Author: Piotr Tarnawski

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Posted in PowerShell Virtual Machines

How to migrate or move a template to different datastore?

On the first glace it should be relatively easy. One right-click on a template and migrate to different datastore. However there is no option to…

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Posted in Security Advisory

Is VMware going to update log4j to version 2.17

As we know by now that the only solution for Log4j is to get it updated to version 2.17. The question is if VMware is…

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Posted in VMware Blockchain

VMware Blockchain – the Farmer

From my previous article you know what the VMware Blockchain is. Now it is a time to see how transactions work on the blockchain, and…

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Posted in Virtual Machines

Connection control operation failed for disk ‘ide0:0’

Once you want to remove CD/DVD you may receive an error: Connection control operation failed for disk ‘ide0:0’. Also once you want to run PowerCli…

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Posted in VMware Blockchain

VMware Blockchain – What is it and how to deploy it?

What is the first thing comes to mind once one hear blockchain? Of course cryptocurrency. But blockchain has many more use cases than “crypto”. It…

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Posted in Security Advisory

Workaround Instructions For CVE-2021-22045 on VMware ESXi Hosts (87249)

VMware just released new security advisory for ESXi hosts. For ESXi 6.5 and 6.7 there are patches ready, but for 7.0 there is only workaround….

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Posted in vCenter

End of support for vCenter Server 6.0, ESXi 6.0 within 3 months

There are 21 VMware products where the end of support is going to the end within 6 months or sooner. Some like NSX Advanced Load…

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Posted in Security Advisory

Update on VMSA-2021-0028

NSX-T Data Center (2.5.0-3.1.3) (KB87086) – https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/87086?lang=en_US •December 17th 2021 – 15:00 PST [6:00PM EST]: Added detail regarding NSX T 3.2.0 release pertinent to CVE-2021-44228 & CVE-2021-45046….

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Posted in Python

Python Operators Precedence

The following table lists all operators from highest precedence to lowest. Operator Description ** Exponentiation (raise to the power) ~ + – Complement, unary plus…

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Posted in SRM

VMware Site Recovery Manager is getting patch to resolve CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046.

VMware just published a patch for SRM 8.5.0.2 where Apache log4j is updated to version 2.16 to resolve CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046. If you are running…

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