Author: Piotr Tarnawski
How to get FREE VMware VCP Certification voucher! — Competition
Hi all, today I have a great offer for all of you! I am giving away VMware Certified Professional Voucher to two lucky persons. One…
DO NOT clone ESXi boot devices!
Some of admins are keen to clone ESXi boot device in order to speed up the deployment. Please remember that this workflow is not at…
How to add solution to vROps
Solutions are delivered as PAK files that you upload, license, and install. When you add solutions, you configure adapters that manage the communication and integration…
PrintNightmare – CVE-2021-1675 & CVE-2021-34527
There is no patch as of yet, hence this workaround need to be applied. PowerShell: Determine if the Print Spooler service is running: Stop and…
How to check if STS certificate is about to expire or expired already
By now you should know what to do if your STS certificate expire, but if you have been caught on this one here are simple…
How to renew certificate for existing KMS setup
NOTE: KMS server root certificate (which per procedure should have been uploaded and trusted for vCenter to trust KMS) has long validity period and should…
How to connect vCenter with external KMS
NOTE: For example here I choose Vault Enterprise KMIP as a default Key Provider for VM encryption, vSAN encryption and Host Attestation Prerequisites: Create a…
How to run the VxRail Verify tool (VxVerify)
Dell is recommending to run VxVerify tool before applying update. It is tool for the pre-upgrade health checking of nodes and system VM by automatically…
vROps – how to change Hostname, IP, or DNS
I was deploying new vROps 8.4. After deployment I could not connect my vCenter by hostname, only by IP, so that indicated that DNS was…
How to use req.conf file
If you need to generate CSR file, however like for example for vROps you need to use OpenSSL, but you need to add SAN or…