New ESXi-Arm Fling based on 8.0 Update 3b
New ESXi-Arm Fling based on 8.0 Update 3b I am very happy to share that the ESXi-Arm team has just released a brand new version of the popular…
Category: VMware
Workarounds for AVX-512 vSAN 8.0 Data…
Workarounds for AVX-512 vSAN 8.0 Data… In some older releases of vSAN there is an issue where if applications are using AVX-512 CPU instructions data corruption can occur.…
Monitoring VMware vSphere with Zabbix: vCenter Setup, VMware Collectors and Templates
Set up Zabbix VMware monitoring: enable StartVMwareCollectors, create a vCenter host with the VMware or VMware FQDN template, macros and troubleshooting.
Forgot the ESXi Root Password? Supported Reset Methods (Host Profile, PowerCLI, AD, Reinstall) vs Unsupported Workarounds
ESXi root password lost? Supported resets via Host Profile, PowerCLI, AD or reinstall with VMFS preserved, and why offline configstore edits are lab-only.
Critical Security Alert: Update to Fixed Version 8.0 U3d Immediately
CVE-2024-38812 is a CVSS 9.8 vCenter RCE exploited in the wild. Versions before 8.0 U3d and 7.0 U3t are affected: patch steps with software-packages.
ESXi on ASUS NUC 14 Performance (Scorpion Canyon)
ESXi on ASUS NUC 14 Performance (Scorpion Canyon) In addition to the ASUS NUC 14 Pro (which I recently reviewed), ASUS has also released the ASUS NUC 14…
Updated Dashboard for VMware Community Homelabs…
Updated Dashboard for VMware Community Homelabs… While working on some data analysis for an internal project, I was looking for a better way to summarize and provide some…
Quick Tip – Retrieving vSAN File Share Network…
Quick Tip – Retrieving vSAN File Share Network… When creating a new vSAN File Share, which is powered by vSAN File Services, additional network access controls (no access,…
How to Back Up and Restore ESXi Host Configuration (vim-cmd and PowerCLI Get/Set-VMHostFirmware)
Back up and restore ESXi host configuration with vim-cmd or PowerCLI Get/Set-VMHostFirmware. Same-build and UUID rules, ports and TPM recovery key caveats.
vCenter 8 Session Timeout Settings and the 8.0 U3b vSphere Client Idle Session Bug (Fixed in 8.0 U3c)
How to set the vSphere Client session timeout in vCenter 8.0 and 9.x, and why sessions broke after 50 idle minutes on 8.0 U3b until the 8.0 U3c fix.