Virtualization
-
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 are supposed to be, or you may not know what…
-
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 IdP in general. You can read that here, definitely a…
-
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 feature that gets rid of snapshots on virtual machines. This…
-
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 vSphere Lifecycle Manager using the image-based approach for updates. This…
-
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 be completed in just a few minutes. Let’s look at…
-
VMware vSAN 8.0 Update 3 New Features and Download
VMware vSAN 8.0 Update 3 is a brand new release found in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2. It provides many new features as part of the solution. The new features span data protection, flexible architecture and topologies, and management. In this…
-
VMware vSphere 8 Update 3 Released New Features and Download
Today, VMware is announcing the release of VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3, which will be available today as well. This is a massive release that contains many new features and capabilities in the platform, including embedded vsphere cluster service, reduced…
-
How to Back Up and Restore VMware ESXi Host Configuration
When thinking about disaster recovery strategies for your virtualization environment, it is easy to miss one of the important aspects of disaster recovery in your VMware environment: your host configuration. Have you ever had an ESXi host crash and you…
-
vSphere Distributed Switch Configuration and Best Practices Guide
VMware vSphere has many advanced networking features as part of the solution. These allow VIadmins to configure just about any setting they need for their network. By default, the vSphere Standard Switch is the default network configuration that comes “out…
-
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. I have gone through the steps to patch vCenter Server…
