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Workaround at the end of this post! This is going to be a post with a completely different topic and details which is related to the Google Pixel smartphone and its backup into Google Photos. More specific the process of "Free up space" at the Photos app on the Google Pixel smartphone, which deletes the... Continue Reading →
By the Tanzu Vanguard community - key contributors: Simmy Xavier, Charles Lester, Juergen Sussner, Jonathan Regehr & Robert Kloosterhuis SOURCE: https://twitter.com/skippersecurity/status/1470461021315817475 Summary Brief: Apache Log4j is a very widely used and popular logging library within the Java logging framework. There is a vulnerability named as Log4Shell identified and is being tracked officially under CVE-2021-44228 (and... Continue Reading →
Authors from Tanzu Vanguard Super User community Let’s begin by explaining who we are: We are a group of VMware Tanzu customers referred to as Vanguards. The Vanguard community consists of engaged, vocal super users who share best practices with each other, share our stories publicly, and actively share our feedback with the product team... Continue Reading →
VMware recently released a statement regarding a known vulnerability in the current vCenter Server appliances which could cause remote code execution and authentication flaws Advisory ID: VMSA-2021-0010 and released updates and workarounds to manage this situation. Product Version Running On CVE Identifier CVSSv3 Severity Fixed Version Workarounds Additional Documentation vCenter Server 7.0 Any CVE-2021-21985 9.8... Continue Reading →
I recently created a Powershell script which allows you to copy/migrate your roles and privileges from one vCenter to another. Make sure the credentials used for the login of the vCenter are allowed to create and modify roles. To set up Powershell for the VMware commands: Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope AllUsers -ParticipateInCeip... Continue Reading →
I am currently working on a fully new homelab environment running on Dell Poweredge hardware and considered the implementation of a plugin into my VMware vCenter server. Looking into other solutions it shows, in my opinion, that there is no software/hardware which is as tightly cooperating as Dell and VMware with their products and the... Continue Reading →
After updating my homelab to the latest version I stumbled across a new feature which may not have that much attention it should have. The renamed Lifecycle Manager does have the ability to plan and precheck the vCenter server appliance update itself through an "Update Planner". It also does compatibility checks for already installed products... Continue Reading →
Included in the newest release of Veeam Backup and Replication v10 a new feature was introduced to migrate VMs from a Hyper-V Backup to a VMware Cluster. To learn more about this feature and the highlights click HERE! This is a great opportunity to migrate your workload during a hardware (and software) refresh from Hyper-V... Continue Reading →
I recently needed to change a *.vmdk size of an VM which had created an error saying: Reconfigure virtual machine Status: Invalid or unsupported virtual machine configuration. vSphere Replication does not support changing the length of a replicated disk. Actually, this VM was replicated using vSphere Replication in the past but it has been... Continue Reading →
Disclamer: The following steps regarding the repointing of the VxRail Manager to a new PSC are not supported nor official and should be performed under supervision of trained professionals / certified engineers and/or in a training environment! These steps were performed in my own lab and should not be performed in a production infrastructure without... Continue Reading →
Personal Blog about vAdventures 