Author: Piotr Tarnawski
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…












