Author: Piotr Tarnawski

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Posted in ESXi

ESXi upgrade from 6.7 to 7.0 failed on libupgradepsadeviceconfig.so

I come across this strange issue that upgrades for ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 is failing on a few hosts with PSOD and the error being…

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Posted in vCenter Virtualization

How to deploy vCenter 8.0 using VMware Workstations.

The new vSphere 8 IA is out there and ready to install on your development environments. Please read this article on the differences between IA…

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Posted in ESXi

How to deploy ESXi 8.0 using Vmware Workstation!

Today we will deploy ESXI 8.0 IA using VMware Workstation PRO 16. Please remember this is Initial Avalibity, not General Avalitbity, hence do not use…

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Posted in vSphere

The new release model of vSphere 8 (IA) is live.

VMware added new step for release model which is IA (Initial Availability). As everyone who work in IT business more then one release of any…

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Posted in Security Advisory

Prevention and Mitigation against Unsigned vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs) in ESXi

Researchers from cyber threat intelligence company Mandiant on Thursday 29th published information on two malware leveraging unsigned vSphere Installation Bundles (“VIBs”) to install backdoors VirtualPita…

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Posted in Security Advisory

VirtualPita, VirtualPie – new malware backdoors VMware ESXi servers to hijack virtual machines

The malicious actors found the new method of taking over the control of VMware ESXi hypervisors to control vCenter servers and virtual machines for Windows…

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Posted in vSphere

Reminder: vSphere 6.5 and vSphere 6.7 End of Support on October 15, 2022!

Hey, fellows administrators, this is a gentle reminder that the End of General Support for vSphere 6.5 and vSphere 6.7 is October 15, 2022. It…

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Posted in vSphere

vSphere 8 release date

During the VMware Explore conference, VMware announced a new version of vSphere, vSphere 8. The product looks very interesting with a lot of new and…

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Posted in vSphere

vSphere 8 Core Storage – New Features!

During the VMware Explore US, the vSphere 8 has been announced. Now let’s have a look at some new core storage enhanced features. vVols Enhancements…

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Posted in Competition

Win Dell Technologies Proven Professional exam vouchers!

I started to participate in the #100DaysOfHomeLab challenge. The idea is to spend 1 hour a day for the next 100 days working in your…

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