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…
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Upgrade vCenter Server to 8.0 Update 3
I wanted to share with you guys the process to upgrade vCenter Server from 8.0 Update 2 to the newly released Update 3. The process is super easy and can…
VMware vCenter Server VMSA-2024-0012 Critical Patch Update Steps
In case you haven’t heard as of yet, there is a new critical VMware vCenter Server critical patch advisory to be aware of that will require patching your vCenter Server.…
Change vCenter IP Address – Step-by-step
You may have a need to cdhange your VMware vCenter Server IP address. Maybe you walked into an environment that wasn’t properly segmented and you need to move the VMware…
What’s new in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f
Guys heads up. There is a new vCenter Server update and ESXi hosts update to take note of. The new vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f release and ESXi 7.0 Update…
VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3e Update New Features
A few days ago, VMware released VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3e. It is both an enhancement and fix release and contains a few enhancements and fixes. What are the…
Troubleshooting vCenter Appliance with vSphere Diagnostic Tool Fling
Have you found yourself troubleshooting vCenter Appliance VCSA with various commands, scripts, and tools? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a single utility to troubleshoot vCenter Appliance in the box…
Easy vCenter Server two-factor authentication without ADFS
One of the new features added in vSphere 7 is the new identity federation component that allows organizations to point vCenter Server to an external identity source for the authentication…
vCenter Security Bug Workaround with vCenter Firewall Configuration
Recently we had one of the most significant security advisories that I can remember with vCenter Server. Compromising VMware vCenter Server is the holy grail of a vSphere environment for…
VMware vCenter Server VCSA Remote Code Execution Exploited in the wild – VMSA-2021-0010 CVE-2021-21985
As a reminder to everyone and the danger of having unpatched systems, it is sobering to hear that the vCenter Server vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-21985 is being actively exploited. I…