Author: Piotr Tarnawski
What to do if you already upgraded to vSphere Update 3b?
As you probably know by now, update 3b has been recalled. But the question remains open for those who like me went through with this…
vSphere 7.0 U3b has been recalled!
VMware just recalled their latest update for vSphere and vCenter Server 7.0 U3b is no longer available for download. If a vCenter has already been…
Waiting time is over! Here comes vRealize True Visibility!
During VMworld it was announced that some pretty significant changes for vRealize True Visibility were “coming soon”. I am happy to announce that waiting time…
How to automate snapshot deletion with vROps 8.6
In this video I will show you how to leverage automation introduced in the vRealize Operations 8.6 We all know that snapshots can grow very…
How to check if VMs are running snapshots using vROps 8.6
We all know that snapshots can grow very quickly, hence in our best interest, as admins, is to make sure VMs are not running on…
The list of VMware vCenter server services:
vCenter Server 7.x services: vmware-vmon VMware Service Lifecycle Manager vmonapi VMware Service Lifecycle Manager API vmafdd VMware Authentication Framework vmdird VMware Directory Service vmcad VMware…
How to re-IP Photon OS from command line
The most reliable way to change IP address for the Photon OS appliance is the command line. Although VAMI gives one option to change IP,…
How to set up environment variable for Terraform on Windows for NSX-T
We are using GitHub as our repository for NSX-T and Terraform to apply changes in our vSphere environment. After change is review and merged to…
VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3a
It has been not even a month since VMware released vSphere 7 Update 3, and not everyone including me implemented that update, yet today (23/10/2021)…
How I lost and recovered my vCenter server
My network team is doing tech refresh and they decided that along with hardware change, they want to change IP range. Hence I was tasked…