Attend Sessions at VMware Explore 2024 – Plan Your Journey
Tips for planning your VMware Explore 2024 schedule: picking sessions, booking early, staying comfortable and getting the most out of the event.
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…
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.
Cisco UCS 4.3(5a) Security Fixes: OpenSSH regreSSHion (CVE-2024-6387), libexpat, and What Came After
Cisco UCS 4.3(5a) security fixes: CSCwk62264, CSCwk62723 (OpenSSH CVE-2024-6387) and CSCwk75392 (libexpat), plus later 4.3 fixes up to 4.3(6j).
CSCwj01478: UCSX-9508 PSU Shows “Power: Error” in UCS Manager (Fixed in 4.3(4a))
Cisco bug CSCwj01478: UCSX-9508 PSUs show Power: Error and Input Source: Unknown in UCSM. Affected from 4.3(2b), fixed in 4.3(4a), workaround.
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…