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Security
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 had read the article here over the weekend showing the…
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Windows Server 2022
Automated Windows Server 2022 Packer Build
As Windows Server 2022 Preview is now officially released, I wanted to get my automated build of the Preview release in the home lab and ready to go for testing the newest Windows Server operating system. With this being said,…
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Windows Server 2022
Download and Install Windows ADK for Windows Server 2022
The Windows ADK is the goto tool used to deploy and manage images in Windows clients and Server. As each new operating system is released, you need to have the equivalent ADK to interact with the images for the new…
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Software Defined Storage
Add NAS to VMware ESXi with StarWind SAN & NAS Free
Recently StarWind release a totally free SAN and NAS appliance that allows quickly spinning up a storage appliance based on various types of storage, both physical and virtual. This new appliance is totally free to download and provision. It makes…
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Windows 10
Install Winget 1.0 Windows 10 and upgrade all software
Have you found yourself spending lots of time trying to keep your software on a management workstation up-to-date? If you are like me, you probably use a myriad of tools, software, utilities, tools, and many other things in your management…
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home lab
Copy VMware Workstation VM to ESXi: Home Lab
When it comes to building your first home lab, there is nothing wrong with starting out with VMware Workstation. Realistically, this may be all you need. Having a decent workstation or laptop with a good bit of RAM running VMware…
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VMware Tools
ESXi VMware Tools Update Guide
VMware tools provide a tightly integrated and fluid experience between the guest virtual machines and the VMware ESXi host. With VMware Tools, you get a much better user experience, including video and mouse configuration. Additionally, VMware Tools provides further integration…
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VMware
How to Manage VMware Snapshots: A Guide
They can be one of the best features in a VMware vSphere environment, or perhaps the worst, depending on how they are managed and the understanding of what purpose they serve. VMware snapshots provide really great functionality and capabilities for…
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Windows 10
OpenSSH Server Windows 10 Install with Public Key authentication
Remote connectivity to your Windows Servers is a prime capability that is required by administrators to be able to control, manage, and administer their environments. With Windows environments, I feel like most of us that remote command-line access is much…
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Software Defined Storage
StarWind VSAN ZFS and Linux VSA
There is no question that software-defined storage (SDS) is the way of the future. Traditional storage is not well-suited for many of the requirements of modern workloads that are needed in today’s environments. StarWind is a solution that provides organizations…
