vSphere 8.0 Update 2: Introducing Azure Active Directory Federated Authentication
vSphere 8.0 Update 2 adds federated authentication with Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID) for vCenter, as presented at VMware Explore 2023.
Tag: VCSA
How to Configure NVMe/TCP with vSphere 8.0 Update 1 and ONTAP 9.13.1 for VMFS Datastores
Configure NVMe/TCP between vSphere 8.0 Update 1 and NetApp ONTAP 9.13.1 for VMFS datastores: ESXi adapters, ONTAP subsystem and namespaces.
💥VMware vCenter Server heap-overflow vulnerability – CVE-2023-20892, CVE-2023-20893, CVE-2023-20894, CVE-2023-20895, CVE-2023-20896
VMSA-2023-0014: multiple memory-corruption vulnerabilities in vCenter Server (CVE-2023-20892 to 20896, CVSS 5.9–8.1). Update as soon as possible.
Add F1705 Alert to Cisco UCS Manager Plugin
Add Cisco UCS fault F1705 (Rank VLS) as a custom fault in UCS Manager Plugin 3.0(6) for the vSphere HTML client, for Proactive HA.
Fastest workaround instructions to address CVE-2021-44228 (log4j) in vCenter Server
The fastest workaround for Log4j CVE-2021-44228 (VMSA-2021-0028) on vCenter Server 7.0, 6.7 and 6.5, and why patching is the real fix.
Fix vCenter “Exception in invoking authentication handler User password expired”
VAMI login fails with “Exception in invoking authentication handler User password expired”? The vCenter root password expired. Here is the 2-minute fix.
VCSA Root Partition Full: Find the Cause, Clean Up Safely and What You Can (Not) Resize (vCenter 6.7, 7.0, 8.0)
vCenter Appliance root partition full? Find what fills / with df and du, clean audit.log, mail queue, UI cache and journald per Broadcom KBs, and know the resize limits.