customer environments
Automation that delivers measurable operational value
Practices that work when infrastructure gets complex
Stories that other practitioners can learn from and apply
What Makes This Different
This isn’t about theoretical capabilities or marketing presentations. Every customer story shared here comes from actual implementations. Every automation script has run in production. Every lesson was learned by doing the work.
The focus stays practical. If something is shared here, it’s because it solved a real problem or delivered real value in a customer environment.
A Community Resource
Essential Coach works best as a shared resource. Customer stories, automation solutions, and operational lessons all come from the broader VMware community working in the field.
Have a VMware implementation story worth sharing? Built automation that’s made operations more efficient? Learned lessons from a challenging deployment?
These experiences have value beyond a single organization. When shared, they help others navigate similar challenges and build better solutions.
Get Involved
This platform thrives on contributions from practitioners working with VMware and VCF daily.
Share your customer success story
Contribute automation that’s working in your environment
Discuss implementation strategies and operational practices
Help build a knowledge base that serves the entire community
Visit the Contact page to get involved.
What to Expect
Real customer implementations—successes and challenges
Battle-tested automation and scripts
Practical operational guidance
Honest discussions about what works in production
A growing library of community-contributed solutions
Essential Coach is built by practitioners, for practitioners. Welcome to the community.