Introduction: Windows Server 2022 users have recently experienced an issue where the guest operating system (OS) cannot boot up when the virtual machine (VM) is configured with Secure Boot enabled and running on vSphere ESXi 6.7 U2/U3 or vSphere ESXi 7.0.x. This issue occurs after installing the Windows Server 2022 update KB5022842 (OS Build 20348.1547).…
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Valentine’s gift from VMware: Discover What’s New in VMware ESXi 8.0b – A Comprehensive Release Notes GuideValentine’s gift from VMware
As a Valentine’s Day treat for IT administrators, VMware has just released a new patch for their virtualization software, ESXi 8.0b. This update promises to deliver a range of exciting new features and improvements to the platform, enhancing performance, stability, and security. IT admins and system administrators who are responsible for managing and maintaining virtual…
Read moreVMware tools need to be patched!
VMware has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Tools. A remote attacker could likely exploit the vulnerability to take control of an affected system. VMware Tools was impacted by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Updates are available to remediate this vulnerability in affected VMware products. VMware Tools contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. VMware has evaluated the…
Read moreUpdate on VMSA-2021-0028
NSX-T Data Center (2.5.0-3.1.3) (KB87086) – https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/87086?lang=en_US •December 17th 2021 – 15:00 PST [6:00PM EST]: Added detail regarding NSX T 3.2.0 release pertinent to CVE-2021-44228 & CVE-2021-45046. •December 17th 2021 – 17:00 PST [8:00PM EST: Changed the workaround provided to the new VMware recommended NSX-T workaround. •December 20th 2021 – 4.00 PM IST [5:30AM EST]: Added a note…
Read moreVMware Site Recovery Manager is getting patch to resolve CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046.
VMware just published a patch for SRM 8.5.0.2 where Apache log4j is updated to version 2.16 to resolve CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046. If you are running Site Recovery Manager 8.5, upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.2. See Upgrading Site Recovery Manager in Site Recovery Manager 8.5 Installation and Configuration for instructions about upgrading Site Recovery Manager. If you use vSphere…
Read morevSphere 7.0 U3b has been recalled!
VMware just recalled their latest update for vSphere and vCenter Server 7.0 U3b is no longer available for download. If a vCenter has already been upgraded to vCenter 7.0 U3b(or earlier) and is experiencing the symptoms mentioned in this KB 86191, please remove the i40enu driver. Furthermore here is a table of the critical issues…
Read morevRealize Operations 8.6 – What’s New?
During VMworld2021 VMware announced vRealize Operations 8.6 which will provide a lot of new features and capabilities. We can expect enhanced integration between vRealize Operations and vRealize Automation, an exciting new user interface for smoother navigation, new public cloud integrations and many more like support for defining custom email notices within the user interface or…
Read moreVAMI update failed due to /storage/log partition full
Once I tried to update vCenter 6.5 to remediate Security Advisory VMSA-2021-0010 I spotted that health status shows Warning and the cause for it was /storage/log partition was showing that is low on space. In older version like vCenter 6.0 there was an issue with SSO log files were not compressed, but this issuse should…
Read moreHow to update your vCenter from ISO
I run to this very strange issue, where in the VAMI options to stage or install update are greyed-out. I have a case opened with VMware, however taking in to the account security advisory I decided to run update from ISO. Here is the Runlist: Download ISO form Vmware website NOTE: you will need to…
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