Author: Piotr Tarnawski
VxRail Deployment
VxRail is the hyperconverged system fully integrated with VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager. Host and deploy traditional and modern applications on a single infrastructure. Before deployment…
vCenter preparation for VxRail deployment
Create the structure for VxRail: Login to vCenter Create if it is not done by now, Datacenter for our VxRail cluster Prepare cluster name for…
STS certificate expiration – “Signing certificate is not valid” error in VCSA 6.5.x,6.7.x or vCenter Server 7.0.x
Once admin is getting notifications form (ab)users about issue with login to vCenter, there are few possibilities: PEBCAK – one of many terms used in…
How to Change the IP Address of an ESXi Host – vmk0 management network – NO DOWNTIME
NOTE: Although host should have connectivity via second NIC, should something happen to that NIC one will lose host and VMs, so proceed with caution….
How to manage certificates in GUI in vSphere 7
vCenter Server 7.0 has done some interesting things to help make certificate management easier. To start, the solution certificates are deprecated, being replaced under the…
How to restore vCenter Server from a File-Based Backup
PREREQUISITES: Download ISO file from Vmware website Make entry in DNS for your new vCenter Place ISO somewhere close to location of your new VC…
How to backup your vCenter – vSphere 7
Procedure: In a Web browser, go to the vCenter Server Management Interface, https://appliance-IP-address-or-FQDN:5480 Log in as root In the vCenter Server Management Interface, click Backup Click Configure Provide backup location Provide…
How to deploy vCenter 7.0
PREREQUISITES: Download ISO file from Vmware website Make entry in DNS for your new vCenter Please ISO somewhere close to location of your new VC…
PowerShell – Disable SLP on ESXi firewall – VMSA-2019-0022 (CVE-2019-5544), VMSA-2020-0023 (CVE-2020-3992) and VMSA-2021-0002 (CVE-2021-21974).
OpenSLP vulnerabilities have been disclosed that affect ESXi. The possibility of exploitation can be removed by performing the steps detailed in this article I will…
