Author: Piotr Tarnawski

Welcome to my blog! My name is Piotr Tarnawski and I am an experienced System Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology industry. Skilled in Linux, Windows, Virtualization (VMware), DNS, and Active Directory. I work for Salesforce however content is my own and does not represent Salesforce as a company Contact: Twitter @AngrySysOps Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngrySysOps Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AngryAdmin
Posted in vSphere

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…

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Posted in vCenter

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…

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Posted in Aria

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…

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Posted in Aria

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…

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Posted in Aria

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…

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Posted in vSphere

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…

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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,…

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Posted in NSX-T

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…

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Posted in vCenter

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)…

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Posted in vCenter

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…

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