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Category: VMware

Critical VMware vCenter Server Patch VMSA-2024-0019 – Upgrade Now!
VMware

Critical VMware vCenter Server Patch VMSA-2024-0019 – Upgrade Now!

In case you haven’t seen as of yet today, VMware has released a critical patch for VMware vCenter Server, noted in VMSA-2024-0019 for vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-38812, CVE-2024-38813. Let’s look at the…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 17, 2024September 17, 2024
VMware Workstation 17.6 Pro Released: New Features and Harder Upgrade
VMware

VMware Workstation 17.6 Pro Released: New Features and Harder Upgrade

If you are running VMware Workstation 17.x, the latest release, VMware Workstation 17.6 Pro, has dropped with new features to note in the new release. However, there is also the…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 5, 2024September 5, 2024
How to Run VMmark 4 to Benchmark Your Virtual Environment and Home Lab!
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How to Run VMmark 4 to Benchmark Your Virtual Environment and Home Lab!

I have been intrigued with benchmarking recently, with several projects, both personally and professionally, in the data center and the home lab. A great benchmark solution for virtualized environments is…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 3, 2024September 3, 2024
VMware Cloud Foundation 9 New Features Accounced
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9 New Features Accounced

Big news coming from VMware at VMware Explore 2024. They have unveiled VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9. There are many noted features that are coming with VCF 9. Broadcom is…

by Brandon LeeAugust 27, 2024August 27, 2024
Shrink the size of vCenter Server VCSA appliance
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Shrink the size of vCenter Server VCSA appliance

If you have upgraded a VCSA appliance between versions, if you are like me, you have noticed the size of the upgrade disks that the vCenter Server Installer shows as…

by Brandon LeeAugust 22, 2024September 20, 2024
How to Remove an Inaccessible Datastore in VMware
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How to Remove an Inaccessible Datastore in VMware

There are a lot of times when I am working in the home lab and removing things and adding things, changing hardware, etc and you get things in a funky…

by Brandon LeeAugust 20, 2024August 20, 2024
VDBench to Benchmark your VMware Datastore
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VDBench to Benchmark your VMware Datastore

If you have built a VMware ESXi server or cluster with a datastore or multiple datastores, you may want to see if the IOPs with the datastore are what they…

by Brandon LeeAugust 19, 2024August 19, 2024
VMware changes default Active Directory Integration settings CVE-2024-37085, CVE-2024-37086, CVE-2024-37087
VMware

VMware changes default Active Directory Integration settings CVE-2024-37085, CVE-2024-37086, CVE-2024-37087

There has been a lot of back and forth on Active Directory integration security with VMware lately and a really great article by Bob Plankers on Active Directory integration and…

by Brandon LeeAugust 15, 2024August 15, 2024
New Scheduled Task to Delete Snapshots in vSphere 8.0 Update 3
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New Scheduled Task to Delete Snapshots in vSphere 8.0 Update 3

In case you have not seen as of yet, one of the new features that is a welcomed addition to vSphere 8.0 Update 3 is a new built-in scheduled task…

by Brandon LeeJuly 17, 2024July 17, 2024
Upgrade VMware ESXi 8.0 to Update 3 with vSphere Lifecycle Manager
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Upgrade VMware ESXi 8.0 to Update 3 with vSphere Lifecycle Manager

Following my post on how to upgrade vCenter Server to 8.0 Update 3, I want to show how you can easily upgrade your ESXi hosts to 8.0 Update 3 with…

by Brandon LeeJuly 1, 2024July 1, 2024

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