SSL/TLS remediation (ESXi 6.0, vCenter, vSphere Client)
Posting here, since piecing it together was a pain in the neck... I've been assigned the task of eliminating SSLv3 & TLS 1.0 on servers in my environment, including ESXi & vCenter. Qualys scans...
View ArticleESXi hacked by ransome-software
Hey, we got a problem, Is seems as if our ESXI hs been hacked through rdp. The host contains of two terminal Server which can't be started anymore. following message ist displayed: to decrypt contact...
View ArticleHCIBench best practices
Hey all, Would anyone be able to share some HCIBench performance best practices? I am new to VMWare world and started using HCIBench recently but getting such crappy performance I am trying to figure...
View ArticlevSAN PSOD - emulex NIC ?
Hi, I am reaching out to you guy because I haven't seen any progress with the vmware support investigation. We have the following environment: - vSAN ready nodes: DL360 gen9 - Emulex HP...
View ArticleLimiting Snapshots on vCenter Level
looking for suggestion in limiting Snapshots on vCenter level in the process of deploying the cloud (private). on VM and host level we have settings to change in config.module. so, please suggest me...
View ArticleHow to perform physical vCenter server dualization?
Dear all, Basically I want to dualize 2 vCenters so they can work as backup for each other. Each vCenter is installed on separate machine and I want to connect them to work as back up for each other....
View ArticlevRA 6.2.5 with vSphere/vCenter 6.5 (U1)
We currently have a complex environement with many components that we need to upgrade.Like vSphere 5.5, vRA 6.2, vRO 6.0.3, NSX 6.2.4, and many other components either from VMware or third party.For...
View ArticleHTML5, Flash, Flash URL, and MMR
Is there an issue with installing the components of HTML5, Flash, Flash URL ,and MMR when installing the agent if I don't plan to use those features right away?
View Articlevirtualize disk with partition
Hello, I am on Vmware 5.5. I have a virtual machine (windows 2008R2) with a virtual disk that has 2 partitions C: and D : My C: partition has become too small so I want the partitions to be on 2...
View ArticlevMotion - what happens at sudden host crash
Hello there, it would be great if you could help me understand how vMotion works on a sudden host crash.I know that the cluster functionality mounts the vmdk file on another host and runs the VM.But...
View ArticleHow to get rid of flat file
Hi All, I've got a VM with a 4.2TB *_1-flat.vmdk file.How do I get rid of this? Thanks!
View ArticleApplink dealing with the character limit
I have read that is possible to Applink up to 250 ThinApp packages together, however the RequiredAppLinks line in the Package.ini appears to have 260 charactor limit, can anyone advise how this would...
View ArticleVCAC : " Agent status is DOWN" error on the compute resources tab , is this...
I see this when I look at the "COMPUTE RESOURCES " tab Agent status=Down help and thanks!!!!!!!
View ArticleInitializing SSD takes a very long time when restarting host
Does anyone know if it's normal for VSAN: Initializing SSD: to take a very long time? It takes at least 10 minutes when the host is rebooted to get through this step.
View Articlefan spin yp to max and stay there
I own a very silent laptop, with 32GB of RAM. The minute I start VMWare workstation the fans spin up to max and stay there until I stop the VM. In the VM I'm just running a vanilla windows without any...
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vCloud Director 9.1 - Tenant Portal displaying "No Datacenters are available"
Hello, I have just upgraded a lab from vCloud Director 9.0.0.2 to vCloud Director 9.0 and have an issue with the tenant portal not loading correctly and displaying "No Datacenters are available". This...
View Articlebios.bootDelay setting being ignored.
Greetings. I’m using Workstation 14 Player and running into the famous Intel VT-X issue described in this link.However, the option to boot into BIOS is too fast for me. As such, I’veattempted the...
View ArticleHow to report VM Storage Policies on all disks?
I'm running vCenter Server Appliance 6.0, esxi 6.0, vSan 6.2. From the web client, I can of course edit the settings of a single VM and expand each hard drive and see what storage policy is being used....
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vSAN Health Check - Current Firmware N/A
Hello, on our vSAN Clusters (3 Clusters with Fujitsu 2540) can't read the vSAN Healtch Check the firmware version of Controller.VMware write that vendor tool should be installed - all hosts were...
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