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Security
VMware Horizon Log4j patch workaround
The fallout from the Log4j vulnerability continues to make ripples across organizations at the time of year when the last thing many want to hear about is a major security bug. Nonetheless, businesses are having to scramble to remediate and…
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Security
VMware vCenter Server Log4j patch script remediation process
In case you haven’t heard, Apache Log4j is arguably the biggest vulnerability found across the board since Spectre/Meltdown vulnerabilities were disclosed, due to the sheer scope of the vulnerability. It is found everywhere and unfortunately, is found across a large…
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Software Defined Storage
DIY fibre channel SAN with High Availability using StarWind VSAN
Many organizations have long used fibre channel as their preferred storage platform of choice. While iSCSI and other protocols have dominated markets over the past decade or so, fibre channel is still alive and prevalent in many enterprise datacenters. Many…
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Security
Configure Pi-hole SSL using a self-signed certificate
I have been playing around a lot with Pi-hole lately. If you are new to Pi-hole and what it can do, take a look at my blog post here on how to Install Pi-hole in Ubuntu 21.04. If you are…
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Software
Runecast 6.0 released with new features including Log4j scanning
It is always a great feeling when you are able to watch a product or solution that you knew was destined to be great, form, grow, and develop over time into just what you expected – an awesome product that…
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Security
Install Pi-hole in Ubuntu 21.04
These days there are threats everywhere you turn when using electronic devices. Most of us are targeted for ads everywhere we go and every device we browse, search or place orders on. Aside from these threats to your privacy, there…
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Backup Software
Backup Strategy for Ransomware attacks
If there is one worry among organizations today concerning their data, it has to be ransomware. Ransomware is continuing to plague businesses at an alarming rate. Ransomware variants are continuing to plague businesses by invading networks, locking up data, and…
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Security
Critical Vulnerability in Apache Log4j CVE-2021-44228 is VMware affected?
Well, unfortunately, it seems like we are ending the year on a dangerous critical vulnerability. Just a couple of days ago, a critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j identified by CVE-2021-44228 was posted. It is a bad one. We are going…
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Networking
Change ESXi Management IP Address and VLAN on vSphere Distributed Switches VDS
As I have posted the last few days, I have been undertaking some home lab network redesign and moving a few things around. This includes carving out a proper management network for my vSphere environment. When you are moving IP…
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NSX-T
VMware NSX-T 3.2 Released New Features
There is arguably not another software-defined networking solution that has had the impact of VMware NSX. It has revolutionized the way organizations can carry out network operations in their environments. NSX-t of course is the way forward from NSX-V since…
