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Let’s create a local user for ESXi and add the new account to the exclusion list for Lockdown Mode

Today we will use PowerCLI to create a local user for ESXi hosts and exclude that user from Lockdown Mode. The challenge is to communicate…

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PowerCLI 12.7 is here and packed with a lot of new features!

The new version of PowerCLI has been released. The release has number 12.7 and is packed with new and exciting features. Along with improving the…

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Posted in Security Advisory

New ransomware is targeting Windows and Linux VMware ESXi servers – RedAlert/N13V

The ransomware was discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, who tweeted images of the malicious actor’s data leak webpage. The ransomware was called RedAlert as it has this…

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Black Basta Ransomware is now actively targeting VMware ESXi servers – Protect your environment!

What is Black Basta? Researchers from Uptycs reported that Linux version of Black Basta ransomware is now actively targeting ESXi servers, previously targeting Windows systems….

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How to determine if my virtual machines have a USB controller attached and how to remove it?

In the wake of recent published VMSA-2022-0004 admins can wonder how to determine if Virtual Machine has a USB controller attached. Now thanks to PowerCLI it…

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PowerCLI 12.5 – What’s New – Get-VIApplianceService

The new version of PowerCLI has been released by VMware in January. It contains a bunch of new features with one particularly interesting cmdlet Get-VIApplianceService….

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How to automate VM disk encryption with PowerCLI

A few days ago I wrote an article about disk encryption, you can read it clicking on this link. This is noce and easy method…

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How to automate snapshot deletion with vROps 8.6

In this video I will show you how to leverage automation introduced in the vRealize Operations 8.6 We all know that snapshots can grow very…

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How to check if VMs are running snapshots using vROps 8.6

We all know that snapshots can grow very quickly, hence in our best interest, as admins, is to make sure VMs are not running on…

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How to set up environment variable for Terraform on Windows for NSX-T

We are using GitHub as our repository for NSX-T and Terraform to apply changes in our vSphere environment. After change is review and merged to…

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