lsdoctor: Check and Repair the vCenter Lookup Service (6.7 to 9.x)
Broadcom lsdoctor for vCenter 6.7-9.x: where to download it (KB 320837), how to run it safely, and which option fixes which Lookup Service problem.
Tag: 7.0
VMSA-2024-0019: Critical VMware vCenter Server Vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-38812, CVE-2024-38813) Addressed
VMSA-2024-0019 covers vCenter heap-overflow CVE-2024-38812 and privilege escalation CVE-2024-38813. Affected versions and fixed builds (8.0 U3d, 7.0 U3t).
Host Cache can significantly extend reboot times
Exploring the vSphere environment, I’ve found that configuring a large Host Cache with VMFS Datastore can significantly extend reboot times. It’s a delicate balance of performance gains versus…
ESXi Check Secure Boot Status: secureBoot.py, Enabling Secure Boot (Cisco UCS) and the “Host secure boot was disabled” Alarm
Check ESXi Secure Boot status and readiness with secureBoot.py -s/-c, enable it in firmware or a Cisco UCS boot policy, and fix unsigned-VIB failures.
“SECUREBOOT: Image DENIED.” – Virtual Machine with Windows Server 2022 KB5022842 (OS Build 20348.1547) configured with secure boot enabled not booting up (90947)
Windows Server 2022 VMs with Secure Boot fail to boot with “SECUREBOOT: Image DENIED” after KB5022842. Cause and the fix on ESXi (KB 90947).
“SECUREBOOT: Image DENIED.” – Linux VMs created with Hardware version 20 will fail to start installation when Secure Boot is enabled (88737)
Linux VMs created with hardware version 20 fail to start installation with Secure Boot enabled: “SECUREBOOT: Image DENIED” (KB 88737) and the fix.
UCS-M2-HWRAID ESXi Boot: RAID 1 on the Cisco Boot-Optimized M.2 RAID Controller (UCS Manager, Intersight, CIMC)
Boot ESXi from a RAID 1 M.2 volume on Cisco UCS-M2-HWRAID: controller limits, UCS Manager, Intersight and CIMC steps, and ESXi 8/9 boot device rules.
New ESXCLI Commands in vSphere 7.0: What Changed in 7.0 GA, Update 1, Update 2 and Update 3
New ESXCLI namespaces in ESXi 7.0 GA vs 6.x, and what 7.0 U1, U2 and U3 added, verified against Broadcom's ESXCLI command reference.
ESXi 7.0 and Mellanox ConnectX 2 – support fix patch
Mellanox ConnectX-2 NICs stop working after upgrading a homelab host from ESXi 6.7 to 7.0. Why, and the patch that brings them back. Unsupported, lab only.
Cisco UCS Manager Plugin for VMware vSphere HTML Client (Version 3.0(4))
What's in version 3.0(4) of the Cisco UCS Manager plugin for the vSphere HTML client: view, manage and monitor Cisco UCS hardware from vCenter.