Author: Piotr Tarnawski
2025 vExpert Subprogram Applications Now Open: Expand Your VMware Expertise
Calling all VMware vExperts and virtualization pros! VMware has officially opened applications for the 2025 vExpert subprograms, inviting the community’s most passionate contributors to specialize…
Step-by-Step: Configuring a Custom Certificate for VMware Aria Operations
📁 Step 1: Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) mkdir /cert && cd /cert vi /cert/aops.cnf For a 3-node cluster, the file should contain: Replace…
You Won’t Believe It: VMware’s Powerful vSphere Hypervisor 8 Is Now Totally FREE!
Have you ever dreamed of harnessing VMware’s top-notch virtualization technology without breaking the bank? Well, the dream just became reality! Broadcom has just unleashed VMware…
Automate Your Virtual Infrastructure Management: A Handy PowerCLI Script for On-Call Situations
Imagine a scenario where a power outage or building power-up event causes your ESXi hosts to remain in maintenance mode. Instead of waking up the…
How to Install Apache CloudStack – Step-by-Step Guide
Apache CloudStack is a powerful open-source cloud management platform used to deploy and manage large networks of virtual machines. In this guide, we’ll walk through…
How to get Home Lab Licenses to run either vSphere Standard Edition or VCF
VMUG Advantage is a membership program designed for VMware enthusiasts and IT professionals seeking cost-effective access to training, discounts on certifications, and extended license durations…
VMware Aria Operations 8.18 HF5: Enhancing Performance, Closing Security Gaps
VMware has recently released VMware Aria Operations 8.18 Patch 5, a crucial update aimed at enhancing stability, security, and functionality within Aria Operations environments. This…
VMware Releases Critical Security Updates for ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion (VMSA-2025-0004)
VMware has released critical and important security patches for VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, and VMware Fusion to remediate multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225, CVE-2025-22226). These issues…
How to Configure Networking in Photon OS from the Command Line
Changing the Hostname To retrieve the current system hostname: netmgr hostname –get To set a new hostname: netmgr hostname –set –name <hostname> Configuring DNS Servers…
Chinese LLM DeepSeek’s Database Exposed Online – What Went Wrong?
Cybersecurity researchers recently discovered a serious misconfiguration in the infrastructure of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup known for its powerful language models. The issue? An…












