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 PowerShell

How to automate VM disk encryption with PowerCLI

A few days ago I wrote an article about disk encryption, you can read it clicking on this link. This is noce and easy method…

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Posted in PowerShell

How to upgrade PowerCLI in PowerShell

I am preparing an article on how to automate virtual disks encryption in vSphere, when I come across an issue with PowerCLI, where I needed…

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Posted in ESXi

How to encrypt an existing Virtual Machine or Virtual Disk

Prerequisites: vCenter server must be configured and connected with the KMS server.  Please refer to this article: How to connect vCenter with external KMS ESXi…

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Posted in VxRail

VxRail update 7.0.300 has been cancelled along with vSphere update 7.0 U3b

If you wanted to update you VxRail cluster to 7.0.300 then you need to know that it has been pulled off. It is knock off…

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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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