Author: Piotr Tarnawski
How to remove stale (orphaned) snapshots in the datastore on which the virtual machine resides
One of my servers went into a hung state. We tried to reboot it but the reboot filed and the task eventually timeout. The same…
VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3 released!
I am happy to announce that on October 5th VMware released Update 3.You can read and watch everything you need to know about this update…
Using Virtual Reality with VMware
Today I attended a very interesting session at VMworld2021 about using Virtual Reality to administrate vSphere. The possibilities are endless. From having look at the…
VMware vSphere 7 Update 3 – What’s new? [Video]
Two days ago VMware announced vSphere 7 Update 3 and you can read article about it here. Today we will take a deep dive in…
Announcing vSphere 7 Update 3
VMware just announced vSphere 7 Update 3. Let’s have a closer look what improvements can we expect from this update. Deliver AI and Developer-Ready Infrastructure…
vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) Architecture
In this tutorial we will have a look at the vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) Architecture. I will be talking about: NODEs How do they work…
How to add domain search to DNS settings in vCenter Server Appliance 7.x (NOT via VAMI)
Today I discovered that I had issue with DNS in my VCSA. I could not resolve servers without suffix. I decided to check resolv.conf file…
Security Advisory VMSA-2021-0020
I wanted to make sure that you were aware of the CRITICAL vCenter Server Security Advisory that was just released yesterday (21/09/2021). Security Advisory VMSA-2021-0020 VMware vCenter Server updates…
How to find iDrac IP Address from VMware ESXi
Solution was tested on both DELL and Cisco UCS boxes. SSH to ESXi hosts Log with root account Run the command lines shown below to…
Photon OS, resetting root password.
This procedure can be done on all VMware appliances running Photon OS. #PasswordReset #Root Reboot you appliance After the Photon OS starts, press the e…
