Today I visited the Fira Barcelone Expo center for the first day of VMware Explore. Upon registration, everyone with a full pass received a backpack, water bottle, and T-Shirt. The journey to the conference center started by getting in a taxi. The driver dropped us (me and my friend) at the opposite entrance, which resulted…
Read moreTag: Vmware
Goodbye VMworld. Welcome, VMware Explore!
The first time I saw the headline there will no longer be a VMworld event, I was surprised and a bit sad, but then I read that there is something called VMware Explore. VMware has renamed the VMworld even to VMware Explore. Why has VMworld been transformed into VMware Explore? With a hyper-focus on customer…
Read moreAngry Admin was a guest on VMware CMTY Podcast #593
Few days back I received an email form VMware inviting me for a podcast. The reason for invitation was one of my posts about log4j vulnerabilities -> Additional step for vCenter Server CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 workaround. The reason for the article about additional step was to make a community aware of remove_log4j_class.py script. That information…
Read moreHow to upgrade VMware vRealize Operations Manager
Take a snapshot of your current vROPs VM before running the upgrade The upgrade assessment tool (APUAT) generates 2 types of reports: The first report is relating to Metric reductions, usage of reduced metrics in custom content and proposed workaround. The second report is doing pre-upgrade system checks and returning failures, if there are Upgrade…
Read moreHow to add SimpliVity datastore to standard ESXi server
But why one may ask… I came across this issue once I was actually decommissioning SimpliVity cluster and I had to vMotion all Virtual Machines to another host with local datastore. vMotion was failing for some reason and the only way to resolve it was to attach Simplivity to the target host. Here is my…
Read moreHow to check if server is Virtual or Physical
It is very simple task. SSH to server and issue this command: If you see this output: Vendor: Dell Inc. It is Physical server. If you see this output: Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD Manufacturer: VMware, Inc Then it is VM
Read more